No. 5 (manga)

No. 5 (Japanese: ナンバーファイブ, Hepburn: Nanbā Faibu) is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Taiyo Matsumoto. Originally serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki manga magazine. It ran for eight volumes.

No. 5
Cover of No. 5
ナンバーファイブ (Number Five)
Manga
Written by	Taiyo Matsumoto
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	^NA Viz Media
Magazine	Monthly Ikki
English magazine	^NA Pulp
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2000 – 2005
Volumes	8

Viz Media, who beforehand had published Matsumoto's Black & White (and later Blue Spring), released the first English-translated volume in a dust-jacket format closer to Western comics standards. The second volume was released in 2003, but due to bad sales (roughly less than 1000 copies of both volumes together sold), the series was instantly discontinued. Neither volume received a second printing run, and so is believed to be a rare manga in today's market. It was published in French by Kana.[1]

Chapters

• Volume 1

1. desert
2. flowers
3. cemetery
4. restaurant

• Volume 2

1. forest
2. villa
3. village
4. park

• Volume 3

1. wonder land
2. snow field
3. vision
4. many places

• Volume 4

1. fifteen years ago
2. ten years ago
3. gone days
4. cottage

• Volume 5

1. mountain
2. chase
3. chase 2
4. chase 3
5. fight

• Volume 6

1. monologue
2. darkness
3. conference room
4. on TV
5. east

• Volume 7

1. a funeral
2. ship
3. sea
4. in the Mike
5. in his arms

• Volume 8

1. in the Army
2. PAPA's Diary
3. Under Stars
4. at the Table
5. Utopia
6. Future (End)

References

1. "Number 5". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved 30 July 2014.

External links

• No. 5 at Anime News Network's encyclopedia