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Japanese manga series
Kill Blue
(
Japanese
:
キルアオ
,
Hepburn
:
Kiru Ao
)
is a Japanese
manga
series written and illustrated by
Tadatoshi Fujimaki
. It began serialization in
Shueisha
's
Weekly Sh?nen Jump
magazine in April 2023; as of April 2024, four volumes have been released.
Plot
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Juzo Ogami is a 40-year-old who works for the Z.O.O. assassin syndicate as their prized hitman. During a job taking out criminals working with the genetic manipulation company Mitsuoka Pharmaceuticals, Ogami is stung by a wasp that modifies his DNA, regressing his age to that of when he was 12. Unable to resume work as a hitman due to his stature, the head of Z.O.O. gives Ogami another assignment while they work on an antidote: attend a middle school the head's daughter is applying to and judge if it is safe. Ogami, due to having no formal education, turns out to love middle school, and must balance his time as a student and an assassin. He must also deal with Noren Mitsuoka, the heiress of Mitsuoka Pharmaceuticals, who may be the key to figuring out how to age Ogami back to normal.
Publication
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Written and illustrated by
Tadatoshi Fujimaki
, the series began serialization in
Shueisha
's
Weekly Sh?nen Jump
magazine on April 17, 2023.
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As of April 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into four
tank?bon
volumes.
[5]
Viz Media
and
Manga Plus
are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.
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Volumes
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No.
|
Japanese release date
|
Japanese ISBN
|
1
| September 4, 2023
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| 978-4-08-883686-7
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- 1. "Let's Go to School"
- 2. "The Wisdom of Others"
- 3. "Noren Mitsuoka"
- 4. "You Can't Play Around Like This!"
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- 5. "Wipe Your Own Butt"
- 6. "Morally Unacceptable"
- 7. "Middle-Aged Obstinacy"
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2
| November 2, 2023
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| 978-4-08-883737-6
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- 8. "I Ain't Giving You Noren"
- 9. "Pacifier Battle"
- 10. "Midterms and Mama"
- 11. "And We Came Upon a Unicorn"
- 12. "Sparks on the Soccer Field"
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- 13. "The Thrill of Futsal"
- 14. "Is It So Hard to Say Thank You?"
- 15. "Conclusions and Propositions"
- 16. "Up Against the Wall"
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3
| January 4, 2024
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| 978-4-08-883797-0
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- 17. "Doki Doki Double Date"
- 18. "Doki Doki Tag Match"
- 19. "Secret's Out"
- 20. "Vs. The Brothers Rindou"
- 21. "True Experts Wing It"
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- 22. "Drowsy Noren"
- 23. "No Beating an Unbeatable Game"
- 24. "Stark Raving Noren"
- 25. "Death or Kiss"
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4
| April 4, 2024
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| 978-4-08-883881-6
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- 26. "First Hitman Summit"
- 27. "Don't Pat My Head"
- 28. "Life Paths"
- 29. "Warrin' Noren"
- 30. "We're Gonna Do It!"
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- 31. "Home Ec Club Rides the Waves"
- 32. "Noren's Revelation"
- 33. "Home Ec Club Doesn't Ride the Waves"
- 34. "Playing at Night When We Can’t Surf"
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5
| June 4, 2024
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| 978-4-08-884109-0
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- 35. "The Beach Trip's End"
- 36. "Determined Noren"
- 37. "Mitsuoka Challenge Surfing Battle"
- 38. "Ladies' Match"
- 39. "Fight and Make Up, as Friends Do"
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- 40. "The Disciplinarian and the Killer"
- 41. "Stuffies and Evil"
- 42. "Sentimental Ogami"
- 43. "Even if This Is the End..."
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Chapters not yet in
tank?bon
format
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These chapters have yet to be published in a
tank?bon
volume.
- 44. "A Ride on the Hit Man Express"
- 45. "Yoshitsune and Johnny"
- 46. "Keep Your Hands Off the Home Ec Club"
- 47. "Keep Your Hands Off the Home Ec Club, Part 2"
- 48. "Vs. JARDIN, Round 2"
- 49. "The Legend vs. The Beast"
- 50. "The Legend vs. The Beast, Part 2"
- 51. "Conclusions"
- 52. "Out of the Frying Pan"
- 53. "Vacation Home"
- 54. "The Mitsuoka Vacation Home Hexagon Manor Murder Case"
Reception
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The series was ranked seventh in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2024 list.
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Kaylie Fielden of
Screen Rant
felt the plot was unique among other hitman manga and praised the beginning chapters.
[2]
Robbie Pleasant of
Multiversity Comics
praised the artwork and characters. Regarding the story, Pleasant felt that it has some worrying elements but nonetheless handled them well.
[12]
Kara Dennison of
Otaku USA
described the series as "
Case Closed
with added violence".
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References
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Dennison, Kara (June 30, 2023).
"Try These Action-Packed, Feel-Good Shonen Jump Manga"
.
Otaku USA
.
Archived
from the original on September 18, 2023
. Retrieved
September 12,
2023
.
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a
b
Fielden, Kaylie (April 18, 2023).
"Shonen Jump's Unique Twist on Assassin Manga Could Be Its Next Big Hit"
.
Screen Rant
.
Archived
from the original on September 13, 2023
. Retrieved
September 12,
2023
.
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Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 2, 2023).
"Food Wars, Kuroko's Basketball Authors Each Launch New Manga in Shonen Jump"
.
Anime News Network
.
Archived
from the original on September 20, 2023
. Retrieved
September 12,
2023
.
- ^
藤?忠俊が描く?園アサシンやり直しコメディ、39?の殺し屋が中?生に
.
Comic Natalie
(in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 17, 2023.
Archived
from the original on May 20, 2023
. Retrieved
September 12,
2023
.
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a
b
キルアオ 4
(in Japanese).
Shueisha
. Retrieved
February 17,
2024
.
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Lada, Jenni (April 16, 2023).
"Kill Blue Manga Starts in Shonen Jump"
.
Siliconera
. Retrieved
September 12,
2023
.
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キルアオ 1
(in Japanese).
Shueisha
.
Archived
from the original on September 18, 2023
. Retrieved
September 12,
2023
.
- ^
キルアオ 2
(in Japanese).
Shueisha
.
Archived
from the original on October 14, 2023
. Retrieved
September 20,
2023
.
- ^
キルアオ 3
(in Japanese).
Shueisha
.
Archived
from the original on November 20, 2023
. Retrieved
November 20,
2023
.
- ^
キルアオ 5
(in Japanese).
Shueisha
. Retrieved
February 17,
2024
.
- ^
橘オレコ「ホタルの嫁入り」が全?書店員が選んだおすすめコミック2024の第1位に
.
Comic Natalie
(in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 1, 2024
. Retrieved
February 4,
2024
.
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Pleasant, Robbie (May 31, 2023).
"This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of 5/28/23"
.
Multiversity Comics
.
Archived
from the original on September 18, 2023
. Retrieved
September 12,
2023
.
- ^
Dennison, Kara (April 18, 2023).
"Fresh New Manga for Your Weekly Reading List"
.
Otaku USA
.
Archived
from the original on September 4, 2023
. Retrieved
September 12,
2023
.
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