Cipher Academy
Cipher Academy | |
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暗号学園のいろは (Angō Gakuen no Iroha) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Nisio Isin |
Illustrated by | Yūji Iwasaki |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | November 21, 2022 – February 5, 2024 |
Volumes | 7 |
Cipher Academy (Japanese: 暗号学園のいろは, Hepburn: Angō Gakuen no Iroha) is a Japanese manga series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Yūji Iwasaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from November 2022 to February 2024, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes.
Plot
[edit]The series takes place at the eponymous Cipher Academy, a former all girls' military academy focused on the study of cryptography, telling the story of Iroha Irohazaka, the sole boy in his class. While dealing with a spartan homework puzzle on his first day in class, Iroha comes across Kogoe Horagatoge, a student from a different class on the run from Kyora Toshusai, a fellow student of Iroha's and the heiress to a weapons manufacturer. Iroha helps Kogoe hide, and she gives him a pair of glasses embedded with technology that allows him to see the "hints" to codes. After Kyora bullies Iroha into a cipher-based battle and Iroha uses the glasses to win, he is thrown into a conspiracy involving 50 billion morg hidden at the academy—a stash of cryptocurrency so valuable that it could end half the wars in the world, or, conversely, double them.
Publication
[edit]Written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Yūji Iwasaki, Cipher Academy was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from November 21, 2022,[2][3] to February 5, 2024.[4] A voice comic featuring Rina Satō, Ayane Sakura, and Saori Ōnishi was released on YouTube.[5] Shueisha released the first tankōbon volume on March 3, 2023,[6] and the seventh and last on May 2, 2024.[7]
Viz Media and Manga Plus published the series in English.[8] However, the series' original English translator, Kumar Sivasubramanian, announced he would stop translating the series following the release of the thirteenth chapter; he also linked to an article by Screen Rant, which described the series as "impossible to translate". He was replaced by a new translator, Dan Luffey.[9][10]
Volumes
[edit]No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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1 | March 3, 2023[6] | 978-4-08-883439-9 | February 27, 2024 (digital)[1] | 978-1-9747-4083-3 | ||
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2 | May 2, 2023[11] | 978-4-08-883531-0 | May 28, 2024 (digital)[12] | 978-1-9747-4768-9 | ||
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3 | August 4, 2023[13] | 978-4-08-883594-5 | August 27, 2024 (digital)[14] | 978-1-9747-4863-1 | ||
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4 | October 4, 2023[15] | 978-4-08-883669-0 | November 26, 2024 (digital)[16] | 978-1-9747-5103-7 | ||
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5 | January 4, 2024[17] | 978-4-08-883795-6 | - | — | ||
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6 | March 4, 2024[18] | 978-4-08-883846-5 | - | — | ||
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7 | May 2, 2024[7] | 978-4-08-884021-5 | - | — | ||
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Reception
[edit]The series ranked fourth in the 2023 Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[19] The series ranked tenth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2024 list.[20]
Carlyle Edmundson of Screen Rant praised the use of purposeful censorship to illustrate points about contemporary Japan.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Cipher Academy, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 6, 2022). "Shonen Jump Magazine Launches 4 New Manga in Next 4 Weeks". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ 西尾維新×岩崎優次のジャンプ新連載! "暗号解読"学園ドラマ『暗号学園のいろは』. Oricon (in Japanese). November 21, 2022. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ Tai, Anita (February 5, 2024). "Cypher Academy Manga Ends". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ 暗号学園のいろは:西尾維新原作の「ジャンプ」話題作 ボイスコミックに 佐藤利奈、佐倉綾音、大西沙織出演. Mantan Web (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. February 10, 2023. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ a b 暗号学園のいろは 1 [Angō Gakuen no Iroha 1] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ a b 暗号学園のいろは 7 [Angō Gakuen no Iroha 7] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ Hazra, Adriana (November 21, 2022). "Viz Media, Manga Plus Launch Cipher Academy Manga in English". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ Leung, Hilary (February 19, 2023). "Difficult-to-Translate Manga Cipher Academy Is Losing Its Translator After 13 Chapters". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ Colbert, Isaiah (February 21, 2023). "Translator Steps Down From Shonen Jump Manga After Declaring It Untranslatable [Update]". Kotaku. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ 暗号学園のいろは 2 [Angō Gakuen no Iroha 2] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on April 30, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ "Cipher Academy, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ 暗号学園のいろは 3 [Angō Gakuen no Iroha 3] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Cipher Academy, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ 暗号学園のいろは 4 [Angō Gakuen no Iroha 4] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ "Cipher Academy, Vol. 4". Viz Media. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
- ^ 暗号学園のいろは 5 [Angō Gakuen no Iroha 5] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ 暗号学園のいろは 6 [Angō Gakuen no Iroha 6] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 31, 2023). "Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru!, Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta Win Next Manga Awards Print, Web Categories". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ 橘オレコ「ホタルの嫁入り」が全国書店員が選んだおすすめコミック2024の第1位に. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 1, 2024. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ Edmundson, Carlyle (December 20, 2022). "Shonen Jump Finds a Genius Use for Censorship in New Series". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
Further reading
[edit]- Sockol, Ben (February 17, 2023). "A New Shonen Jump Manga Just Became Impossible to Translate". Screen Rant.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
- Cipher Academy (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia