Aliens Area

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Aliens Area

Aliens Area (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fusai Naba. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from June to October 2022, with its chapters collected into three tankōbon volumes.

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Aliens Area
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Cover of the first tankōbon volume
Genre
Manga
Written byFusai Naba
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 6, 2022October 24, 2022
Volumes3 (List of volumes)
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Plot

High schooler Tatsumi Tatsunami lost his parents at a young age and now works multiple part-time jobs to support himself and his younger siblings. However, it turns out his right arm holds a very powerful piece of alien technology, and other aliens want it. However, after being saved by the strange man, Hajime Sharaku, Tatsunami is offered the chance of a lifetime: to work with him at Section 5 of the Foreign Affairs Division and help protect earth from extra terrestrial threats. To support his sibling, Tatsumi takes it, starting his adventure.

Characters

Tatsumi Tatsunami
One of the main protagonists. He lost his parents in a fire and needs to work multiple part-time jobs to support his siblings. In his right arm holds an advanced form of alien technology, which allows him to change and alter his arm's shape.
Hajime Sharaku
One of the main protagonists. He is an investigator for Section 5. He has a cane that doubles as a taser, and a wrist brace that grants him anti-gravity abilities.

Publication

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Written and illustrated by Fusai Naba, the series was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from June 6 to October 24, 2022.[1][2][3] Three tankōbon volumes were published from October 4, 2022, to February 3, 2023.[4][5]

Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing chapters of the series in English simultaneously with their Japanese release.[6]

Volume list

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 October 4, 2022[4]978-4-08-883257-9January 23, 2024[7]978-1-9747-3830-4
  1. "Tatsumi Tatsunami" (立浪辰己, Tatsunami Tatsumi)
  2. "Hajime Sharaku" (写楽一, Sharaku Hajime)
  3. "Section 5, Foreign Affairs Division, Public Security Bureau, Police Department" (警視庁公安部外事第五課, Keishichō Kōan Bugaiji Daigoka)
  1. "The Plot" (企み, Takurami)
  2. "Exile" (亡命, Bōmei)
  3. "Gnaw Gnaw" (がじがじ, Gaji Gaji)
  4. "Equipment 2" (第二兵装, Daini Heisō)
2 February 3, 2023[8]978-4-08-883393-4January 23, 2024[9]978-1-9747-4450-3
  1. "It's So Hot" (あっちいな, Acchiina)
  2. "Break the Silence!" (破れ…! 沈黙!の巻, Yabure...! Chinmoku! no Maki)
  3. "Convenient Space Goods" (宇宙の便利グッズ, Uchū no Benri Guzzu)
  4. "You Can See Me?!" (拙者の姿が見えるのか…!?, Sessha no Sugata ga Mieru no ka...!?)
  1. "Akabane, Kita Ward, Tokyo" (東京都北区赤羽, Tōkyō-to Kita-ku Akabane)
  2. "Night, Burning, Akabane" (夜、燃える、赤羽, Yoru, Moeru, Akabane)
  3. "Light My Fire"
  4. "All Hands on Deck! It's Time For a Meeting!" (会議だヨ!全員集合!, Kaigi da yo! Zen'in Shūgō!)
3 February 3, 2023[5]978-4-08-883394-1January 23, 2024[10]978-1-9747-4451-0
  1. "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth!" (役人多くして事絶えず, Yakunin Ōkushite Koto Taezu)
  2. "The Summons" (召喚, Shōkan)
  3. "Ahimsa, Antinomie"
  1. "Broken Windows Theory (Graduation)" (Broken Windows Theory(あるいは、卒業), Burōkun Windōzu Seorī (Aruiwa, Sotsugyō))
  2. "Laugh, Cry... The End of Youth" (笑う、苦く、それが青春の終わり, Warau, Nigaku, Sore ga Seishun no Owari)
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Reception

Despite that, he offered praise to the overall premise Shonen Jump canceled Aliens Area early.[11]

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