Chaos Game (manga)

Chaos Game
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ran Suzuki
カオスゲーム
(Kaosu Gēmu)
Genre
Manga
Written byDaiki Yamazaki
Published byKodansha
English publisherKodansha (digital)
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
Original runJuly 25, 2022 – June 25, 2024
Volumes5

Chaos Game (Japanese: カオスゲーム, Hepburn: Kaosu Gēmu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daiki Yamazaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from July 2022 to June 2024, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes.

Plot

Investigative journalist Ran Suzuki carries a strange birthmark of three circles on her abdomen. After her exposé of a corrupt politician's dealings with the yakuza are halted by her publishing company, her colleague Machida suggests she take her story to a journalist he knows, giving her their contact. Later that night, Ran and Machida are ambushed by the yakuza over the exposé. As they are taken to a warehouse to be beaten up, a man with a scarred face and three diamond markings in his eyes interrupts them, where his presence causes them all to die by pure chance—except for Machida, whom he personally kills. However, he fails to kill Ran, also by pure chance. The man asks her if she has seen God before disappearing.

Recovering from her injuries, Ran uses the contact Machida gave her to meet the freelance journalist and occult enthusiast, Kyoichi Azuma. While investigating the incident at the warehouse, Kyoichi shares an image of a diamond-shaped sigil in one of his articles, similar to the scarred man's eyes. The markings are soon revealed to be the symbol of a mysterious cult known as the Salvation Society, where its members are given the same markings on their bodies, possess supernatural abilities, and follow a God that is up against another God; one that is represented by a circular sigil like Ran's birthmark, and who has guided her to safety a number of times.

Ran and Kyoichi are now locked in a supernatural battle against the Salvation Society, where everyday accidents become intentional attempts on their lives.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Daiki Yamazaki, Chaos Game was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from July 25, 2022,[3] to June 25, 2024.[4][5] Kodansha collected its 24 chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from November 22, 2022, to September 20, 2024.[2][6]

In September 2024, Kodansha began publishing the series in English on its K Manga digital service.[1]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1November 22, 2022[7]978-4-06-529601-1
2April 21, 2023[8]978-4-06-531328-2
3September 22, 2023[9]978-4-06-532949-8
4March 22, 2024[10]978-4-06-534837-6
5September 20, 2024[6]978-4-06-536752-0

References

  1. 1 2 Hazra, Adriana; Tai, Anita (September 12, 2024). "Kodansha's K MANGA Platform Adds The Long Summer of August 31st, Chaos Game Manga in English". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 新人記者が"謎の印"の真相を追うオカルトサスペンス1巻、「亜人」桜井画門も激賞. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 22, 2022. Archived from the original on September 22, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ 四季大賞受賞の新鋭が描く新連載「カオスゲーム」週刊誌記者の女性が出会った謎の男. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 25, 2022. Archived from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  4. ↑ アフタヌーン 2024年8月号. Monthly Afternoon (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 25, 2024.
  5. ↑ Yamazaki, Daiki [@hekokokoko] (June 27, 2024). 今月発売のアフタヌーンにカオスゲーム最終話掲載されてます。丸2年の連載でした。最終巻になる5巻は再来月ごろに刊行される予定です。 読んでくださった皆様ありがとうございました！！ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 4, 2026. Retrieved July 20, 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  6. 1 2 【9月20日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 20, 2024. Archived from the original on August 4, 2026. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ 【11月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 22, 2022. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  8. ↑ 【4月21日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 21, 2023. Archived from the original on May 13, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  9. ↑ 【9月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 22, 2023. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  10. ↑ 【3月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 22, 2024. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.

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