A-bout!
Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Asagiri Shinnosuke
GenreYankī[1]
Manga
Written byIchikawa Masa
Published byKodansha
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 25, 2009 – May 15, 2013
Volumes19
Manga
A-bout!! – Asagiri Daikatsuyaku-hen
Written byIchikawa Masa
Published byKodansha
Magazine
  • Weekly Shōnen Magazine (2013–14)
  • Magazine Special (2014)
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 12, 2013 – May 20, 2014
Volumes5
Manga
A-bout! Surf
Written byIchikawa Masa
Published byKodansha
MagazineEvening
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 13, 2021 – September 27, 2022
Volumes3

A-bout! (stylized as A-BOUT!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ichikawa Masa. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from November 2009 to May 2013, with its chapters collected in 19 tankōbon volumes. It was followed by a sequel, A-bout!! – Asagiri Daikatsuyaku-hen, which ran in the same magazine from June 2013 to March 2014 and concluded in Magazine Special in May of the same year. A third series, A-bout! Surf, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from July 2021 to September 2022.

Plot

The story takes place in Mitsumine High School, the school is notorious for its violent juvenile delinquent students. When Asagiri Shinnosuke transfers to this school, he starts fighting all the class bosses to prove himself as the strongest guy in the school.

Publication

A-bout!, written and illustrated by Ichikawa Masa, was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from November 25, 2009,[2] to May 15, 2013.[3] Kodansha collected its 165 chapters in 19 tankōbon volumes, released from March 17, 2010,[4] to June 17, 2013.[5]

A direct sequel, A-bout!! - Asagiri Daikatsuyaku-hen (A-BOUT!!〜朝桐大活躍編〜), was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June 12, 2013,[6] to March 12, 2014.[7] Two additional chapters were published in Magazine Special on April 19[8] and May 20 of the same year.[a] Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from September 17, 2013,[11] to June 17, 2014.[9]

A third series, titled A-bout! Surf, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from July 13, 2021,[12] to September 27, 2022.[13] Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from September 22, 2021,[14] to November 22, 2022[15]

Notes

  1. ^ The last chapter was published in the magazine's sixth issue of 2014,[9] released on May 20 of the same year.[10]

References

  1. ^ 週マガの不良マンガ「A-BOUT！」の新章“2年生編”が開幕. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 12, 2013. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  2. ^ 週刊少年マガジン 2009年52号 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2023. ５２号　攻め攻め新連載！！最強喧嘩伝説『Ａ−ＢＯＵＴ！』７１Ｐで始動！！
  3. ^ 週刊少年マガジン2013年24. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  4. ^ Ａ－ＢＯＵＴ！（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  5. ^ Ａ－ＢＯＵＴ！（１９） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  6. ^ 週マガの不良マンガ「A-BOUT！」の新章“2年生編”が開幕. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 12, 2013. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  7. ^ "週刊少年マガジン2014年15". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  8. ^ 「ベイビーステップ」水着姿のなっちゃんクオカード全サ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 19, 2014. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  9. ^ a b Ａ－ＢＯＵＴ！！～朝桐大活躍編～（５）＜完＞ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  10. ^ 明日5月20日(火)発売のマンガ雑誌リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 19, 2014. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  11. ^ Ａ－ＢＯＵＴ！！～朝桐大活躍編～（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  12. ^ 市川マサの“バカ不良マンガ”「A-BOUT!」海を舞台にした新シリーズがイブニングで. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 13, 2021. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  13. ^ 「帰らないおじさん」TVドラマ化記念、西村マリコと光石研の対談がイブニングに. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 27, 2022. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  14. ^ Ａ－ＢＯＵＴ！ ＳＵＲＦ（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  15. ^ Ａ－ＢＯＵＴ！ ＳＵＲＦ（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.

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