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Ad Astra per Aspera (manga)

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Ad Astra per Aspera
Cover of the first volume
アド アストラ ペル アスペラ
(Ado Asutora peru Asupera)
GenreScience fiction[1]
Manga
Written byKenjiro Hata
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 2, 2015 – present
Volumes1

Ad Astra per Aspera (Japanese: アド アストラ ペル アスペラ, Hepburn: Ado Asutora peru Asupera) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It started in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in September 2015. Hata published the series on a monthly basis, with a "first season" of seven chapters published until May 2016. Hata stated that he will release a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will continue. Its chapters have been collected in one tankōbon volume as of February 2016.

Publication

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Ad Astra per Aspera is written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. In July 2015, Hata announced that he would start a monthly series to be published in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday.[2] Ad Astra per Aspera debuted in the magazine on September 2, 2015.[2][3] The series' "first season" ran for seven chapters until May 11, 2016.[4][5] On the same day, Hata wrote that he will continue the series with a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will continue.[5] Shogakukan collected the first five chapters in a tankōbon volume, released on February 18, 2016.[6]

Volumes

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No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 18, 2016[6]978-4-09-126569-2
  • 1-A. "Destiny"
  • 1-B. "Night and Fog" (夜と霧, Yoru to Kiri)
  • 2. "Moon Pride"
  • 3. "The Moonlight Carries the Message of Love" (月の光は愛のメッセージ, Tsuki no Hikari wa Ai no Messēji)
  • 4. "Beyond Good and Evil" (善悪の彼岸, Zen'aku no Higan)
  • 5. "Will to Power" (力への意識, Chikara e no Ishiki)

Chapters not yet in tankōbon volumes

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These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in March and May 2016.

  • 6. "Ambiguous"
  • 7. "Oath" (誓いの言葉, Chikai no Kotoba)

Reception

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The first volume sold 16,000 copies in its first week of release.[7]

References

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  1. ^ 畑健二郎、月イチ連載中のSF宇宙冒険譚1巻＆「ハヤテ」47巻を同時発売. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 18, 2016. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 7, 2015). "Hayate the Combat Butler's Kenjirou Hata Launches New Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  3. ^ 畑健二郎“僕の全てが詰まっている”月イチ新連載、サンデーにて始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 2, 2015. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  4. ^ 週刊少年サンデー 2016年24号. Book Shop Shogakukan (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  5. ^ a b 畑 健二郎 Vol.427／2016年5月11日. Web Sunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. May 11, 2016. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  6. ^ a b アド アストラ ペル アスペラ １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Ressler, Karen (February 24, 2016). "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 15–21". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
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