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Yasuda Suzuhito Resumes Bootsleg Manga After 1 Year
posted on by Alex Mateo
The manga had gone on a hiatus in October 2024.
The manga launched in Japan in March 2019. Kodansha published the manga's fifth compiled book volume in April 2024.
Kodansha USA published the manga's first chapter in English in April 2019, and began publishing it in digital volumes in March 2022. The company describes the story:
At seven years old, Zen's parents, sister, and his own left leg were swallowed by the mysterious gloved entity only known as Shake Hand. And Zen's not the only one—in the seven years after, these "gloved hand" incidents have only increased, and others have lost families and limbs, too. But Zen is powerless to do anything about it...until the fateful night his eyes are opened and he once again comes face to face with the mysterious, murderous Shake Hand—and the artisan syndicate sworn to stop him, known as Bootsleg! An oversized, action-packed new series from the author of Yozakura Quartet !
Yasuda's Yozakura Quartet manga launched in 2006 in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine. The manga ended on July 26. Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English.
The manga inspired a 12-episode television anime series in 2008, and then inspired the 13-episode Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~ television anime in 2013. The manga also inspired the Yozakura Quartet ~Hoshi no Umi~ original video anime (OVA) series and the Yozakura Quartet ~Tsuki ni Naku~ OVA series in 2010 and 2013, respectively.
Source: Monthly Shonen Sirius November issue
