Mitama Security

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Mitama Security: Spirit Busters

| image = Mitama Security vol 1.jpg

| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Rena Haze and Joh Mitama

| ja_kanji = ミタマセキュ霊ティ

| ja_romaji = Mitama Sekyureti

| genre = Action, comedy, supernatural{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ミタマセキュ霊ティ」1巻明日発売、鳩胸つるんがタイトルで揉めた過去回想|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/365699|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 19, 2020|language=ja|date=February 3, 2019|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815094230/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/365699|url-status=live}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Tsurun Hatomune

| publisher = Shueisha

| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Viz Media}}

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}

| imprint = Jump Comics

| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Jump

| first = September 2, 2019

| last = August 11, 2020

| volumes = 5

| volume_list =

}}

{{Nihongo|Mitama Security: Spirit Busters|ミタマセキュ霊ティ|Mitama Sekyureti|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsurun Hatomune. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from September 2019 to August 2020, and collected into five {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. Viz Media licensed the series for a digital-only English release in North America.

Plot

Rena Haze is a high school student in Tokyo who is able to see spirits and has a line of about 100 following her around everywhere she goes. One day, she runs into Joh Mitama, an agent of {{Nihongo|Secureity|セキュ霊ティ||rei means "ghost" or "spirit" in Japanese}}, a government-recognized organization whose job it is to exorcise spirits using psychic energy. Mitama decides to move in next door to Rena and vows to protect her from spirits, but it turns out he is afraid of ghosts.

Characters

;{{Nihongo|Joh Mitama|御霊浄|Mitama Jō}}

:A Secureity professional, who despite being one of the best at his job of exorcising spirits, is afraid of them. When he cries, his psychic powers increase and he is able to overcome his fear. Despite his abysmal work as an exorcist, he is a very skilled basketball player and cook.

;{{Nihongo|Rena Haze|羽瀬玲奈|}}

:A first-year high school student, Rena has naturally attracted spirits since she was born and currently has about 100 with her at all times. The spirits that follow her, and whom she gives names to, are typically friendly and help her with various tasks. Although she lives with her mother, Rena is usually alone due to her mother's long work hours.

;{{Nihongo|Soya Kurosu|黒須奏也|Kurosu Sōya}}

:A Secureity agent who attended its Treining Institute with Mitama. Despite being a Secureity professional and graduating at the top of his class, Soya has no spirit sense and is unable to see them. He worked a desk job at headquarters until being dispatched when Mitama reported on Rena and her 100 spirits. Like Mitama, Soya moves in next door to Rena.

;{{Nihongo|Janca Takenouchi|竹之内ジャンカ|Takenouchi Janka}}

:A collector of rare and powerful spirits that he then uses in battle. He often punctuates his phrases with "jan k'now?" After unsuccessfully trying several times to capture Rena's spirits, he realizes the error of his ways and moves next door to Rena as well in hope of learning how to peacefully bond with spirits under her tutorship. He is often accompanied by {{Nihongo|Shakejiro|シヤケ次郎|Shiyake Jirō}}, an affable and opportunistic humanoid salmon spirit who secretly schemes a plot to turn the world into his Salmon Empire.

Production

According to Junichi Tamada, the editor of the manga who has worked with Tsurun Hatomune since 2011, Mitama Security: Spirit Busters was influenced by the comedy duo Waraimeshi and their double-boke style of {{Transliteration|ja|manzai}}. Hatomune said he was originally going to title the series {{Nihongo|Atchi ni Itte ku Rei|あっちに行ってく霊}}, but is grateful that Tamada stopped him.

Publication

Mitama Security: Spirit Busters is written and illustrated by Tsurun Hatomune. It started in the 2019 40th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, published on September 2, 2019.{{cite web|script-title=ja:鳩胸つるんが描く霊が苦手なボディガードと霊媒体質JKのギャグがジャンプで|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/345906|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 19, 2020|language=ja|date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621065837/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/345906|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Tsurun Hatomune Launches Mitama Security Manga in Shonen Jump|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-02/tsurun-hatomune-launches-mitama-security-manga-in-shonen-jump/.150631|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 19, 2020|date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926085945/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-02/tsurun-hatomune-launches-mitama-security-manga-in-shonen-jump/.150631|url-status=live}} The series finished in the 2020 combined 36th-37th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, published on August 11, 2020.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Tsurun Hatomune's Mitama Security: Spirit Busters Manga Ends|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-10/tsurun-hatomune-mitama-security-spirit-busters-manga-ends/.162723|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 10, 2020|date=August 10, 2020|archive-date=April 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413145542/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-10/tsurun-hatomune-mitama-security-spirit-busters-manga-ends/.162723|url-status=live}} A spinoff chapter was published on Shōnen Jump+ on August 31, 2020. Shueisha has compiled its chapters into five individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from February 4 to October 2, 2020.

Both Shueisha and Viz Media began releasing the series in English digitally the same day it began in Japan, the former on its Manga Plus website and application. Viz later released the collected volumes digitally, releasing all five volumes on December 28, 2021.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Viz to Release Demon Slayer Spinoff Manga, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Alice in Borderland, More Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-09/viz-to-release-demon-slayer-spinoff-manga-dragon-quest-the-adventure-of-dai-alice-in-borderland-more-manga/.174978|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 9, 2021|date=July 9, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709210144/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-09/viz-to-release-demon-slayer-spinoff-manga-dragon-quest-the-adventure-of-dai-alice-in-borderland-more-manga/.174978|url-status=live}}

=Volumes=

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|Language = Japanese

|Width = 100%

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{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 1

|RelDate = February 4, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミタマセキュ霊ティ 1|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882172-6|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=June 14, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621190726/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882172-6|url-status=live}}

|ISBN = 978-4-08-882172-6

|LicensedRelDate = December 28, 2021{{cite web|title=Mitama Security: Spirit Busters, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mitama-security-spirit-busters-volume-1/product/6951|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=November 6, 2021|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106205840/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mitama-security-spirit-busters-volume-1/product/6951|url-status=live}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-1719-4

|ChapterListCol1 =

01. "The Man Called Joh Mitama"
02. "Slam!"
03. "Cooking"
04. "His Classmate Is a Speat Wielder"

|ChapterListCol2 =

05. "Haunted by Love"
06. "Tempting Tapioca"
07. "Great Detective Kojime"
08. "Grow, Terror, Grow!"
09. "To the Exorcism Site"
Bonus Code. "The Origins of Mitama Security"

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 2

|RelDate = March 4, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミタマセキュ霊ティ 2|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882226-6|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=June 14, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621070408/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882226-6|url-status=live}}

|ISBN = 978-4-08-882226-6

|LicensedRelDate = December 28, 2021{{cite web|title=Mitama Security: Spirit Busters, Vol. 2|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mitama-security-spirit-busters-volume-2/product/6952|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=November 6, 2021|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106210231/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mitama-security-spirit-busters-volume-2/product/6952|url-status=live}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-3096-4

|ChapterListCol1 =

10. "JANCA"
11. "His Master Wears Stripes"
12. "Roots"
13. "Love and REIjection"
14. "A Day in the Life of Rena, Explained!"

|ChapterListCol2 =

15. "The Return of Kojime"
16. "The Nursing Championship"
17. "The Lost Little Boy"
18. "Play Ball"
19. "White-Hot Baseball"
Bonus Code 1
Bonus Code 2

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 3

|RelDate = June 4, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミタマセキュ霊ティ 3|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882326-3|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=June 14, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622150657/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882326-3|url-status=live}}

|ISBN = 978-4-08-882326-3

|LicensedRelDate = December 28, 2021{{cite web|title=Mitama Security: Spirit Busters, Vol. 3|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mitama-security-spirit-busters-volume-3/product/6953|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=November 6, 2021|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106210810/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mitama-security-spirit-busters-volume-3/product/6953|url-status=live}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-3097-1

|ChapterListCol1 =

20. "BODY's Big Catch"
21. "The Tearful Greit Play"
22. "Revenge, Ja'Know"
23. "The Day"
24. "Building the Salmon Empire"

|ChapterListCol2 =

25. "Let's Go to the Public Bath"
26. "Rena Haze's Heart-Pounding Job Interview"
27. "Joh's Crisis"
28. "Dark Past"
29. "The Kojime Who Comes Twice Will Come Thrice"

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 4

|RelDate = August 4, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミタマセキュ霊ティ 4|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882397-3|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=July 10, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625214006/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882397-3|url-status=live}}

|ISBN = 978-4-08-882397-3

|LicensedRelDate = December 28, 2021{{cite web|title=Mitama Security: Spirit Busters, Vol. 4|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mitama-security-spirit-busters-volume-4/product/6954|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=November 6, 2021|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106210810/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mitama-security-spirit-busters-volume-4/product/6954|url-status=live}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-3098-8

|ChapterListCol1 =

30. "Rena Haze's Heart-Pounding Job"
31. "All Stars! The Big Line Tryouts"
32. "Making No Concessions"
33. "Investigation! The Karaoke Club of Fear"
34. "Let the Games Begin! The Mom Championship"

|ChapterListCol2 =

35. "Janca's Jam"
36. "Sudden Hide-and-Seek"
37. "Where's Joh?"
38. "Climb! Securei Tower"
39. "History's Most Notorious Evil-Spirit User, Popoki"

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 5

|RelDate = October 2, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミタマセキュ霊ティ 5|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882469-7|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=August 18, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412212433/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882469-7|url-status=live}}

|ISBN = 978-4-08-882469-7

|LicensedRelDate = December 28, 2021{{cite web|title=Mitama Security: Spirit Busters, Vol. 5|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mitama-security-spirit-busters-volume-5/product/6955|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=November 6, 2021|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106210812/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mitama-security-spirit-busters-volume-5/product/6955|url-status=live}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-3099-5

|ChapterListCol1 =

40. "Encounter"
41. "Holy Light Spirit Man"
42. "Holy Light Spirit Man, Explained!"
43. "Pull Through! The Parent-Teacher-Student Conference"
44. "Lonely, Lonely Sunshine"

|ChapterListCol2 =

45. "Enjoy! Spirit Photography"
46. "Ta and Pi, Runaways"
47. "A New Chapter"
One-Shot 1. "A Naked Swan, Part 1"
One-Shot 2. "A Naked Swan, Part 2"
Bonus Code. "Mitama vs. the Swan"

}}

Reception

In 2020, Mitama Security: Spirit Busters was nominated for the 6th Next Manga Awards and placed 13th out of the 50 nominees with 11,686 votes.{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Nominees Announced For Reader-Chosen Tsugi ni Kuru Manga 2020 Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-06-19/nominees-announced-for-reader-chosen-tsugi-ni-kuru-manga-2020-awards/.160843|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 19, 2020|date=June 19, 2020|archive-date=July 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716115419/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-06-19/nominees-announced-for-reader-chosen-tsugi-ni-kuru-manga-2020-awards/.160843|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:コミックス部門結果発表 - 次にくるマンガ大賞 2020|url=https://tsugimanga.jp/winner2020-comics/|website=Tsugi Manga|language=ja|access-date=August 20, 2020|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101025752/https://tsugimanga.jp/winner2020-comics/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Shonen Jump's Undead Unluck Wins Tsugi ni Kuru Manga 2020 Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-08-19/shonen-jump-undead-unluck-wins-tsugi-ni-kuru-manga-2020-awards/.163084|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 20, 2020|date=August 20, 2020|archive-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517144034/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-08-19/shonen-jump-undead-unluck-wins-tsugi-ni-kuru-manga-2020-awards/.163084|url-status=live}} Jacob Buchalter of Comic Book Resources praised the series for great visual gags and "pretty good" art, but said the humor is stuff that has been seen before and "there's only so many times a guy can get scared of ghosts."{{cite web|last=Buchalter|first=Jacob|title=Shonen Jump: 5 New Rising Series To Read (& 5 That Are Circling The Drain)|url=https://www.cbr.com/shonen-jump-manga-series-new-rising-failing-popularity/|website=Comic Book Resources|date=April 12, 2020|access-date=December 6, 2020|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118144958/https://www.cbr.com/shonen-jump-manga-series-new-rising-failing-popularity/|url-status=live}} Real Sound{{'}}s Reiichi Narima described Mitama Security as an occult gag comedy, where all of the characters get more interesting as the series goes on.{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ミタマセキュ霊ティ』はジャンプの新たな王道ギャグ漫画となるか？|url=https://realsound.jp/book/2020/06/post-577686.html|work=Real Sound|language=Japanese|date=2020-06-30|access-date=2020-12-13|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030184503/https://realsound.jp/book/2020/06/post-577686.html|url-status=live}}

References

External links

[http://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/mitama.html Mitama Security: Spirit Busters on the Official Shueisha website] {{in lang|ja}}
[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100069 Mitama Security: Spirit Busters on Manga Plus]
[https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/mitama-security Mitama Security: Spirit Busters on the Official Viz website]
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