Heavenly Delusion

Heavenly Delusion (Japanese: 天国大魔境, Hepburn: Tengoku Daimakyō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon since January 2018.

Heavenly Delusion
Cover of the first volume
天国大魔境
(Tengoku Daimakyō)
Genre
Manga
Written byMasakazu Ishiguro
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 25, 2018 – present
Volumes7

Plot

In the outside world, 15 years have passed since an unprecedented disaster, that completely destroyed modern civilization. A group of children live in a facility isolated from the outside world. One day, one of them, a girl named Tokio, receives a message that says "Do you want to go outside?" Mimihime, another girl who lives in the same facility, has a prediction and tells the upset Tokio that two people will come from the outside to save her, one of whom has her same face, while the director of the school tells her that the outside world is hell. Meanwhile, a boy named Maru, who looks just like Tokio, is traveling through this devastated Japan with a girl named Kirko, in search of heaven.

Publication

Heavenly Delusion is written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 25, 2018.[2] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on July 23, 2018.[3] A promotional video directed by Tasuku Watanabe for the first volume was released on July 23, 2018.[4] As of March 2022, seven volumes have been released.[5]

In North America, the series is licensed for English language release by Denpa.[6] The first volume was released on December 31, 2019.[1]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 July 23, 2018[3]978-4-06-511976-1December 31, 2019[1]978-1-63442-940-5
2 March 22, 2019[7]978-4-06-514744-3August 10, 2021[8]978-1-63442-944-3
3 October 23, 2019[9]978-4-06-517266-7March 22, 2022[10]978-1-63442-962-7
4 May 22, 2020[11]978-4-06-519470-6July 26, 2022[12]978-1-63442-923-8
5 December 23, 2020[13]978-4-06-521725-2November 22, 2022[14]978-1-63442-817-0
6 July 21, 2021[15]978-4-06-524049-6——
7 March 23, 2022[5]978-4-06-527299-2——

Reception

The first volume of the manga had 130,000 copies in circulation as of December 2018.[16] Heavenly Delusion ranked #1 on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 ranking of Top 20 manga series for male readers.[17] In December 2019, Brutus magazine listed Heavenly Delusion on their "Most Dangerous Manga" list, which included works with the most "stimulating" and thought-provoking themes.[18] Heavenly Delusion was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.[19]

See also

References
  1. "Heavenly Delusion, Volume 1". Denpa. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  2. Ressler, Karen (November 24, 2017). "Mushishi, And Yet the Town Moves, Genshiken Creators Each Launch New Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

    アフタヌーン 2018年3月号. Monthly Afternoon. Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

    石黒正数が18年ぶりにアフタに帰還、少年少女の冒険譚「天国大魔境」始動. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 25, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

  3. 天国大魔境（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  4. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 23, 2018). "Masakazu Ishiguro's Tengoku Dai Makyō Manga Gets 30-Second Animated Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  5. 天国大魔境（７） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  6. Ressler, Karen (November 17, 2018). "Denpa Licenses Masakazu Ishiguro's Heavenly Delusion, You Someya's Pleasure & Corruption Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  7. 天国大魔境（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  8. "Heavenly Delusion, Volume 2". Denpa. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  9. 天国大魔境（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  10. "Heavenly Delusion, Volume 3". Denpa. Retrieved Apr 2, 2022.
  11. 天国大魔境（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  12. "Heavenly Delusion, Volume 4". Denpa. Retrieved Apr 2, 2022 – via Amazon.
  13. 天国大魔境（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  14. "Heavenly Delusion, Volume 5". Denpa. Retrieved Apr 2, 2022 – via Amazon.
  15. 天国大魔境（６） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  16. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 1, 2019). "Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series - December 2018". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  17. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 10, 2018). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  18. Morrissy, Kim (December 18, 2019). "Spy×Family Included in Brutus Magazine's 'Most Dangerous Manga' of 2019 List". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  19. "Manga Division – 2021 [24th] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive". Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.

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