Daemons of the Shadow Realm (Japanese: 黄泉のツガイ, Hepburn: Yomi no Tsugai, lit. 'The Hinge of the Underworld') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga anthology magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan since December 2021.
| Daemons of the Shadow Realm | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 黄泉のツガイ (Yomi no Tsugai) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiromu Arakawa |
| Published by | Square Enix |
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| Imprint | Gangan Comics |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Gangan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | December 10, 2021 – present |
| Volumes | 7 |
Publication
Daemons of the Shadow Realm, written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa, was officially announced in the August 2021 issue of Square Enix's shōnen manga anthology magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Arakawa's previous work, Fullmetal Alchemist (2001–10).[2] The series started serialization in the same magazine on December 10, 2021.[3][4] Square Enix has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on June 10, 2022.[5] As of May 11, 2024, seven volumes have been released.[6]
In July 2022, Square Enix Manga & Books announced that they licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume released on April 25, 2023.[7]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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| 1 | June 10, 2022[5] | 978-4-7575-7962-0 | April 25, 2023[8] | 978-1-64609-186-7 | ||
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| 2 | September 12, 2022[9] | 978-4-7575-8100-5 | September 12, 2023[10] | 978-1-64609-222-2 | ||
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| 3 | February 10, 2023[11] | 978-4-7575-8401-3 | December 12, 2023[12] | 978-1-64609-244-4 | ||
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| 4 | June 12, 2023[13] | 978-4-7575-8608-6 | April 6, 2024[14] | 978-1-64609-259-8 | ||
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| 5 | September 12, 2023[15] | 978-4-7575-8786-1 | August 6, 2024[16] | 978-1-64609-299-4 | ||
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| 6 | January 12, 2024[17][18] | 978-4-7575-8877-6 978-4-7575-8878-3 (SE) | November 5, 2024[19] | 978-1-64609-310-6 | ||
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| 7 | May 11, 2024[6] | 978-4-7575-9184-4 | — | — | ||
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.
- "The Kagemori Brothers and the Kuroya Siblings" (影森兄弟と黒谷姉弟, Kagemori Kyōdai to Kurotani Kyōdai)
Reception
The series ranked 19th on the 2022 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine.[20] It ranked 15th in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga for male readers;[21] it ranked second on the 2024 edition.[22] It ranked second in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023 list;[23] it was ranked third in the 2024 list.[24] It won Rakuten Kobo's first ever E-book Manga Award in the "I Want to Read it Now! Featured Manga" category in 2023.[25][26] It ranked second in the 2023 Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[27] The series won the seventh Tsutaya Comic Award's grand prize in 2023.[28] It was nominated for the 17th Manga Taishō in 2024, and placed second with 73 points.[29][30] It has been nominated for the 48th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.[31]
Francesco Cacciatore of Screen Rant named Daemons of the Shadow Realm as one of the best new manga titles to debut in 2021, highlighting the potential the manga shows despite only having one chapter released by the end of the year. Additionally, Cacciatore likened Daemons of the Shadow Realm to Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba due to both series featuring a brother and sister pair as protagonists.[32] Carlyle Edmundson of Screen Rant compared the concept of Tsugai present in the manga to that of Stands seen in Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series.[33]
References
External links
- Daemons of the Shadow Realm official website at Gangan Online (in Japanese)
- Daemons of the Shadow Realm at Anime News Network's encyclopedia