Ad Astra per Aspera (manga)

Ad Astra per Aspera
Cover of the first volume
アド アストラ ペル アスペラ
(Ado Asutora peru Asupera)
GenreScience fiction[1]
Manga
Written byKenjiro Hata
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 2, 2015 – present
Volumes1

Ad Astra per Aspera (Japanese: アド アストラ ペル アスペラ, Hepburn: Ado Asutora peru Asupera) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It started in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in September 2015. Hata published the series on a monthly basis, with a "first season" of seven chapters published until May 2016. Hata stated that he will release a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will continue. Its chapters have been collected in one tankōbon volume as of February 2016.

Publication

Ad Astra per Aspera is written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. In July 2015, Hata announced that he would start a monthly series to be published in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday.[2] Ad Astra per Aspera debuted in the magazine on September 2, 2015.[2][3] The series' "first season" ran for seven chapters until May 11, 2016.[4][5] On the same day, Hata wrote that he will continue the series with a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will continue.[5] Shogakukan collected the first five chapters in a tankōbon volume, released on February 18, 2016.[6]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 18, 2016[6]978-4-09-126569-2
  • 1-A. "Destiny"
  • 1-B. "Night and Fog" (夜と霧, Yoru to Kiri)
  • 2. "Moon Pride"
  • 3. "The Moonlight Carries the Message of Love" (月の光は愛のメッセージ, Tsuki no Hikari wa Ai no Messēji)
  • 4. "Beyond Good and Evil" (善悪の彼岸, Zen'aku no Higan)
  • 5. "Will to Power" (力への意識, Chikara e no Ishiki)

Chapters not yet in tankōbon volumes

These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in March and May 2016.

  • 6. "Ambiguous"
  • 7. "Oath" (誓いの言葉, Chikai no Kotoba)

Reception

The first volume sold 16,000 copies in its first week of release.[7]

References

  1. ^ 畑健二郎、月イチ連載中のSF宇宙冒険譚1巻＆「ハヤテ」47巻を同時発売. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 18, 2016. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 7, 2015). "Hayate the Combat Butler's Kenjirou Hata Launches New Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  3. ^ 畑健二郎“僕の全てが詰まっている”月イチ新連載、サンデーにて始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 2, 2015. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  4. ^ 週刊少年サンデー 2016年24号. Book Shop Shogakukan (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  5. ^ a b 畑 健二郎 Vol.427／2016年5月11日. Web Sunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. May 11, 2016. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  6. ^ a b アド アストラ ペル アスペラ １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Ressler, Karen (February 24, 2016). "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 15–21". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2024.