Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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| image = Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane 6.png
| caption = Cover of the sixth {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume, featuring Akane Tsunemori
| ja_kanji = 監視官 常守朱
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| type = manga
| author = Hikaru Miyoshi
| publisher = Shueisha
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| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine = {{ubl|Jump Square {{noitalic|(November 2, 2012 – May 2, 2013)}}|Jump Square {{noitalic|website (June 4, 2013 – December 4, 2014)}}}}
| first = November 2, 2012
| last = December 4, 2014
| volumes = 6
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{{Nihongo|Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane|監視官 常守朱||"Inspector Akane Tsunemori"}} is a Japanese manga series by Hikaru Miyoshi, based on the Psycho-Pass anime series. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump Square from November 2012 to May 2013, and later on the magazine's official website from June 2013 to December 2014.
Publication
Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane by Hikaru Miyoshi is based on the anime series Psycho-Pass and focuses on the title character Akane Tsunemori as she works as an inspector within the Bureau forces from dystopian Japan labeled as Sybil System. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump Square from November 2, 2012,{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|title=I.G & Urobuchi's Psycho-Pass Sci-Fi Anime Inspires Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-02/i.g-and-urobuchi-psycho-pass-sci-fi-anime-inspires-manga|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 2, 2021|date=October 2, 2012|archive-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004231244/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-02/i.g-and-urobuchi-psycho-pass-sci-fi-anime-inspires-manga|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「PSYCHO-PASS」コミカライズは監視官・常守朱の物語|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/79300|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 2, 2021|language=ja|date=November 2, 2012|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102112400/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/79300|url-status=live}} to May 2, 2013.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプSQ.2013年6|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M642546|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102095234/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M642546|archive-date=November 2, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}} It later ran on the magazine's website from June 4, 2013,{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプSQ.|url=http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/|website=Jump Square|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629140446/http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/|archive-date=June 29, 2013|language=ja|quote={{lang|ja|【6/4】毎月4日更新!! Web漫画スタート!!『監視官 常守朱』}}}} to December 4, 2014.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Psycho-Pass Manga About Akane Ends|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-04/psycho-pass-manga-about-akane-ends/.81767|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 2, 2021|date=December 4, 2014|archive-date=December 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226182230/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-04/psycho-pass-manga-about-akane-ends/.81767|url-status=live}} Shueisha collected its chapters in six {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from February 4, 2013, to January 5, 2015.
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|OriginalRelDate = June 4, 2013{{cite web|script-title=ja:【6月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/91958|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 2, 2021|language=ja|date=June 4, 2013|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102112407/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/91958|url-status=live}}
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|OriginalRelDate = November 1, 2013{{cite web|script-title=ja:【11月1日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/102610|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 2, 2021|language=ja|date=November 1, 2013|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102112402/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/102610|url-status=live}}
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|OriginalRelDate = April 4, 2014{{cite web|script-title=ja:【4月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/113673|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 2, 2021|language=ja|date=April 4, 2014|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102112405/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/113673|url-status=live}}
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|VolumeNumber = 5
|OriginalRelDate = August 4, 2014{{cite web|script-title=ja:【8月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/122521|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 2, 2021|language=ja|date=August 4, 2014|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102112359/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/122521|url-status=live}}
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|OriginalRelDate = January 5, 2015{{cite web|script-title=ja:【1月5日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/134932|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 2, 2021|language=ja|date=January 5, 2015|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105065441/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/134932|url-status=live}}
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Reception
By November 2013, the manga had 380,000 copies in circulation.{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|title=Psycho-Pass Manga About Akane Has 380,000 Copies in Print|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-03/psycho-pass-manga-about-akane-has-380000-copies-in-print|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 2, 2021|date=November 3, 2013|archive-date=December 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235033/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-03/psycho-pass-manga-about-akane-has-380000-copies-in-print|url-status=live}} By December 2014, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation. The six volumes debuted on Oricon's weekly chart of best-selling manga; the first volume debuted 14th (47,401 copies sold);{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, February 4–10|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-13/japanese-comic-ranking-february-4-10|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 2, 2021|date=February 13, 2013|archive-date=May 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522132958/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-13/japanese-comic-ranking-february-4-10|url-status=live}} the second volume debuted 20th (56,500 copies sold);{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, June 3–9|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-12/japanese-comic-ranking-june-2-8|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 2, 2021|date=June 12, 2013|archive-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205205830/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-12/japanese-comic-ranking-june-2-8|url-status=live}} the third volume debuted 24th (37,483 copies sold);{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, October 28–November 3|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-06/japanese-comic-ranking-october-28-november-3|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 2, 2021|date=November 6, 2013|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102113902/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-06/japanese-comic-ranking-october-28-november-3|url-status=live}} the fourth volume debuted 20th (34,874 copies sold);{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, March 31–April 6|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-09/japanese-comic-ranking-march-31-april-6|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 2, 2021|date=April 9, 2014|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102113913/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-09/japanese-comic-ranking-march-31-april-6|url-status=live}} the fifth volume debuted 16th (61,344 copies sold);{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, August 4–10|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-13/japanese-comic-ranking-august-4-10/.77603|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 2, 2021|date=August 13, 2014|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102113904/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-13/japanese-comic-ranking-august-4-10/.77603|url-status=live}} the sixth volume debuted 12th (79,259 copies sold).{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, January 5–11|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-14/japanese-comic-ranking-january-5-11/.83282|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 2, 2021|date=January 14, 2015|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102113905/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-14/japanese-comic-ranking-january-5-11/.83282|url-status=live}}
Fantasy Mundo's Patricia Llamas stated the manga adaptation was faithful to Akane's characterization as it explored the deep bond with Kogami and the flaws with the Sybil System, a theme also explored with the other members of the cast.{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasymundo.com/inspectora-akane-tsunemori-2-seguimos-descubriendo-el-mundo-de-psycho-pass/|title=Inspectora Akane Tsunemori 2: Seguimos descubriendo el mundo de Psycho Pass|publisher=Fantasy Mundo|date=August 23, 2018|access-date=November 3, 2019|author=Llamas, Patricia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103214004/https://www.fantasymundo.com/inspectora-akane-tsunemori-2-seguimos-descubriendo-el-mundo-de-psycho-pass/|archive-date=November 3, 2019|url-status=live}}
See also
- Moriarty the Patriot, a manga series illustrated by Hikaru Miyoshi
References
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External links
- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027025431/http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/web_manga/tsunemoriakane/index.html|title=Official website at Jump Square}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|17004|noparen=true}}
{{PsychoPass}}
{{Jump Square}}