Island in a Puddle

Island in a Puddle
First volume cover
水溜まりに浮かぶ島
(Mizutamari ni Ukabu Shima)
GenreSuspense[1]
Manga
Written byKei Sanbe
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintEvening KC
MagazineEvening
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 26, 2019 – September 28, 2021
Volumes5

Island in a Puddle (Japanese: 水溜まりに浮かぶ島, Hepburn: Mizutamari ni Ukabu Shima) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from November 2019 to September 2021. The story is about a boy who switches bodies with a wanted criminal.

Plot

Minato Myojin, a fifth grader, takes care of his younger sister Nagisa, subsisting off the cash their single mother gives them when she sporadically comes home, while also being helped by Futaba, a high school girl. Tomohiro Takita, alias Kuromatsu, a professional criminal, committed a heist with three others—Nakabuchi, Nozaki, and Mutsuki—orchestrated by Tsubaki, and is wanted by the police and the Dōdōkai, a gang. On Nagisa's birthday, the children's mother takes them to an amusement park. While Minato and Nagisa ride a ferris wheel, it is struck by lightning, and Minato switches bodies with Kuromatsu, who has wrung Mutsuki's neck in another car.

Minato has to figure out how to get his body back while protecting Nagisa and evading Kuromatsu's pursuers.

Publication

Island in a Puddle, written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from November 26, 2019.[2][3] to September 28, 2021.[4] Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from March 23, 2020,[5] to November 22, 2021.[6]

In June 2021, Kodansha USA announced the English release of the manga in North America, starting in 2022.[7]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 March 23, 2020[5]978-4-06-518858-3March 15, 2022[8]978-1-64-651451-9
2 October 23, 2020[9]978-4-06-520849-6July 12, 2022[10]978-1-64-651457-1
3 March 23, 2021[11]978-4-06-522600-1August 23, 2022[12]978-1-64-651458-8
4 July 21, 2021[13]978-4-06-524046-5October 11, 2022[14]978-1-64-651462-5
5 November 22, 2021[6]978-4-06-525888-0February 14, 2023[15]978-1-64-651753-4

References

  1. ^ 入れ替わった自分の人生を取り戻す、三部けいの最新作「水溜まりに浮かぶ島」1巻. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 23, 2020. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 11, 2019). "ERASED's Kei Sanbe Launches New Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  3. ^ 三部けいの新連載がイブニングで始動、母子家庭の兄妹を描くヒューマンサスペンス. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 26, 2019. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 13, 2021). "Kei Sanbe's Island in a Puddle Manga Ends on September 28". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  5. ^ a b 【3月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 23, 2020. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  6. ^ a b 【11月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 21, 2021. Archived from the original on April 3, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  7. ^ Mateo, Alex (July 1, 2021). "Kodansha Comics Licenses The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse, Island in a Puddle, More Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  8. ^ "Island in a Puddle 1". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  9. ^ 【10月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 23, 2020. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  10. ^ "Island in a Puddle 2". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  11. ^ 【3月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 23, 2021. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "Island in a Puddle 3". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  13. ^ 【7月21日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 21, 2021. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  14. ^ "Island in a Puddle 4". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  15. ^ "Island in a Puddle 5". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2022.

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