Dead End (manga)

Dead End
Cover of the first volume
Genre
Manga
Written byShohei Manabe
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
Original runFebruary 23, 2001 – September 25, 2002
Volumes4

Dead End, known in Japan as The End, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shohei Manabe. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine from February 2001 to September 2002, and published in four tankōbon volumes.

Plot

Shiro is a construction worker, tired of the usual daily routine of his job; he hopes that something will come to awake him from the monotony of his life, and his wish is answered when a young girl named Lucy, falling naked from the sky, enters his life. They spend together two days, enough for Shiro to fall in love with her; but on the third day, when Shiro comes back home, he can't find her anymore, and instead he finds his friends murdered. After that he meets a stranger who claims to be his friend, and learns that he had his memory voluntarily erased, he knew Lucy from before, and to find a way to solve the puzzle he has to find five old friends, who have had their memory erased just like him. Along with these five friends he must uncover, there are also many others who seek his death and one particular monster who kills in a brutal way.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Shohei Manabe, the series was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from February 23, 2001,[a] to September 25, 2002.[b] Its chapters were collected into four individual tankōbon volumes.[1]

Tokyopop had licensed the manga in English, releasing four volumes between 2005 and 2006.[1]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1August 21, 2001[2]978-4-06-321126-9March 8, 2005[6]978-1-59-532161-9
2February 20, 2002[7]978-4-06-321133-7June 7, 2005[8]978-1-59-532162-6
3July 19, 2002[9]978-4-06-321139-9September 6, 2005[10]978-1-59-532163-3
4November 20, 2002[4]978-4-06-321141-2May 9, 2006[11]978-1-59-532164-0

Reception

Jarred Pine of Mania liked the story and felt the artwork complemented the story well.[12] Hilary Goldstein of IGN praised the story, which she described as a "slow burn". She also felt that the artwork was realistic.[13] In Manga: The Complete Guide, Jason Thompson wrote the story "has the feel of a dream" and praised the artwork for matching the setting.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Debuted in the magazine's April 2001 issue,[2] released on February 23, 2001.[3]
  2. ^ Finished in the magazine's November 2002 issue,[4] released on September 25, 2002.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Thompson, Jason (July 3, 2012). Manga: The Complete Guide (Google Play Books). Del Rey Books. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-34-553944-1.
  2. ^ a b ＴＨＥ　ＥＮＤ（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 6, 2026. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  3. ^ アフタヌーン2001年4号詳細情報. manganetto.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 24, 2026. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  4. ^ a b ＴＨＥ　ＥＮＤ（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 23, 2026. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  5. ^ アフタヌーン2002年11号詳細情報. manganetto.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 24, 2026. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  6. ^ "Dead End Volume 1". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on January 6, 2006. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  7. ^ ＴＨＥ　ＥＮＤ（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 23, 2026. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  8. ^ "Dead End Volume 2". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on January 6, 2006. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  9. ^ ＴＨＥ　ＥＮＤ（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 23, 2026. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  10. ^ "Dead End Volume 3". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on January 6, 2006. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  11. ^ "Dead End Volume 4". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on January 6, 2006. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  12. ^ Pine, Jarred (May 17, 2005). "Dead End (aka: The End) Vol. #01". Mania. Archived from the original on June 5, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  13. ^ Goldstein, Hilary (March 14, 2005). "Dead End Vol. 1". IGN. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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