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Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (manga), Vol. 1: Volume 1
By (Author) Akira Akatsuki
By (author) Nisioisin
Illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
10th November 2018
18th October 2018
United States
General
Fiction
741.5
Paperback
184
Width 127mm, Height 191mm, Spine 15mm
184g
Twelve fighters enter, one fighter leaveswho will win the 12th Zodiac War
Every 12 years, 12 fighters take the form of the Chinese zodiac and engage in a battle royale. With their strength and mysterious powers, they fight to the death and the sole survivor is granted the ultimate prizeany wish.
Eleven of the twelve fighters have gathered, and everyone awaits the final contenderBoar. She is strong, confident and a favorite to win the twelfth Zodiac War. However, this time, the rules have changed! The battle is limited to an abandoned city and all of the contestants are forced to ingest a deadly poison. Monkey tries to call a truce, but before she can the floor explodes, scattering all the fighters. Despite the chaos, one things for sureonly one will remain standing.
Born 1981. In 2002, NISIOISINs novel The Beheading Cycle won the 23rd Mephisto Prize and became his debut publication. Among his numerous novels are the Zaregoto series, the Monogatari series, the Densetsu series, and the Bkyaku Tantei series. He also wrote the manga tie-in novel Death Note: Another Note. As a manga writer, he has appeared in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine with his series Medaka Boxalso collected in a 22-volume setand his giri series of one-shot manga stories have seen the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump, Jump Square, Weekly Young Jump, and Bessatsu Margaret.