Diamond in the Rough (manga)

Diamond in the Rough
Cover of the first volume
アラガネの子
(Aragane no Ko)
GenreAdventure, fantasy[1]
Manga
Written byNao Sasaki
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 25, 2020 – December 27, 2023
Volumes9

Diamond in the Rough (Japanese: アラガネの子, Hepburn: Aragane no Ko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nao Sasaki. It was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga website from November 2020 to December 2023. As of July 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into nine volumes.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Nao Sasaki, the series began serialization on the Shōnen Jump+ manga website on November 25, 2020.[2] The series reached its final arc on May 3, 2023[3] and concluded on December 27, 2023. As of July 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into nine tankōbon volumes.[4]

The series is being published in English by Shueisha's Manga Plus service.[5] The series is also licensed in France by Kana, and in Italy and Spain by Panini Comics.[6][7][8]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 March 4, 2021[9]978-4-08-882634-9
2 July 2, 2021[10]978-4-08-882702-5
3 October 4, 2021[11]978-4-08-882805-3
4 February 4, 2022[12]978-4-08-883015-5
5 June 3, 2022[13]978-4-08-883129-9
6 November 4, 2022[14]978-4-08-883269-2
7 April 4, 2023[15]978-4-08-883483-2
8 October 4, 2023[16]978-4-08-883641-6
9 March 4, 2024[4]978-4-08-883827-4

Reception

In the 2021 Next Manga Award, the series ranked 17th in the web manga category.[17] It was also nominated for the same award in 2022.[18]

References

  1. ^ アラガネの子：「ジャンプ＋」人気作のコミックス第1巻発売 宝石世界のファンタジー. Mantan Web (in Japanese). March 4, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  2. ^ [第1話]アラガネの子 (in Japanese). Shōnen Jump+. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 4, 2023). "Diamond in the Rough Manga Enters Last Arc". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  4. ^ a b アラガネの子 9 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  5. ^ Hazra, Adriana (January 30, 2022). "Shueisha's Manga Plus App Allows Readers to Read All English Chapters of Manga Once". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  6. ^ Slanzard (April 25, 2022). "Planet Manga: Gli Annunci Manga del Napoli Comicon 2022". AnimeClick.it [it] (in Italian). Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  7. ^ "Nueva licencia Panini Manga, Diamante en brutoa". Panini.es (in Spanish). May 20, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  8. ^ "Le manga Diamond in the rough sortira chez Kana". Manga News (in French). May 4, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  9. ^ アラガネの子 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  10. ^ アラガネの子 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  11. ^ アラガネの子 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  12. ^ アラガネの子 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  13. ^ アラガネの子 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  14. ^ アラガネの子 6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  15. ^ アラガネの子 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  16. ^ アラガネの子 8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  17. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 24, 2021). "Kaiju No. 8, Oshi no Ko Win Next Manga Awards Web, Print Categories". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  18. ^ Morrissy, Kim (June 23, 2022). "Voting Opens for Next Manga Awards 2022". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 25, 2022.