Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! (Japanese: 世紀末リーダー伝たけし!, Hepburn: Seikimatsu Rīdā den Takeshi!, "A Tale of a Leader in The End of the Century Takeshi!") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. It started in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 1997. It was suspended from the magazine in August 2002, following Shimabukuro's arrest for violating child prostitution laws. Its chapters were collected in 24 tankōbon volumes. The series briefly resumed in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Super Jump in 2005, with the added subtitle Kanketsu-hen.
From the moment he was born, Takeshi was born to be a leader. His first word upon birth was "leader", and his father, Hiroshi, was a "leader" among salarymen. After Hiroshi suddenly dies, Takeshi makes it his life goal to be a leader like his father, so he joins his new first grade class and hopes to become a true leader to his classmates.
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Written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! started in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on July 15, 1997.[a] Following Shimabukuro's arrest for violating child prostitution laws on August 7, 2002, the series was suspended from the magazine,[4][5][6] finishing with its 237th chapter, released on August 13 of that same year.[b] Shueisha collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes; the first volume was released on December 29, 1997,[10] and, prior to the suspension, the 24th and last volume was released on July 9, 2002.[11]
The series briefly resumed in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Super Jump in 2005, with the added subtitle Kanketsu-hen (完結編, "The Final Chapter"),[12][7] and Shueisha re-released the series in 13 bunkoban volumes from August 4, 2004, to December 2, 2005.[13][14]
^The series started in the magazine's 33rd issue of 1997 (cover date),[2] released on July 15 of that same year.[3]
^It finished in the magazine's combined 36th–37th issue of 2002 (cover date August 26),[7][8] released on August 13 of that same year.[9]
References
^世紀末リーダー伝たけし!. Mangapedia [ja] (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
^週刊少年ジャンプ 1997年33号. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
^"Contents". Weekly Shōnen Jump (in Japanese). No. 32. Shueisha. 1997. Table of contents. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023. 次号No.33は7月15日火発売!!
