Japanese manga series
Spirit Circle (Japanese :スピリットサークル ,Hepburn :Supiritto Sākuru is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated bySatoshi Mizukami . It was serialized inShōnen Gahōsha 'sseinen mangaYoung King OURs tankōbon Crunchyroll Manga , whileSeven Seas Entertainment later licensed the series for a print release.
By 2022,Spirit Circle had sold 250,000 physical copies.
Fuuta Okeya is a high school student who can see ghosts and has a strange mark on his cheek that he hides. When Kouko Ishigami, a new student, arrives in his class with a scar on her forehead and accompanied by a ghost named East, Fuuta's tranquillity ends. After a failed attempt by Fuuta to make friends with Kouko and after she sees his mark, Kouko declares him to be her enemy, attacking him with a mysterious spiritual circle made of flames. The hostilities between the two date back to their reincarnation, and Fuuta will have to discover his past and his links with Kouko, East, and Rune, the spirit of a girl who suddenly appears.
Fuuta Okeya (桶屋 風太 Okeya Fūta A fourteen-year-old with the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. Kouko Ishigami (石神 鉱子 Ishigami Kōko Fuuta's deadly enemy. She recovered her past life's memory after a car accident that left a scar on her forehead. Written and illustrated bySatoshi Mizukami ,Spirit Circle was serialized inShōnen Gahōsha 'sseinen mangaYoung King OURs [ 2] [ 3] tankōbon [ 4] [ 5]
The manga was first licensed for a simultaneous publication in English byCrunchyroll Manga in 2014.[ 6] Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America.[ 7] [ 8]
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN 1 December 10, 2012[ 9] 978-4-7859-3983-0 October 10, 2017[ 10] 978-1-626926-01-1 2 July 30, 2013[ 11] 978-4-7859-5097-2 January 9, 2018[ 12] 978-1-626926-80-6 3 April 3, 2014[ 13] 978-4-7859-5255-6 April 17, 2018[ 14] 978-1-626927-29-2 4 November 29, 2014[ 15] 978-4-7859-5433-8 July 10, 2018[ 16] 978-1-626928-32-9 5 August 29, 2015[ 17] 978-4-7859-5433-8 October 9, 2018[ 18] 978-1-626929-24-1 6 June 10, 2016[ 19] 978-4-7859-5793-3 January 8, 2019[ 20] 978-1-626929-86-9
Spirit Circle was nominated for the 48thSeiun Award in the comic category in 2017.[ 21]
By 2022, the manga had sold 250,000 physical copies.[ 22]
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