Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox animanga/Header Template:Infobox animanga/Print Template:Infobox animanga/Footer Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mari Okazaki. The series is set in the Heian period and follows two prominent Buddhist monks: Saichō, who founded the Enryaku-ji temple, and Kūkai, who established the Mount Kōya temple. It was serialized in Shogakukan's [[Seinen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from May 2014 to May 2021.
Publication
A-un, written and illustrated by Mari Okazaki, was serialized in Shogakukan's [[Seinen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from May 27, 2014,[1][2] to May 27, 2021.[3][4] Shogakukan collected its chapters in fourteen Template:Transliteration volumes, released from October 10, 2014,[5] to September 10, 2021.[6]
Volumes
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Reception
The series was commended by manga authors Ryoko Yamagishi, Yuki Suetsugu and Masami Yuki and writers Rio Shimamoto and Kazuki Kaneshiro.[7] It was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2020.[8]