A-bout! (manga)

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 nineteen 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, started in Kodansha’s seinen manga magazine Evening in July 2021.

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, to May 15, 2013. Kodansha collected its chapters in nineteen tankōbon volumes, released from March 17, 2010, to June 17, 2013.

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, to March 12, 2014. Two additional chapters were published in Magazine Special on April 19 and May 20 of the same year. Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from September 17, 2013, to June 17, 2014.

A third series, titled A-bout! Surf started in Kodansha’s seinen manga magazine Evening on July 13, 2021. The first volume was released on September 22, 2021. As of April 3, 2022, three volumes have been released.

 

A-bout!
A-bout! cover.jpeg

Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Asagiri Shinnosuke
Genre Yankī
Manga
Written by Ichikawa Masa
Published by Kodansha
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic Shōnen
Original run November 25, 2009 – May 15, 2013
Volumes 19
Manga
A-bout!! – Asagiri Daikatsuyaku-hen
Written by Ichikawa Masa
Published by Kodansha
Magazine
Demographic Shōnen
Original run June 12, 2013 – May 20, 2014
Volumes 5
Manga
A-bout! Surf
Written by Ichikawa Masa
Published by Kodansha
Magazine Evening
Demographic Seinen
Original run July 13, 2021 – present
Volumes 3

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