is a Japanese manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series written by Marginal

Garon Tsuchiya

, also known by the name of and marginal , started his manga story career in 1979.In 1986, completed his first major works in collaboration with Akyo Makata, in Ahomansu and Meisouou Boodaa. Afterwards, Tsuchiya collaborated with draftsman Kaiji Kawaguchi for the title, Tokishozo Disturbs and...

 and illustrated by Takeya Syuji. It began serialization in 2005 issue of the monthly seinen manga magazine Comic Beam

Comic Beam

is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Enterbrain on a monthly basis since November 1995. In 2006, it had a circulation of 25,000. Popular manga serialized in Comic Beam include Kaoru Mori's Emma about the love story between a maid and an aristocratic man in Victorian England. Emma was...

. It was published in English by CMX Manga, in French by Casterman

Casterman

Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Tournai, Belgium.Founded in 1780, Casterman was originally a printing company and publishing house...

, and in German by Carlsen Manga.

Reception

Ed Sizemore found the art in the first part of the first volume distracting, and the lead character to be unsympathetic. However, he felt that the manga was well-written. Deb Aoki described the manga as a "glass onion of a mystery". Katherine Dacey found the story "immersive".