Parallel Paradise
{{Short description|Japanese manga series by Lynn Okamoto}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Parallel Paradise volume 1 cover.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first manga volume
| ja_kanji = パラレルパラダイス
| ja_romaji = Parareru Paradaisu
| genre = {{ubl|Erotic fantasy{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Seven Seas Licenses Elfen Lied Creator's Parallel Paradise Manga|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/es/anime-news/2019/08/15/seven-seas-licenses-elfen-lied-creators-parallel-paradise-manga|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=June 21, 2020|date=August 15, 2019|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423145427/https://www.crunchyroll.com/es/anime-news/2019/08/15/seven-seas-licenses-elfen-lied-creators-parallel-paradise-manga|url-status=live}}|Isekai{{cite web|title=Parallel Paradise|url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/parallel-paradise/|publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment|access-date=June 21, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306050535/https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/parallel-paradise/|url-status=live}}|Sword and sorcery}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Lynn Okamoto
| publisher = Kodansha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Seven Seas Entertainment}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| imprint = Young Magazine KC
| magazine = Weekly Young Magazine
| first = March 18, 2017
| last =
| volumes = 28
| volume_list = List of Parallel Paradise chapters
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{Nihongo|Parallel Paradise|パラレルパラダイス|Parareru Paradaisu|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga Weekly Young Magazine since March 2017.
In North America, the manga has been licensed for an English language release by Seven Seas Entertainment in August 2019.
Plot
Youta Tada is an ordinary high school student who holds deep feelings for his childhood friend. One day during class, he is suddenly attacked and seemingly killed by a mysterious scarecrow-like being. Youta then wakes up and finds himself in an alternate world with castles, dragons and two colored moons in a purple sky. Here he meets paladin girl Lumi and a three-legged bird named Genius and quickly learns that he got into a women-only world where he is the first man that appeared in centuries. Thanks to that, women in this world have absolutely no resistance towards him and his single touch makes Lumi incredibly aroused. Genius then orders him to mate with her and all other girls in this fantastical world.
Characters
;{{Nihongo|Youta Tada|太多 陽太|Tada Yōta}}
:An ordinary high school student who holds deep feelings for his childhood friend. He is pretty skilled in kendo, which he learned on a suggestion of his father.
;{{Nihongo|Lumi|ルーミ|Rūmi}}
:A paladin of the Caesar Kingdom. She is not very smart, but very kind and after their first encounter, she helps Youta to hide his identity before others. She is a member of The Quintet group that protects the city of Meese.
;{{Nihongo|Genius|ジーニアス|Jīniasu}}
:A little bird with three legs. According to Lumi, he is God. He explains and reveals various secrets of an alternate world to Youta.
;{{Nihongo|Lilia|リリア|Riria}}
:Strongest Archer of the Caesar Kingdom. She appears as a quiet diligent girl. But actually, she is very perverted and for a long time dreams about mating with a man. She is a member of The Quintet group that protects the city of Meese.
;{{Nihongo|Misaki|ミサキ|Misaki}}
:The Strider. She is a member of The Quintet group that protects the city of Meese.
;{{Nihongo|Momo|もも|Momo}}
:The Lancer. She is a member of The Quintet group that protects the city of Meese. Later, she becomes the witch.
;{{Nihongo|Haru|ハル|Haru}}
:The Guardian. She is a member of The Quintet group that protects the city of Meese.
;{{Nihongo|Mona|モナ|Mona}} {{nobold|and}} {{Nihongo|Lisa|リザ|Riza}}
:A pair of twins, that appear in the city of Meese. They are brutally honest.
;{{Nihongo|Sayuri|サユリ|Sayuri}}
:An elf that runs a store where she sell various mysterious goods.
;{{Nihongo|Nishina|仁科|Nishina}}
:Youta's childhood friend for which he holds deep feelings.
Publication
{{Main|List of Parallel Paradise chapters{{!}}List of Parallel Paradise chapters}}
Written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto, Parallel Paradise started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on March 18, 2017.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Cage of Eden's Yamada, Brynhildr in the Darkness' Okamoto Both Launch New Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-05/cage-of-eden-yamada-brynhildr-in-the-darkness-okamoto-both-launch-new-manga/.112926|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 21, 2020|date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621202157/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-05/cage-of-eden-yamada-brynhildr-in-the-darkness-okamoto-both-launch-new-manga/.112926|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:岡本倫のファンタジーほかヤンマガ新連載の陣容発表！次号に山田恵庸の新作|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/223447|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 21, 2020|language=ja|date=March 6, 2017|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215150019/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/223447|url-status=live}} In July 2022, it was announced that the manga was nearing its climax.{{cite web|last1=Mateo|first1=Alex|title=Parallel Paradise Manga Nears Climax|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-11/parallel-paradise-manga-nears-climax/.187581|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 13, 2022|date=July 11, 2022|archive-date=July 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713053256/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-11/parallel-paradise-manga-nears-climax/.187581|url-status=live}} Kodansha has compiled its chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The first volume was published on August 4, 2017.{{cite web|script-title=ja:パラレルパラダイス（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000022926|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=June 21, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827095012/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000022926|url-status=live}} As of May 7, 2025, twenty-eight volumes have been released.{{cite web|script-title=ja:パラレルパラダイス（２８）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000413373|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=May 6, 2025|language=ja}}
Seven Seas Entertainment announced the acquisition of the manga in August 2019.{{cite web|title=Seven Seas' Ghost Ship Imprint Licenses Parallel Paradise Mature-Rated Manga Series by Lynn Okamoto|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2019-08-14/seven-seas-ghost-ship-imprint-licenses-parallel-paradise-mature-rated-manga-series-by-lynn-okamoto/.150062|website=Seven Seas Entertainment via Anime News Network|access-date=June 21, 2020|date=August 4, 2019|archive-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212010134/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2019-08-14/seven-seas-ghost-ship-imprint-licenses-parallel-paradise-mature-rated-manga-series-by-lynn-okamoto/.150062|url-status=live}} It is being released under their Ghost Ship imprint, and the first volume was published on March 31, 2020.{{cite web|title=Parallel Paradise Vol. 1|url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/parallel-paradise-vol-1/|publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment|access-date=June 21, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412075658/https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/parallel-paradise-vol-1/|url-status=live}}
Reception
In July 2020, the manga became one of seven titles to be removed from Books Kinokuniya in Australia for claims of promoting child pornography.{{cite web|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|title=Books Kinokuniya Sydney Removes 7 Manga After Lawmaker's 'Child Pornography' Complaint|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-21/books-kinokuniya-sydney-removes-7-manga-after-lawmaker-child-pornography-complaint/.162070|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 21, 2020|date=July 21, 2020|archive-date=July 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721070247/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-21/books-kinokuniya-sydney-removes-7-manga-after-lawmaker-child-pornography-complaint/.162070|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://magazine.yanmaga.jp/c/parapara/|Official website at Young Magazine}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|20768|noparen=true}}
{{Lynn Okamoto}}
{{Series in Weekly Young Magazine}}
{{Weekly Young Magazine - 2010–2019}}
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