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Cover of the first manga volume
In 2006, licensed for an English-language release in North America. However, it changed its title to “”. The series’ retains the original name in all the other countries it has been released, such as in France by Kurokawa, in Italy by Edizioni BD’s J-Pop division, in Spain by , and in Taiwan by . In 2010, Square Enix themselves began distributing the series digitally on their websites for North America and France. However, they discontinued their digital manga service in May 2013.
referred to the manga as a “humorous [and] surprisingly moving treat.” They finished their review by saying instead of relying on to get the reader to buy the next volume, “Kishimoto depends on another, more difficult-to-achieve effect—generating real concern for Jio and his friends, regardless of what comes next.” Jarred Pine of Mania.com called the series “derivative,” claiming it borrows elements from several popular manga series such as and , but stated that this does not make it any less enjoyable. He called the action scenes the story’s highlight and praised its fast pace, giving volume one a B+ rating. A. E. Sparrow of titled the header for his review of the series as ” is in its blood”, referring to the fact that the creators of and are twin brothers. Sparrow said that one reads the series when “you feel you’ve outgrown and want to find something with a bit more to it.” declared Viz Media’s changing of the series’ title to “” in North America one of “The Greatest Censorship Fails” in manga.
was conceived as a . To this effect, requested a manga be produced along with the animated series. manga started serialization in ‘s in July 1999, three months before the anime premiere. Authored by Hitoshi Ariga, the manga uses Keiichi Sato’s concept designs in an all-new story. The series ended in October 2001. The issues were later collected in six . The English version of the manga is published by .
In anticipation to the broadcast of the second season, a new manga series was published. , authored by Hitoshi Ariga, takes place between volumes five and six of the original manga. The issues, serialized in from November 2002 to September 2003, were collected in two volumes. No English official translation is available.
