Cipher Academy

Cipher Academy (Japanese: 暗号学園のいろは, Hepburn: Angō Gakuen no Iroha) is a Japanese manga series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Yūji Iwahara. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since November 2022, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes as of May 2023.

Cipher Academy
First tankōbon volume cover
暗号学園のいろは
(Angō Gakuen no Iroha)
Manga
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byYūji Iwahara
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 21, 2022 – present
Volumes2

Plot summary

The plot takes place in the eponymous Cipher Academy, a former all girls' military academy focused on study of cryptography, and focuses on Iroha Irohazaka, the sole boy in his class. While dealing with a spartan homework puzzle on his first day in class, Iroha comes across Kogoe Horagatoge, a student from a different class on the run from Kyora Toshusai, a fellow student of Iroha's and the heiress to a weapons manufacturer. After helping hide her, Kogoe gifts Iroha with a pair of glasses embedded with technology that allows him to see the "hints" to codes that his fellow classmates use to seed control. After winning a cipher-based battle against Kyora, Iroha is thrown into a conspiracy involving 50 billion morg hidden in the academy - a stash of cryptocurrency so valuable that it could end half the wars in the world... or double them.

Publication

Written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Yūji Iwahara, the series began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on November 21, 2022.[1][2] A voice comic featuring Rina Satō, Ayane Sakura, and Saori Ōnishi was released on YouTube.[3] Shueisha released the first tankōbon volume on March 3, 2023[4], and have released two volumes as of May 2, 2023.[5]

Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English.[6] However, the series' English translator Kumar Sivasubramanian announced he would stop translating the series following the release of the thirteenth chapter; he also linked to an article by Screen Rant, which described the series as "impossible to translate". He was replaced by a new translator.[7][8]

Volume list
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 March 3, 2023[4]978-4-08-883439-9
2 May 2, 2023[5]978-4-08-883531-0

Reception

Carlyle Edmundson of Screen Rant praised the use of purposeful censorship to illustrate points about contemporary Japan.[9]

References
  1. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 6, 2022). "Shonen Jump Magazine Launches 4 New Manga in Next 4 Weeks". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  2. 西尾維新×岩崎優次のジャンプ新連載! "暗号解読"学園ドラマ『暗号学園のいろは』. Oricon (in Japanese). November 21, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  3. 暗号学園のいろは：西尾維新原作の「ジャンプ」話題作 ボイスコミックに 佐藤利奈、佐倉綾音、大西沙織出演. Mantan Web (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  4. 暗号学園のいろは 1 [Angō Gakuen no Iroha 1] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  5. 暗号学園のいろは 2 [Angō Gakuen no Iroha 2] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  6. Hazra, Adriana (November 21, 2022). "Viz Media, Manga Plus Launch Cipher Academy Manga in English". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  7. Leung, Hilary (February 19, 2023). "Difficult-to-Translate Manga Cipher Academy Is Losing Its Translator After 13 Chapters". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  8. Colbert, Isaiah (February 21, 2023). "Translator Steps Down From Shonen Jump Manga After Declaring It Untranslatable [Update]". Kotaku. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  9. Edmundson, Carlyle (December 20, 2022). "Shonen Jump Finds a Genius Use for Censorship in New Series". Screen Rant. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

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