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Kuro (manga)

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Kuro
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre
Manga
Written bySomato
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
Magazine
  • Aoblo! (2011–12)
  • Aoharu Online (2012–13)
  • Tonari no Young Jump (2014–16)
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 24, 2011June 24, 2016
Volumes3
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Kuro (, lit.'Black') is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by the duo Somato. It was serialized across three Shueisha's websites from 2011 to 2016; Aoblo!, Aoharu Online, and Tonari no Young Jump. Its chapters were collected in three tankōbon volumes.

Publication

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Written and illustrated by the duo Somato, Kuro started on Shueisha's Aoblo! website on May 24, 2011.[5][6] On November 30, 2012, Aoblo! was relaunched as Aoharu Online,[7] and the series resumed publication there on January 31, 2013.[8] The website ended service on December 27, 2013, and the series resumed on the Tonari no Young Jump website on January 17, 2014.[9] Shueisha collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, with the first one released on May 19, 2014;[10] the third volume was released on June 17, 2016,[11] while the series concluded on Tonari no Young Jump a week later on June 24.[12]

A ten-page special crossover chapter with Somato's next manga series, Shadows House, titled "Shadows House × Kuro" (シャドーハウス × 黒, Shadō Hausu Kuro), was published in Young Jump Heroine on August 10, 2022.[13]

Volumes

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No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 May 19, 2014[14]978-4-08-879833-2
2 March 19, 2015[15]978-4-08-890117-6
3 June 17, 2016[16]978-4-08-890361-3

Reception

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The series ranked tenth in the 2016 Next Manga Award's web category.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Kuro – Tome 1" (in French). Glénat. Archived from the original on May 10, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Koiwai (March 15, 2023). "Critique Vol.1 Kuro". Manga News (in French). Archived from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  3. ^ ソウマトウが少女と黒猫の不思議な日常描く「黒」2巻に描き下ろしの特典. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 19, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  4. ^ Koiwai (September 20, 2023). "Critique Vol.3 Kuro". Manga News (in French). Archived from the original on July 21, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  5. ^ ヤンジャン増刊アオハルブログで金田一蓮十郎らリレー連載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 12, 2011. Archived from the original on July 21, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  6. ^ 「黒」#1 ソウマトウ. Aoblog! (in Japanese). Shueisha. May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  7. ^ 異色のヤンジャン増刊にWEB版「アオハルオンライン」始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 30, 2012. Archived from the original on July 21, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  8. ^ ソウマトウが不思議な黒猫と少女描くフルカラーマンガ再開. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 31, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  9. ^ アオハルオンライン更新終了のお知らせ. Aoharu (in Japanese). Shueisha. December 27, 2013. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  10. ^ アオハル発の単行本「黒」など6タイトルが一挙に登場. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 19, 2014. Archived from the original on July 21, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  11. ^ ソウマトウ「黒」完結3巻、少女と黒猫の不思議な日常譚. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 17, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  12. ^ [第42話] 黒. Tonari no Young Jump (in Japanese). Shueisha. June 24, 2016. Archived from the original on July 21, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  13. ^ Somato [@somatoma] (August 10, 2022). 8/10発売ヤングジャンプヒロイン2(ヤングジャンプの増刊)に #シャドーハウス 特別編 という形で10P描きました!何の説明もないのですが本編と全く関係のない前作「黒」とのコラボ漫画です!! (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ 【5月19日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 19, 2014. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  15. ^ 【3月19日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 19, 2015. Archived from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  16. ^ 【6月17日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 17, 2014. Archived from the original on April 4, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  17. ^ 『ヲタ恋』の次はこれ! 次にくるマンガ大賞 Webマンガ部門1位は『トモちゃんは女の子!』. Da Vinci News (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. December 21, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.

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