Q and A (manga)

Q and A (JapaneseQあんどAHepburnQ ando A) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Monthly Shōnen Sunday (Gessan) from May 2009 to March 2012. It was one of the first manga to be launched in Gessan. The “Q” in the title is for the nickname “Q-chan” for character Hisashi, and the “A” for Atsushi.

Plot

Atsushi Ando and his family moved away from his hometown after the death of his older brother, Hitsushi, nicknamed Q-chan, but they eventually return after six years. When returning home from his first day out after moving in, Atsushi sees his brother is still around in the form of a ghost, waiting for the family to come back all these years. In a feverish haze, he is convinced he is just seeing things, but the next morning realizes that his brother’s ghost is still present. Not only that, but the only one who can see Hitsushi’s ghost is Atsushi.

Publication

Q and A is written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. The series began in the June 2009 and the first ever issue of Shogakukan‘s Monthly Shōnen Sunday, released on May 12, 2009. The series finished on March 12, 2012. Its chapters were collected in six tankōbon volumes, released from November 12, 2009 to May 11, 2012. Shogakukan republished the series in three wide-ban volumes, released from June 10 to August 12, 2016. Shogakukan republished the series again in three bunkoban volumes, released from July 12 to September 13, 2019.

Reception

The second volume peaked at #3 on the Japanese Manga Rankings. The fifth volume peaked at #28 and the sixth and final volume peaked at #19 and sold an estimated 58,938 copies in total.

Notes

  1.  ANN incorrectly stated that the series would be finished in the May issue, but it finished in the same April issue launched in March 2012.

 

Q and A
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Volume 1 of Q and A with Atsushi (left) and Yuho (right)
QあんどA
Genre Romantic comedy
Manga
Written by Mitsuru Adachi
Published by Shogakukan
Magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic Shōnen
Original run May 12, 2009 – April 12, 2012
Volumes (List of volumes)

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