Mono | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover | |
Genre | Comedy [1] |
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Manga | |
Written by | Afro |
Published by | Houbunsha |
English publisher | |
Magazine |
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Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | May 16, 2017 – present |
Volumes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Ryota Aikei |
Written by | Yoko Yonaiyama |
Studio | Soigne |
Original run | April 2025 – scheduled |
Mono (stylized in all lowercase) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Afro. It began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine in May 2017,and was later transferred to the Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine in December 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Soigne is set to premiere in April 2025.
Written and illustrated by Afro,Mono began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine on May 16,2017. [7] After the final issue of Manga Time Kirara Miracle! was published on October 16,2017,the series was transferred to the Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine on December 28 that same year. [8] [9] The series' chapters have been collected into four tankōbon volumes as of April 2024. [10]
In June 2024,Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication beginning in November 2024. [11]
A collaboration chapter with Afro's other series Laid-Back Camp was published in the March 2021 issue of Manga Time Kirara Carat on January 28,2021. [12]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | October 25,2018 [10] | 978-4-8322-4989-9 | November 19, 2024 [13] | 979-8-8554-0942-0 |
2 | February 25, 2021 [10] | 978-4-8322-7256-9 | April 22, 2025 [14] | 979-8-8554-0944-4 |
3 | October 27, 2022 [10] | 978-4-8322-7411-2 | — | — |
4 | April 25, 2024 [10] | 978-4-8322-9543-8 | — | — |
An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 22, 2024. The series is produced by Aniplex, animated by Soigne and directed by Ryota Aikei, with Yoko Yonaiyama writing series scripts and Takuya Miyahara designing the characters. [15] It is set to premiere in April 2025. [2] [6]
Manga Time Kirara Carat is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Houbunsha and mainly consisting of four-panel comic strips. It is released on the 28th of each month. The first issue was released on January 18th 2003 as a special edition of Manga Time Kirara. The first independent issue was released on September 28th 2005.
Manga Time Kirara is a Japanese magazine published by Houbunsha serializing mainly four-panel seinen manga. Issued on the 9th of each month, it was first published as a special edition of Houbunsha magazine Manga Time on May 17th 2002. The first independent issue was released on November 9th 2003. Characters from the magazine appear in crossover gacha game Kirara Fantasia.
Manga Time Kirara Forward is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Houbunsha. The magazine is sold on the 24th of each month. Forward was the fourth magazine in the Manga Time Kirara line to be published, the first three being Manga Time Kirara, Manga Time Kirara Carat, and Manga Time Kirara Max. It differs from its sister magazines in that it is the only one to not feature 4-Koma manga. The first issue was released on March 23rd 2006 as a special edition of Manga Time Kirara. The first independent issue was released on August 24th 2007.
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