Natsume Arata no Kekkon

Natsume Arata no Kekkon (夏目アラタの結婚, "Arata Natsume Getting Married") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tarō Nogizaka. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior since June 2019.

Natsume Arata no Kekkon
First volume cover
夏目アラタの結婚
GenrePsychological thriller[1]
Manga
Written byTarō Nogizaka
Published byShogakukan
ImprintBig Superior Comics
MagazineBig Comic Superior
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 28, 2019 – present
Volumes8

Plot

Arata Natsume, who works at a child protection center, receives a request from Takuto Yamashita, the orphan of a victim of a bloody serial murder, to meet his father's killer on his behalf. Takuto had been exchanging letters with Shinju Shinagawa, the murderess, under the name of Arata in order to discover the location of his father's head, which remains unfound.

Arata decides to help Takuto and gets a prison visit with the assassin. When the eccentric and weird Shinju infers that Arata was not the real author of the letters she decides to get up and leave. Arata, desperate for the meeting not to end, decides to shout at her impulsively that he wants to marry her. This arouses Shinju's interest, who accepts the proposal and orders her lawyer, Miyamae, who believes in her innocence, to follow the proceedings.

Arata pretends to be in love and wants to go through with the marriage proposal, particularly when Shinju seems to have changed her attitude and appears willing to collaborate with justice, revealing the location of another victim's arm, which had also not been found. Miyamae asks Arata to continue collaborating with the case so that Shinju's memory will return and she will be exonerated of guilt, suspecting that Shinju is not the murderer. Arata reluctantly decides to continue to make her believe that his marriage intentions are honest despite believing that Shinju is really the murderer and possibly wants to kill him as well.

Publication

Natsume Arata no Kekkon is written and illustrated by Tarō Nogizaka. The series began in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior on June 28, 2019.[2] Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on November 29, 2019.[3] A promotional video for the fourth volume, featuring Yūki Ono as Arata Natsume and Akari Kitō as Shinju Shinagawa, was posted on November 30, 2020.[4] As of June 30, 2022, eight volumes have been released.[5]

The manga is licensed in France by Glénat.[6]

Volume list
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 November 29, 2019[7]978-4-09-860484-5
2 March 30, 2020[8]978-4-09-860656-6
3 July 30, 2020[9]978-4-09-860682-5
4 November 30, 2020[10]978-4-09-860769-3
5 April 30, 2021[11]978-4-09-860872-0
6 August 30, 2021[12]978-4-09-861130-0
7 January 28, 2022[13]978-4-09-861238-3
8 June 30, 2022[5]978-4-09-861238-3

Reception

Natsume Arata no Kekkon received the Next Manga Awards' U-NEXT prize in 2020.[14] The series was recommended by Blue Period author Tsubasa Yamaguchi.[15]

See also
  • Iryū — another manga series created by Tarō Nogizaka

References
  1. "Pour le pire - Tome 1" (in French). Glénat Editions. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  2. 「医龍」の乃木坂太郎が新たな“結婚”の形を描く新連載、スペリオールで開幕. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  3. 女殺人鬼と獄中結婚？「医龍」の乃木坂太郎が描くサスペンス「夏目アラタの結婚」. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 29, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  4. 小野友樹と鬼頭明里が腹の探り合い、「夏目アラタ」4巻購入でボイスドラマ聴ける. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 30, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  5. 夏目アラタの結婚 ８ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. De la Cruz, Bruno (October 1, 2020). "Le manga Pour le Pire de Taro Nogizaka annoncé chez Glénat". Anime News Network (in French). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  7. 夏目アラタの結婚 １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. 夏目アラタの結婚 ２ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. 夏目アラタの結婚 ３ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. 夏目アラタの結婚 ４ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. 夏目アラタの結婚 ５ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. 夏目アラタの結婚 ６ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. 夏目アラタの結婚 ７ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. 「次にくるマンガ大賞 2020」の特別賞「U-NEXT賞」が『夏目アラタの結婚』『パリピ孔明』に決定！. Da Vinci News (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. August 20, 2020. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  15. 「夏目アラタの結婚」新刊記念、山口つばさから描き下ろしイラスト＆コメント到着. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 30, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

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