Ichijinsha announced that author Kazuya
Minekura will return to her Wild Adapter manga after
a nine-year hiatus. Chapter 50 will debut on August 8 on
the Ichijin Plus platform, coinciding with its reopening after
maintenance tasks.
The last
chapter of the manga had been published in 2016 on the Zero-Sum Online portal.
Since then, the series had remained inactive due, in part, to the author's
health problems, which also affected the pace of publication of her other
work, Saiyuki Reload Blast.
A
journey through the criminal underworld and the supernatural
The story
revolves around Makoto Kubota, a young gang leader who ends up
taking in Minoru Tokitoh, a mysterious boy who was exposed to the
drug known as "W.A." This compound has transformed
his right arm into a monstrous limb, and the two embark on an investigation to
discover the origins of the substance, which is unleashing chaos in the city's
underworld.
A manga
with an extensive publishing history
Wild
Adapter began
serialization in 2000 in Tokuma Shoten's Chara magazine.
Later, in 2011, it passed into the hands of Ichijinsha, where it
was published in the magazine Zero-Sum Ward until it closed in
May 2015.
Since then,
the series continued its journey in digital format through the Zero-Sum
Online platform. This is how the seventh compilation volume was
released in July 2015.
Adaptations
and presence in other media
The popularity of the work led to the creation of two OVAs, released in 2014 and 2015 respectively. In addition, the Wild Adapter characters also appear in another Minekura manga: Shiritsu Araiso Koutougakkou Seitokai Shikkoubu, which was adapted into anime in 2002.
In
2006, Tokyopop licensed the manga for publication in North
America, eventually releasing six volumes before the closure of its publishing
division in that region.
Minekura
continues to resume his great works
This return
is in addition to the recent resumption of Saiyuki Reload Blast,
which was re-released in September 2024 after another extended hiatus.
Everything indicates that Kazuya Minekura is determined to continue with her
most beloved stories by fans.
