Bless (manga)

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Bless
Bless manga volume 1 cover.jpg
First tankōbon volume cover
ブレス
(Buresu)
Imprint
  • Magazine Edge KC (1–3)
  • Sirius KC (4–)
Magazine
  • Shōnen Magazine Edge (January 17, 2022 – October 17, 2023)
  • Monthly Shōnen Sirius (December 25, 2023 – present)
Demographic Shōnen
Original runJanuary 17, 2022 – present
Volumes6
April 2, 2024 [8] 979-8-88-877179-2
2 October 17, 2022 [9] 978-4-06-529417-8 July 2, 2024 [10] 979-8-88-877180-8
3 May 17, 2023 [11] 978-4-06-531719-8 October 1, 2024 [12] 979-8-88-877181-5
4 December 7, 2023 [13] 978-4-06-533922-0 February 25, 2025 [14] 979-8-88-877276-8
5 July 9, 2024 [15] 978-4-06-536068-2 June 24, 2025 [16] 979-8-88-877467-0
6 December 9, 2024 [4] 978-4-06-537685-0

Reception

The series was nominated for the ninth Next Manga Awards in the print category in 2023, and was ranked eleventh out of 41 nominees. [17] The series was also ranked fourteenth in Honya Club's Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics list in 2024. [18]

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