Ice Blade
Japanese manga series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ice Blade (地雷震, Jiraishin, Earth-Lightning-Quake or Landmine Quake) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Takahashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from 1992 to 1999, with its chapters collected in nineteen tankōbon volumes. The story follows Kyoya Ida, a plainclothes police officer, and his colleagues at the Shinjuku Police Department as they investigate and solve crimes in the Greater Tokyo Area. Sometimes, these crimes are solved with some prices to pay.
Ice Blade | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kyoya Ida | |
地雷震 (Jiraishin) | |
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Written by | Tsutomu Takahashi |
Published by | Kodansha |
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Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
English magazine | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1992 – 1999 |
Volumes | 19 (List of volumes) |
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Jiraishin Diablo | |
Written by | Tsutomu Takahashi |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Good! Afternoon |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | November 7, 2008 – November 7, 2011 |
Volumes | 3 (List of volumes) |
A sequel, titled Jiraishin Diablo, was serialized in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon from 2008 to 2011, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. It portrays Ida and his interactions with various people after his absence from the force due to an eye disease while hearing of mysterious deaths of villagers living in the fictional Amakura Island in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture in the year 2008 while assisting a police detective in initially trying to figure out who or what was responsible for their deaths after it was reported back in 2007.