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.

Aliens Area
Cover of the first tankōbon volume
Genre	Action[1] Fantasy[1]
Manga
Written by	Fusai Naba
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 6, 2022 – October 24, 2022
Volumes	3 (List of volumes)

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

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

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	October 4, 2022[4]	978-4-08-883257-9	January 23, 2024[7]	978-1-9747-3830-4
"Tatsumi Tatsunami" (立浪辰己, Tatsunami Tatsumi) "Hajime Sharaku" (写楽一, Sharaku Hajime) "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) "The Plot" (企み, Takurami) "Exile" (亡命, Bōmei) "Gnaw Gnaw" (がじがじ, Gaji Gaji) "Equipment 2" (第二兵装, Daini Heisō)
2	February 3, 2023[8]	978-4-08-883393-4	January 23, 2024[9]	978-1-9747-4450-3
"It's So Hot" (あっちいな, Acchiina) "Break the Silence!" (破れ…！ 沈黙！の巻, Yabure...! Chinmoku! no Maki) "Convenient Space Goods" (宇宙の便利グッズ, Uchū no Benri Guzzu) "You Can See Me?!" (拙者の姿が見えるのか…！？, Sessha no Sugata ga Mieru no ka...!?) "Akabane, Kita Ward, Tokyo" (東京都北区赤羽, Tōkyō-to Kita-ku Akabane) "Night, Burning, Akabane" (夜、燃える、赤羽, Yoru, Moeru, Akabane) "Light My Fire" "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]	978-4-08-883394-1	January 23, 2024[10]	978-1-9747-4451-0
"Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth!" (役人多くして事絶えず, Yakunin Ōkushite Koto Taezu) "The Summons" (召喚, Shōkan) "Ahimsa, Antinomie" "Broken Windows Theory (Graduation)" (Broken Windows Theory（あるいは、卒業）, Burōkun Windōzu Seorī (Aruiwa, Sotsugyō)) "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)

Reception

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

Further reading

• Petrella, Todd (June 8, 2022). "Shonen Jump's New Manga Steals Luffy's First One Piece Devil Fruit Power". Screen Rant.
• Green, Marcel (June 17, 2022). "Shonen Jump's New Series Has its Own Ultra-Powerful Men in Black". Screen Rant.

References

1. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 30, 2022). "Fusai Naba, Masaoki Shindō Each Launch New Manga in Shonen Jump in June". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
2. 地球を守るために戦う人々のコズミックアクションファンタジーがジャンプで始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
3. Hazra, Adriana (October 23, 2022). "Fusai Naba's Aliens Area Manga Ends". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
4. "ALIENS AREA 1" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
5. "ALIENS AREA 3" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
6. Hazra, Adriana (June 6, 2022). "Manga Plus, Viz Media Publish Fusai Naba's Aliens Area Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
7. "Aliens Area, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
8. "ALIENS AREA 2" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
9. "Aliens Area, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
10. "Aliens Area, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
11. Petrella, Todd (June 9, 2022). "Shonen Jump's New Series Shows How Early Cancellation Is Changing Manga". Screen Rant. Retrieved June 26, 2022.

External links

• Official website at Weekly Shōnen Jump (in Japanese)
• Official website at Viz Media
• Aliens Area (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia