Ad Astra per Aspera (manga) explained

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It started in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in September 2015. Hata published the series on a monthly basis, with a "first season" of seven chapters published until May 2016. Hata stated that he will release a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will continue. Its chapters have been collected in one volume as of February 2016.

Publication

Ad Astra per Aspera is written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. In July 2015, Hata announced that he would start a monthly series to be published in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday.^[2] Ad Astra per Aspera debuted in the magazine on September 2, 2015.^{[2] [3]} The series' "first season" ran for seven chapters until May 11, 2016.^{[4] [5]} On the same day, Hata wrote that he will continue the series with a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will continue.^[5] Shogakukan collected the first five chapters in a volume, released on February 18, 2016.

Chapters not yet in tankōbon volumes

These chapters have yet to be published in a volume. They were published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in March and May 2016.

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Reception

The first volume sold 16,000 copies in its first week of release.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ja:畑健二郎、月イチ連載中のSF宇宙冒険譚1巻＆「ハヤテ」47巻を同時発売. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/176718. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 16, 2020. Japanese. February 18, 2016. October 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201018152707/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/176718. live.
2. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Hayate the Combat Butler's Kenjirou Hata Launches New Manga. Anime News Network. October 17, 2020. July 7, 2015. October 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201018022509/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-07/hayate-the-combat-butler-kenjirou-hata-launches-new-manga/.90149. live.
3. Web site: ja:畑健二郎“僕の全てが詰まっている”月イチ新連載、サンデーにて始動. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/158874. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 17, 2020. ja. September 2, 2015. February 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190221165628/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/158874. live.
4. Web site: ja:週刊少年サンデー 2016年24号. https://www.bookshop-ps.com/bsp/bsp_magcode?sha=1&sho=2066405116. Book Shop Shogakukan. Shogakukan. October 18, 2023. https://archive.today/20231018034832/https://www.bookshop-ps.com/bsp/bsp_magcode?sha=1&sho=2066405116. October 18, 2023. ja. live.
5. Web site: ja:畑 健二郎 Vol.427／2016年5月11日. https://websunday.net/backstage/hata/427.html. Web Sunday. Shogakukan. October 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20170419121058/https://websunday.net/backstage/hata/427.html. April 19, 2017. ja. May 11, 2016. live.
6. Web site: Ressler. Karen. Japanese Comic Ranking, February 15–21. Anime News Network. September 10, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20230923185943/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-24/japanese-comic-ranking-february-15-21/.99043. September 23, 2023. February 24, 2016. live.