Material Puzzle
{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Material Puzzle 1.png
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover
| ja_kanji = マテリアル・パズル
| ja_romaji = Materiaru Pazuru
| genre = Fantasy{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Masahiro Totsuka Launches New Material Puzzle Manga After 9 Years|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-20/masahiro-totsuka-launches-new-material-puzzle-manga-after-9-years/.130625|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 7, 2020|date=April 20, 2018|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407015201/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-20/masahiro-totsuka-launches-new-material-puzzle-manga-after-9-years/.130625|url-status=live}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Masahiro Totsuka
| publisher = {{ubl|Square Enix (former)|Kodansha (current; digital)}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine = Monthly Shōnen Gangan
| first = January 12, 2002
| last = September 12, 2008
| volumes = 22
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title = Series titles
|content =
- Material Puzzle (2002–2008,{{efn|Including a series of {{Transliteration|ja|gaiden}} chapters serialized in 2007–08}} 20 volumes)
- Material Puzzle: Saikō Shōnen (2008, 2 volumes)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Material Puzzle: Zero Kreuz
| author = Masahiro Totsuka
| illustrator = Kimitake Yoshioka
| publisher = {{ubl|Square Enix (former)|Kodansha (current; digital)}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine = {{ubl|Monthly Shōnen Gangan {{noitalic|(2008–2009)}}|Gangan Online {{noitalic|(2009–2012)}}}}
| first = October 11, 2008
| last = March 22, 2012
| volumes = 9
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Material Puzzle: Kaminaki Sekai no Mahoutsukai
| author = Masahiro Totsuka
| publisher = Kodansha
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| magazine = {{ill|Morning Two|ja|月刊モーニングtwo}}
| first = May 22, 2018
| last = December 22, 2022
| volumes = 10
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{Nihongo|Material Puzzle|マテリアル・パズル|Materiaru Pazuru|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahiro Totsuka. It was serialized in Square Enix's Shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2002 to 2007, followed by {{Transliteration|ja|gaiden}} chapters and a short series subtitled Saikō Shōnen, published from 2007 to 2008. A prequel series by Kimitake Yoshioka, titled Material Puzzle: Zero Kreuz, was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan and Gangan Online from 2008 to 2009. Nine years after the original series' finale, Totsuka started another series, titled Material Puzzle: Kaminaki Sekai no Mahoutsukai, in Kodansha's Seinen manga magazine {{ill|Morning Two|ja|月刊モーニングtwo}}, which ran from 2018 to 2022.
Plot
Set in a fictional world where magic is used, Mikaze is sent by the two elders of his village to ask the 3 great immortal magicians to help his village from being overtaken by a large fungi called the Yamakuidake (Mountain eating Mushroom). So he starts his quest and climbs up the mountain that the Three Magicians live on to ask, but upon meeting the 3 Magicians, he learns that the other two are gone and he is left with Aqua, a young girl who uses candy as a wand. Eventually, they agree: she will go and help his village as long as he brings her back safe and sound to the mountain afterwards. The only problem is that, as a sign of their agreement, he has to wear a mask until the agreement is fulfilled.
Publication
Written and illustrated by {{ill|Masahiro Totsuka|ja|土塚理弘}}, Material Puzzle started in Square Enix's Shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan on January 12, 2002.{{Efn|The series started in the February 2002 issue.{{cite web|script-title=ja:月刊少年ガンガン 2002年2月号|url=http://www.enix.co.jp/magazine/gangan/sakuhin/0202/lineup.html|website=Gangan Net|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207184124/http://www.enix.co.jp/magazine/gangan/sakuhin/0202/lineup.html|archive-date=February 7, 2003|language=ja}} The magazine is generally published on the 12th of the month preceding the one indicated by the issue.}} The main series finished on June 12, 2007.{{cite web|script-title=ja:少年ガンガン7月号 6月12日発売!|url=http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200706121.html|website=Gangan Net|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103201824/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200706121.html|archive-date=November 3, 2007|language=ja}} A {{Transliteration|ja|gaiden}} story started on August 11, 2007,{{cite web|script-title=ja:少年ガンガン9月号 8月11日発売!|url=http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200708121.html|website=Gangan Net|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004165124/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200708121.html|archive-date=October 4, 2008|language=ja|date=October 4, 2008}} and finished on March 12, 2008.{{cite web|script-title=ja:少年ガンガン4月号 3月12日発売!|url=http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200803121.html|website=Gangan Net|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080712190222/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200803121.html|archive-date=July 12, 2008|language=ja}} A four-chapter story, titled {{Nihongo|Material Puzzle: Saikō Shōnen|マテリアル・パズル〜彩光少年〜}}, was published in the same magazine from June 12 to September 12, 2008.{{cite web|script-title=ja:少年ガンガン7月号 6月12日発売!|url=http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200806121.html|website=Gangan Net|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114063853/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200806121.html|archive-date=November 14, 2009|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:少年ガンガン10月号 9月12日発売!|url=http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200809121.html|website=Gangan Net|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114081228/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200809121.html|archive-date=November 14, 2009|language=ja}} Square Enix collected the Material Puzzle chapters in 20 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from June 22, 2002,{{cite web|script-title=ja:マテリアル・パズル 1巻|url=http://www.square-enix.com/jp/magazine/top/introduction/detail/9784757507197.html|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819065607/http://www.square-enix.com/jp/magazine/top/introduction/detail/9784757507197.html|archive-date=August 19, 2011|language=ja}} to September 22, 2007,{{cite web|script-title=ja:ガンガンコミックス|url=http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/lineup-book/janrubetu/gangan_c.html|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060856/http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/lineup-book/janrubetu/gangan_c.html|archive-date=October 23, 2013|language=ja}} and the Material Puzzle: Saikō Shōnen chapters were collected in two {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from September 22, 2008, to February 21, 2009. In 2018, Kodansha started re-releasing the manga volumes in a new edition as ebooks, which were numbered 1–22.{{cite web|script-title=ja:土塚理弘「マテリアル・パズル」が再始動、電書完全版の配信が本日スタート|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266399|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 3, 2023|language=ja|date=January 23, 2018|archive-date=December 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225195144/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266399|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:土塚理弘「マテリアル・パズル 〜神無き世界の魔法使い〜」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/material_puzzle/page/2|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 3, 2023|language=ja|date=February 22, 2019|archive-date=December 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224010137/https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/material_puzzle/page/2|url-status=live}}
A prequel manga by {{ill|Kimitake Yoshioka|ja|吉岡公威}}, titled {{Nihongo|{{ill|Material Puzzle: Zero Kreuz|ja|マテリアル・パズル ゼロクロイツ}}|マテリアル・パズル ゼロクロイツ}}, started in Monthly Shōnen Gangan on October 11, 2008.{{cite web|script-title=ja:少年ガンガン11月号 10月11日発売!|url=http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200810121.html|website=Gangan Net|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114081233/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200810121.html|archive-date=November 14, 2009|language=ja}} The series was later moved to Gangan Online in 2009 and finished on March 22, 2012.{{cite web|script-title=ja:マテリアル・パズル ゼロクロイツ|url=http://www.square-enix.com/jp/magazine/ganganonline/comic/zero_k/index.html|website=Gangan Online|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416092239/http://www.square-enix.com/jp/magazine/ganganonline/comic/zero_k/index.html|archive-date=April 16, 2012|language=ja}} Square Enix collected its chapters in nine {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from September 22, 2008, to May 22, 2012. In 2018, Kodansha republished the series in 10 ebooks.{{cite tweet|author={{lang|ja|土塚理弘スタジオねこ}}|number=1056129053239914496|user=studionekot|script-title=ja:マテリアル･パズル第0章ゼロクロイツ 講談社電子完全版で全10巻発売中ー 作画の吉岡先生は現在ぐらんぶる連載中ー http://sinkan.net/?uid=1062&inc_kindle=1&action_keyword=true|date=October 27, 2018|access-date=June 3, 2023|language=ja}}
Nine years after the original series finale, Totsuka published a {{Transliteration|ja|gaiden}} chapter in Kodansha's Seinen manga magazine {{ill|Morning Two|ja|月刊モーニングtwo}} on January 22, 2018,{{cite web|script-title=ja:倉薗紀彦の近未来ヒーローアクションがモーツーで始動「マテパ」新作も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266230|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 3, 2023|language=ja|date=January 22, 2018|archive-date=January 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150212/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266230|url-status=live}} and another series, titled {{Nihongo|Material Puzzle: Kaminaki Sekai no Mahoutsukai|マテリアル・パズル 〜神無き世界の魔法使い〜}}, started in the same magazine on May 22 of that same year.{{cite web|script-title=ja:土塚理弘「マテリアル・パズル」約10年ぶり始動、100ページでモーツー登場|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/283202|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 3, 2023|language=ja|date=May 22, 2018|archive-date=July 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701210606/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/283202|url-status=live}} The magazine ceased print publication and move to a digital release starting on August 4, 2022.{{cite web|script-title=ja:モーニング・ツーがWebマンガサイトとして再創刊、8月4日より毎週木曜日に更新|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/486459|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320064958/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/486459|archive-date=March 20, 2023|language=ja|date=July 22, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Morning Two Magazine Moves to Digital Release in August|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-23/morning-two-magazine-moves-to-digital-release-in-august/.187842|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926154721/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-23/morning-two-magazine-moves-to-digital-release-in-august/.187842|archive-date=September 26, 2023|date=July 23, 2022|url-status=live}} The series finished on December 22 of that same year.{{cite web|script-title=ja:連載20年「マテリアル・パズル」完結を記念し全話無料公開、最終回のボイスコミックも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/506244|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 3, 2023|language=ja|date=December 22, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229042749/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/506244|url-status=live}} Kodansha collected its chapters in ten {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from February 22, 2019,{{cite web|script-title=ja:土塚理弘「マテリアル・パズル」続編1巻発売、再始動に荒川弘も「おかえり!」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/321047|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 3, 2023|language=ja|date=February 22, 2019|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712042013/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/321047|url-status=live}} to February 21, 2023.{{cite web|script-title=ja:【2月21日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/513288|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 3, 2023|language=ja|date=February 21, 2023|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406184907/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/513288|url-status=live}}
Notes
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References
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Further reading
- {{Cite web|script-title=ja:「マテリアル・パズル 〜神無き世界の魔法使い〜」特集 土塚理弘インタビュー|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/material_puzzle|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=February 22, 2019|language=ja}}
External links
- {{Anime News Network|manga|22858}}
{{Monthly Shōnen Gangan}}
{{Gangan Online}}
{{Morning Two}}