Bone Collection

Japanese manga series
Bone Collection
Cover of the first volume
ボーンコレクション
(Bōn Korekushon)
GenreSupernatural[1]
Manga
Written byJun Kirarazaka
Published byShueisha
English publisher
  • NA: Viz Media
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 20, 2020 – August 24, 2020
Volumes2 (List of volumes)

Bone Collection (Japanese: ボーンコレクション, Hepburn: Bōn Korekushon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Kirarazaka. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from April to August 2020 and published in two volumes.

Publication

Written by Jun Kirarazaka, the series originated as a one-shot written by Kirarazaka in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in August 2019. The one-shot was turned into a full series, which debuted on April 20, 2020.[2] The series finished serialization on August 24, 2020.[3] The series' individual chapters were collected into two tankōbon volumes.[4]

Viz Media published chapters of the series simultaneously with the original release, and also released the series' volumes digitally on September 28, 2021.[1][5]

Volume list

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 August 4, 2020[6]978-4-08-882416-1September 28, 2021[7]978-1-9747-2049-1
  • 01. "I Don't Want to Die!"
  • 02. "I Want to Become Human!"
  • 03. "I Want to Dominate"
  • 04. "I Want to Execute You"
  • 05. "I Don't Want to Be Executed!"
  • 06. "I Don't Want to Hurt You"
  • 07. "I Want to Cut You"
2 November 4, 2020[4]978-4-08-882511-3September 28, 2021[8]978-1-9747-2707-0
  • 08. "I Want to Be an Exorcist"
  • 09. "I Want to Drink Milk"
  • 10. "I Want to Teach You"
  • 11. "I Want to Learn!"
  • 12. "I Can't Believe It!"
  • 13. "I Want to Fight!"
  • 14. "I Want to Get Married"
  • 15. "I Want to Live with You"
  • Bonus Chapter: "Last Bone Love"

Reception

Zach Wilkerson and Vince Ostrowski of Multiversity Comics praised the humor, though they felt the series was too generic.[9] Jacob Parker-Dalton of Otaquest felt that the series had potential, though he felt the artwork was poorly drawn.[10] Steven Blackburn of Screen Rant compared Doron Dororon to Bone Collection, ultimately calling the former a blander version of the latter.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Mateo, Alex (April 22, 2020). "Viz's Shonen Jump Publishes Bone Collection Manga in English Digitally". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 6, 2020). "3 New Manga Launch in Shonen Jump This Spring". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  3. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 23, 2020). "Jun Kirarazaka's Bone Collection Manga Ends in Shonen Jump". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  4. ^ a b ボーンコレクション 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  5. ^ Mateo, Alex (July 9, 2021). "Viz to Release Demon Slayer Spinoff Manga, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Alice in Borderland, More Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  6. ^ ボーンコレクション 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  7. ^ "Bone Collection, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  8. ^ "Bone Collection, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  9. ^ Wilkerson, Zach; Ostrowski, Vince (April 29, 2020). "This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of 4/26/20". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  10. ^ Parker-Dalton, Jacob (April 28, 2020). "Bone Collection Chapter 1 Digs Around – Your Manga Week #26". Otaquest. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  11. ^ Blackburn, Steven (January 1, 2022). "Shonen Jump's Doron Dororon is Haunted by Another Manga's Failure". Screen Rant. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

External links

  • Official website at Weekly Shōnen Jump (in Japanese)
  • Bone Collection (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia