Ad Astra per Aspera (manga)
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Ad Astra per Aspera
| image = Ad Astra per Aspera (manga) volume 1.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first volume
| ja_kanji = アド アストラ ペル アスペラ
| ja_romaji = Ado Asutora peru Asupera
| genre = Science fiction{{cite web|script-title=ja:畑健二郎、月イチ連載中のSF宇宙冒険譚1巻＆「ハヤテ」47巻を同時発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/176718|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 16, 2020|language=Japanese|date=February 18, 2016|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018152707/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/176718|url-status=live}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Kenjiro Hata
| publisher = Shogakukan
| publisher_en =
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint = Shōnen Sunday Comics
| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Sunday
| first = September 2, 2015
| last =
| volumes = 1
| volume_list =
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{{Nihongo|Ad Astra per Aspera|アド アストラ ペル アスペラ|Ado Asutora peru Asupera|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It started in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in September 2015. Hata published the series on a monthly basis, with a "first season" of seven chapters published until May 2016. Hata stated that he will release a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will continue. Its chapters have been collected in one {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume as of February 2016.
Publication
Ad Astra per Aspera is written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. In July 2015, Hata announced that he would start a monthly series to be published in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hayate the Combat Butler's Kenjirou Hata Launches New Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-07/hayate-the-combat-butler-kenjirou-hata-launches-new-manga/.90149|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 17, 2020|date=July 7, 2015|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018022509/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-07/hayate-the-combat-butler-kenjirou-hata-launches-new-manga/.90149|url-status=live}} Ad Astra per Aspera debuted in the magazine on September 2, 2015.{{cite web|script-title=ja:畑健二郎“僕の全てが詰まっている”月イチ新連載、サンデーにて始動|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/158874|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 17, 2020|language=ja|date=September 2, 2015|archive-date=February 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221165628/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/158874|url-status=live}} The series' "first season" ran for seven chapters until May 11, 2016.{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 2016年24号|url=https://www.bookshop-ps.com/bsp/bsp_magcode?sha=1&sho=2066405116|website=Book Shop Shogakukan|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=October 18, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231018034832/https://www.bookshop-ps.com/bsp/bsp_magcode?sha=1&sho=2066405116|archive-date=October 18, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:畑 健二郎 Vol.427／2016年5月11日|url=https://websunday.net/backstage/hata/427.html|website=Web Sunday|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=October 17, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419121058/https://websunday.net/backstage/hata/427.html|archivedate=April 19, 2017|language=ja|date=May 11, 2016|url-status=live}} On the same day, Hata wrote that he will continue the series with a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will continue. Shogakukan collected the first five chapters in a {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume, released on February 18, 2016.
=Volumes=
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{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber = 1
|OriginalRelDate = February 18, 2016{{cite web|script-title=ja:アド アストラ ペル アスペラ １|url=https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091265692|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=October 17, 2020|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20201027053544/https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091265692|archivedate=October 27, 2020|url-status=live}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-126569-2
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- 1-A. "Destiny"
- 1-B. {{Nihongo|"Night and Fog"|夜と霧|Yoru to Kiri}}
- 2. "Moon Pride"
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- 3. {{Nihongo|"The Moonlight Carries the Message of Love"|月の光は愛のメッセージ|Tsuki no Hikari wa Ai no Messēji}}
- 4. {{Nihongo|"Beyond Good and Evil"|善悪の彼岸|Zen'aku no Higan}}
- 5. {{Nihongo|"Will to Power"|力への意識|Chikara e no Ishiki}}
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=Chapters not yet in ''tankōbon'' volumes=
These chapters have yet to be published in a {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume. They were published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in March and May 2016.
- 6. "Ambiguous"
- 7. {{Nihongo|"Oath"|誓いの言葉|Chikai no Kotoba}}
Reception
The first volume sold 16,000 copies in its first week of release.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, February 15–21|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-24/japanese-comic-ranking-february-15-21/.99043|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923185943/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-24/japanese-comic-ranking-february-15-21/.99043|archive-date=September 23, 2023|date=February 24, 2016|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://websunday.net/work/698/|Ad Astra per Aspera official website at Web Sunday}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|17605|noparen=true}}
{{Series in Weekly Shōnen Sunday}}
{{Weekly Shōnen Sunday - 2010–2019}}