Hauntress

Hauntress
Tankōbon volume cover
座敷女 (Zashiki Onna)
Genre	Horror[1]
Manga
Written by	Minetarō Mochizuki
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA
Magazine	Weekly Young Magazine
Demographic	Seinen
Published	1993
Volumes	1

Hauntress (Japanese: 座敷女, Hepburn: Zashiki Onna, "Phantom Stalker Woman") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine in 1993, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki, Hauntress was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine in 1993.[2] Kodansha collected its chapters in a single tankōbon volume released on July 6 of that same year.[3]

In July 2024, Kodansha USA announced that it had licensed the manga for English release in North America, with the volume set to be released in Q2 2025.[4]

Reception

The series ranked ninth on the "Most Traumatizing Manga" poll conducted by Japanese website Goo Ranking in 2015;[5] it ranked eleventh on the "Horror Manga To Keep You Up at Night" poll conducted by the same website in 2018.[6]

References

1. "Zashikionna". Kodan Club. Kodansha. Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
2. Kiyofumi, Tsunetō (August 28, 2020). 90年代ホラーの傑作『座敷女』は今も我々を追い詰める……理不尽なストーカーの恐怖. Real Sound [ja] (in Japanese). Blueprint Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
3. 座敷女 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 9, 2004. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
4. Pineda, Rafael (July 4, 2024). "Kodansha USA Reveals 12 New Print Manga, 2 Digital Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 4, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
5. Schley, Matt (August 31, 2015). "Japanese Fans' Top 28 Most Traumatizing Manga, Ranked". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
6. Loveridge, Lynzee (August 30, 2018). "Japan's Readers Pick 20 Horror Manga to Keep You Up at Night". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2024.

External links

• Hauntress at Anime News Network's encyclopedia