Kazuya Minekura to Resume Wild Adapter Manga After 9 Years
Ichijinsha published 49th chapter in 2016
On Monday, it was revealed by Ichijinsha that Kazuya Minekura would continue working on Wild Adapter manga after their website, Ichijin Plus, ended maintenance. ( link ) On August 8, the 50th chapter of the manga will be released as its first chapter in nine years since its last release in 2016 on Ichijinsha 's Zero-Sum Online site.
In the manga's story, a young gang leader named Makoto Kubota takes in Minoru Tokitoh, a boy with a mysterious past. Minoru has been exposed to the drug "W.A." which has transformed his right arm into a monstrous limb. The two investigate the origins of the drug that is devastating the city's underground.
Wild Adapter began appearing in Tokuma Shoten's bi-monthly Chara magazine in 2000. In 2011, it shifted publishers to Ichijinsha and ran in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Ward magazine until May 2015 when the magazine stopped publication. Following that, Wild Adapter moved to Zero-Sum Online. Ichijinsha has since released compiled volumes of Wild Adapter and published the seventh volume in July 2015.
In 2013, due to her health issues, Minekura was unable to continue working on the serialization of her manga series, Wild Adapter and Saiyuki Reload Blast.
In 2014, a video anime was made based on the Wild Adapter series. In 2015, another OVA was released. Additionally, characters from Wild Adapter are featured in Minekura's manga and its 2002 video anime adaptation of Shiritsu Araiso Koutougakkou Seitokai Shikkoubu (Araiso Private High School Student Council Executive Committee).
In 2006, Tokyopop obtained the rights to distribute Wild Adapter manga in North America. They released six volumes before shutting down their North American publishing division.
In September 2024, after being on hiatus for five years, Minekura restarted her Saiyuki Reload Blast manga series.
Sources: Comic Zero-Sum September issue, Comic Natalie ( link )
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