Ageku no Hate no Kanon
| Ageku no Hate no Kanon | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| あげくの果てのカノン | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kyo Yoneshiro |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Monthly Big Comic Spirits |
| Original run | August 27, 2015 – February 27, 2018 |
| Volumes | 5 |
Ageku no Hate no Kanon (あげくの果てのカノン; lit. 'Kanon in the End') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kyo Yoneshiro. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from August 2015 to February 2018, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes.
Plot
Kanon Takatsuki, a shy young woman, has long been in love with her high school senior, Sousuke Sakai. After being rejected when she confesses to him at graduation, Kanon continues to hold onto her feelings even as Sousuke becomes a combat operative for the Alien Lifeform Countermeasures Committee (SLC), an organization that fights extraterrestrial creatures known as "Jelly". Because Sousuke is frequently injured in battle, he undergoes a medical procedure called "Repair", which restores his body but gradually alters his personality and emotions over time.
Years later, Kanon reunites with Sousuke when he visits the pastry shop where she works. As Sousuke's marriage to his wife Hatsuo, an SLC researcher studying the psychological effects of Repair, begins to deteriorate, he grows closer to Kanon and eventually leaves with her. In response, Hatsuo releases captured Jelly specimens, causing a major disaster in Tokyo and forcing Sousuke to return to battle. Due to his repeated Repairs, Sousuke eventually loses his emotional attachment to Kanon, and she leaves Tokyo to move on with her life.
Ten years later, Kanon is working as a pastry chef when Sousuke, now living a different life and having lost his memories, visits her shop. After hearing music that triggers his memories, Sousuke remembers Kanon and calls out to her, and the story ends as Kanon, still in love with him, begins to fall in love with him once again.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Kyo Yoneshiro, Ageku no Hate no Kanon was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from August 27, 2015, to February 27, 2018.[3][4] Shogakukan collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from June 10, 2016, to June 12, 2018.[5][6]
Volumes
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 10, 2016[5] | 978-4-09-187590-7 |
| 2 | October 12, 2016[7] | 978-4-09-187773-4 |
| 3 | April 12, 2017[8] | 978-4-09-189429-8 |
| 4 | November 10, 2017[9] | 978-4-09-189684-1 |
| 5 | June 12, 2018[6] | 978-4-09-189886-9 |
Reception
Ageku no Hate no Kanon ranked 15th on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics" by the Honya Club website in 2018.[10]
See also
- Ōjōgiwa no Imi o Shire!, another manga series by the same author
References
- 1 2 ストーカー気質の女子が暴発する不倫×SFの物語、押見修造&志村貴子も共感. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 10, 2016. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ "Suivez Kanon au bout du monde grâce aux éditions Akata !". Manga News (in French). March 27, 2019. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ 気鋭・米代恭が描く自虐系女子のSFラブストーリー、月スピにて始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 27, 2015. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ 不倫×SF「あげくの果てのカノン」完結、単行本の最終巻は今夏発売. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 27, 2018. Archived from the original on February 27, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- 1 2 あげくの果てのカノン 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- 1 2 あげくの果てのカノン 5 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ あげくの果てのカノン 2 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ あげくの果てのカノン 3 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ あげくの果てのカノン 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ 全国書店員が選んだおすすめマンガ、今年の1位は「とんがり帽子のアトリエ」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 1, 2018. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
Further reading
- Sonoda, Nana (July 10, 2016). 偶像崇拝”のなれの果て『あげくの果てのカノン. Manga Honz (in Japanese). Honz. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016.
- いま注目の女性作家対談！ 芥川賞作家・村田沙耶香דSF不倫”で話題『あげくの果てのカノン』マンガ家・米代恭/「嫌な人間を書くのが好き」村田発言に米代も共感!? 【前編】. DaVinci News (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. November 13, 2017. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020.