Until Death Do Us Part (manga)

Until Death Do Us Part

Cover of the first volume of the manga from Japan. Mamoru and Haruka are featured together.
死がふたりを分かつまで
(Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu made)
Genre Action, Adventure, Science fiction
Manga
Written by Hiroshi Takashige
Illustrated by DOUBLE-S
Published by Square Enix
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Young Gangan
Original run December 2005 – November 20, 2015
Volumes 25

Until Death Do Us Part (Japanese: 死がふたりを分かつまで, Hepburn: Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu made) is a Japanese manga series written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by DOUBLE-S.[1] Until Death Do Us Part began its serialization on Young Gangan's December 2005 issue[2] and ran until November 20, 2015.[3] The story centers around a young girl with strong precognitive abilities. Due to these abilities, she is held hostage by a Yakuza group looking to make a profit off of them. However, knowing what was to come, she spots a blind swordsman in the crowd and immediately recognizes him as her only way out. She hires him to protect her "until death do us part", and thus begins a long road of action-packed confrontations to keep the young girl safe and her abilities out of the hands of those who would exploit them.

Plot

Haruka Tōyama, a young girl, is kidnapped by agents of a company named EX-SOLID due to her precognition abilities. She quickly finds sanctuary with a man named Hijikata Mamoru, a blind swordsman, ex-kendoka, and convict who is proficient in the use of a katana, and desperately runs him down in the street. Upon meeting, Haruka told Hijikata to protect her "Until Death Do Us Part." Confirming the terms of the contract, Mamoru quickly dispatches the pursuers on her tail and took her in for protection.

Soon it becomes apparent, however, that nearly the entire underground is targeting Haruka. It is then up to Mamoru, and his partner Igawa, to provide consistent and unending protection for Haruka. Needing a bit more help, contact is made with their parent company, a secret and elite vigilante paramilitary group called the Element Network. Many different members of the Network get involved in protecting Haruka and placing her under EN protection from unknown forces who seek her ability. In turn, Haruka assists EN forces in defeating mercenaries and assassins who are out to get her and the network.

Protagonists

Main cast of Until Death Do Us Part. Foreground: Mamoru Hijikata: Rear: Igawa Ryōtarō & Haruka Tōyama.

Element Network

Blade

Mamoru Hijikata (土方 護, Hijikata Mamoru)
Haruka Tōyama (遠山 遥, Tōyama Haruka)
Ryōtarō Igawa (井川 良太郎, Igawa Ryōtarō)
Dai Ibuki (伊吹 大, Ibuki Dai)

The Wall

Alpha (アルファ, Arufa)
Bravo (ブラボー, Burabō)
Charlie (チャーリー, Chārī)
Delta (デルタ, Deruta)
Echo (エコー, Ekō)
Foxtrot (フォックストロット, Fokkusutorotto)
Golf (ゴルフ, Gorufu)
Hotel (ホテル, Hoteru)
India (インディア, India)
Juliet (ジュリエット, Jyurietto)
Kilo (キロ, Kiro)
Lima (リマ, Rima)
Mike (マイク, Maiku)
November (ノベンバー, Nobenbā)
Oscar (オスカー, Osukā)
Papa (パパ, Papa)
Quebec (ケベック, Kebekku)
Romeo (ロメオ)
Sierra (シエラ, Shiera)
Tango (タンゴ, Tango)
Uniform (ユニフォーム, Unifōmu)
Victor (ヴィクター, Vikutā)
Whiskey (ウィスキー, Wisukī)
X-ray (エックス・レイ, Ekkusu Rei)
Yankee (ヤンキー, Yankī)
Zulu (ズール, Zūru)

Police

Teppei Genda (源田鉄平, Genda Teppei)
Masuda (升田, Masuda)
Horikawa (堀川, Horikawa)

Others

Inaba Tesshuu (稲葉, Inaba)
Tatsumi Daiba (台場 巽, Daiba Tatsumi)
Aegis (イージス, Aegis) (also called "The Praetorian")
Senji Tamagawa (玉川 千冶, Tamagawa Senji)
Pyro (パイロ, Pairo)
Anna Riddle (アナ・リドル, Ana Ridoru)
Jesus (ジーザス, Ji-zasu)
Luna
Manami Midou
Shot

Antagonists

The Republic of Galboa

Zashid Turus
Edge Turus (エジー・トゥルス, Ejī Turusu)
Fang (牙(ファング), Fangu)
Taos Turus
Gido Turus
Jill

White Unit

Misalt Turus

Duhana Semi-State

Gene Turus

Trump (The Black Unit)

Zelm
Sidabra
Dega
Wau
N'Sinh
Gara
Tebor

24

Kaeser
Ragi
Ash
Yijian Liu

Others

Mister Wiseman
Komura (古村, Komura)
Orion

Organizations

Element Network (エレメンツ・ネットワーク, Erementsu Nettowāku)
A covert vigilante group formed by crime victims and their families who exchange information and mobilize to intervene directly to "hunt criminals". Information exchange, evaluation and monitoring of actual mobilization, and all other organizational activities can be done anonymously via the Internet, although willing parties may work directly with other members in curbing crime. Since the purpose of the organization is to prevent crime, the killing of criminals is prohibited. However, it seems that the organization has plans of hiring criminals to deal with other criminals. Currently, the organization is only scarcely discussed about in some online communities.
Blade (ブレード, Burēdo)
A team consisting of Mamoru and Igawa that deals with large-scale city crimes. However, since Mamoru's usually the only one fighting at the scene, the term Blade is more often used as Mamoru's codename.
The Wall (THE WALL(ザ・ウォール), Za Uōru)
An international anti-crime unit led by Alpha. Its members are codenamed according to the Phonetic Alphabet. Owing to EN policy as to avoid killing criminals unless in dire situations, Wall commandos use non-lethal weapons and techniques to apprehend criminals instead of killing them.
Plunder (強奪者(プランダー), Purandā)
Codename of an unknown terrorist(s) responsible for stealing intellectual properties from various corporations. He was the one that stole the new artificial arm that was made for Aegis.
TPC
An organ harvesting organization that was active in Chechnya led by Orion. Under it is a mercenary force called Canes Venatici.
Canes Venatici
An elite mercenary force operating under Orion and Luna's command; they are known to be proficient with knives and using small arms with guerrilla tactics. Mamoru first encounters them in Chechnya when his squad was nearly wiped out. The group also uses enhanced soldiers via body modifications. The name means "Hunting Dogs" in Latin.

Publication

Until Death Do Us Part has been published in Japan with 24 volumes by Square Enix[4] after it was initially serialized on Young Gangan's December 2005 issue.[2] In France and in French-speaking countries and territories, it is being published by Editions Ki-oon under the title Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare[5] with its 1st volume published on March 27, 2008.[6] In South Korea, it is published under Haksan.[7] It is published in Taiwan under Tong Li.[8] It is published in Hong Kong by Jade Dynasty.[9] It is published in Indonesia by Elex Media.[10] It is published in Italy by J-Pop.[11] It has been licensed for English language release by Yen Press,[12] who released the series in a 2-in-1 omnibus format.[13]

Volume list

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 December 24, 2005[14]ISBN 978-4-7575-1594-9May 29, 2012[15]ISBN 9780316213905
2 June 24, 2006[16]ISBN 978-4-7575-1685-4May 29, 2012[15]ISBN 9780316213905
3 October 25, 2006[17]ISBN 978-4-7575-1802-5September 25, 2012[18]ISBN 9780316217088
4 February 23, 2007[19]ISBN 978-4-7575-1836-0September 25, 2012[18]ISBN 9780316217088
5 June 25, 2007[20]ISBN 978-4-7575-2030-1February 26, 2013[21]ISBN 9780316217101
6 October 25, 2007[22]ISBN 978-4-7575-2150-6February 26, 2013[21]ISBN 9780316217101
7 May 24, 2008[23]ISBN 978-4-7575-2280-0July 23, 2013[24]ISBN 9780316224284
8 November 25, 2008[25]ISBN 978-4-7575-2431-6July 23, 2013[24]ISBN 9780316224284
9 March 25, 2009[26]ISBN 978-4-7575-2686-0December 17, 2013[27]ISBN 9780316224291
10 September 25, 2009[28]ISBN 978-4-7575-2684-6December 17, 2013[27]ISBN 9780316224291
11 February 27, 2010[29]ISBN 978-4-7575-2810-9May 27, 2014[30]ISBN 9780316224307
12 June 25, 2010[31]ISBN 978-4-7575-2912-0May 27, 2014[30]ISBN 9780316224307
13 November 25, 2010[32]ISBN 978-4-7575-3036-2September 23, 2014[33]ISBN 9780316224314
14 March 25, 2011[34]ISBN 978-4-7575-3172-7September 23, 2014[33]ISBN 9780316224314
15 July 25, 2011[35]ISBN 978-4-7575-3296-0January 20, 2015[36]ISBN 9780316259347
16 January 25, 2012[37]ISBN 978-4-7575-3485-8January 20, 2015[36]ISBN 9780316259347
17 April 25, 2012[38]ISBN 978-4-7575-3573-2May 19, 2015[39]ISBN 9780316340212
18 September 25, 2012[40]ISBN 978-4-7575-3739-2May 19, 2015[39]ISBN 9780316340212
19 January 25, 2013[41]ISBN 978-4-7575-2018-9September 22, 2015[42]ISBN 9780316340229
20 May 25, 2013[43]ISBN 978-4-7575-3975-4September 22, 2015[42]ISBN 9780316340229
21 September 25, 2013[44]ISBN 978-4-7575-4082-8January 26, 2016[45]ISBN 9780316340236
22 January 25, 2014[46]ISBN 978-4-7575-4210-5January 26, 2016[45]ISBN 9780316340236
23 June 25, 2014[47]ISBN 978-4-7575-4341-6May 24, 2016[48]ISBN 9780316272162
24 November 25, 2014[49]ISBN 978-4-7575-4477-2May 24, 2016[48]ISBN 9780316272162
25 July 25, 2015[50]ISBN 978-4-7575-4622-6——

References

  1. ↑ "Until Death Do Us Part" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  2. 1 2 "No.23【2009.12.4号】" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  3. ↑ "Until Death Do Us Part Manga Ends on November 20". Anime News Network. November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Square Enix manga releases" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  5. ↑ "Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare" (in French). Editions Ki-oon. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  6. ↑ "Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare, Volume 1" (in French). Editions Ki-oon. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  7. ↑ 죽음이 두 사람을 갈라놓을 때까지 (in Korean). Haksan. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  8. ↑ 終極感應 (in Chinese). Tong Li. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  9. ↑ 直至死亡將我們分開 (in Chinese). Jade Dynasty. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  10. ↑ "Until Death Do Us Part 01" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  11. ↑ "Until Death do us Part n.1" (in Italian). Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  12. ↑ "Yen Press Adds Madoka Magica, Soul Eater Not, Yuki-chan (Update 3)". Anime News Network. October 14, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Until Death Do Us Part GN 1". Anime News Network. August 4, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  14. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 1巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  15. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 1". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  16. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで (2) (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  17. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで (3) (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  18. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 2". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  19. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで (4) (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  20. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで (5) (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 3". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  22. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで (6) (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  23. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 7巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  24. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 4". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  25. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 8巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  26. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 9巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  27. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 5". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  28. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 10巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  29. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 11巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  30. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 6". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  31. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 12巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  32. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 13巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  33. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 7". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  34. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 14巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  35. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 15巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  36. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 8". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  37. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 16巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  38. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 17巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  39. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 9". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  40. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 18巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  41. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 19巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  42. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 10". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  43. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 20巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  44. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 21巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  45. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 11". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  46. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 22巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  47. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 23巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  48. 1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 12". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  49. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 24巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  50. ↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 25巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
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