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 Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in April 2023; as of November 2024, seven volumes have been released.
Plot
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
Written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki, the series began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on April 17, 2023.[1][2] As of November 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into seven Template:Transl volumes.[3]
Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.[4] Viz Media began releasing the volumes digitally in July 2024.[5][6]
Volumes
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- 62. "Love Love Album"
- 63. "The End of Summer Vacation"
- 64. "Cherry Blossom Garden"
- 65. "A Meeting with Principal Oka"
- 66. "Here Come the New Challengers"
- 67. "Reasons of Their Own"
- 68. "Cavalry Battle"
- 69. "Opening Moves"
- 70. "Shin Kohazame vs. Jinta Domeki"
- 71. "Juzo Ogami vs. Hijiri Yatsurugi"
- 72. "Nice One, Ogami!"
- 73. "I Hate You Out of Love"
- 74. "Settled"
- 75. "Natsukiya and Noren"
- 76. "FuwaCure Fiction"
- 77. "Make Me a Themed Cafe, Maggots!"
- 78. "We're Not Selling Our Souls Here"
- 79. "Full-Throttle Home Ec Club"
Reception
The series was ranked seventh in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2024 list.[7] The series ranked tenth in the print category at the tenth Next Manga Awards in 2024.[8]
Kaylie Fielden of Screen Rant felt the plot was unique among other hitman manga and praised the beginning chapters.[9] 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.[10] Kara Dennison of Otaku USA described the series as "Case Closed with added violence".[11]
References
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