Holyland (manga)

Holyland (Japanese: ホーリーランド, Hepburn: Hōrīrando) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouji Mori [ja]. It was serialized in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal from October 2000 to May 2008, with its chapters collected in 18 tankōbon volumes.

Holyland
First tankōbon volume cover
ホーリーランド (Hōrīrando)
Genre	Martial arts[1]
Manga
Written by	Kouji Mori [ja]
Published by	Hakusensha
Imprint	Jets Comics
Magazine	Young Animal
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	October 12, 2000 – May 23, 2008
Volumes	18

Plot

Yuu Kamishiro is a bullied high schooler who finds solace in the brutal world of street fighting. Training himself in martial arts, Yuu becomes a vigilante known as the "Thug Hunter", taking down bullies and delinquents who prey on the weak. However, as Yuu delves deeper into this violent underground world, he must confront the darkness within himself and find out what true strength means.

Media

Manga

Holyland, written and illustrated by Kouji Mori [ja], was serialized in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal from October 12, 2000,^[a] to May 23, 2008.^[5] Hakusensha collected its chapters in eighteen tankōbon volumes, released from June 29, 2001,^[6] to July 29, 2008.^[7]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	June 29, 2001[6]	978-4-592-13741-2
2	November 29, 2001[8]	978-4-592-13742-9
3	April 26, 2002[9]	978-4-592-13743-6
4	September 27, 2002[10]	978-4-592-13744-3
5	March 28, 2003[11]	978-4-592-13745-0
6	September 29, 2003[12]	978-4-592-13746-7
7	February 27, 2004[13]	978-4-592-13747-4
8	November 29, 2004[14]	978-4-592-13748-1
9	March 29, 2005[15]	978-4-592-13749-8
10	April 28, 2005[16]	978-4-592-13750-4
11	October 28, 2005[17]	978-4-592-14311-6
12	March 29, 2006[18]	978-4-592-14312-3
13	August 29, 2006[19]	978-4-592-14313-0
14	January 29, 2007[20]	978-4-592-14314-7
15	June 29, 2007[21]	978-4-592-14315-4
16	November 29, 2007[22]	978-4-592-14316-1
17	April 28, 2008[23]	978-4-592-14317-8
18	July 29, 2008[7]	978-4-592-14318-5

Drama

Holyland was adapted into a 13-episode Japanese television drama, which was broadcast on TV Tokyo in 2005.^[24]

A 4-episode Korean television drama adaptation was broadcast on Super Action from April 28 to May 19, 2012.^[25][26]

Notes

1. It debuted in the magazine's 20th issue of 2000,^[2][3] released on October 12 of the same year.^[4]