Earthchild

Earthchild
Cover of the tankōbon volume
地球の子
(Chikyū no Ko)
Genre
Manga
Written byHideo Shinkai
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
Original runFebruary 21, 2022 – September 5, 2022
Volumes3
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Earthchild (Japanese: 地球の子, Hepburn: Chikyū no Ko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideo Shinkai. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from February to September 2022; as of October 2022, its chapters have been collected into three tankōbon volumes.

Plot

A normal human falls in love with the most powerful superheroine. Now he has to raise their child by himself after she sacrifices her life to save Earth.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Hideo Shinkai, the series was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from February 21 to September 5, 2022. As of October 2022, the series' individual chapters have been collected into three tankōbon volumes.

Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with the Japanese release. Viz Media will begin releasing volumes digitally in Q2 2024.

Volumes

No. Release date ISBN
1June 3, 2022978-4-08-883146-6
  • Disclosure 01. "You Are the Earth and I am the Moon"
  • Disclosure 02. "And So, The Moon Swore Never to Turn Away"
  • Disclosure 03. "We Shall Meet at the Lagrange Point"
  • Disclosure 04. "Firework Crafting and Rain That Keeps Us Together"
  • Disclosure 05. "Comet Homecoming"
  • Disclosure 06. "The Thread That Connects the Light Between Heaven and Earth"
  • Disclosure 07. "Human Comedy"
2August 4, 2022978-4-08-883194-7
  • Disclosure 08. "Binary Dark Zero"
  • Disclosure 09. "Binary Lights One"
  • Disclosure 10. "Mellow Lip Service, True Feelings That Are Totally Not Mainstream"
  • Disclosure 11. "Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver"
  • Disclosure 12. "What Becomes of a Satellite That's Lost Its Planet?"
  • Disclosure 13. "Because You're So Kind"
  • Disclosure 14. "Peek-a-Boo Pledge"
  • Disclosure 15. "Swimming in the Galaxy on Earth"
  • Disclosure 16. "My Final Gift to You"
3October 4, 2022978-4-08-883289-0
  • Disclosure 17. "Ovation for the Waltz Between Earth and Moon"
  • Disclosure 18. "Hypernova"
  • Disclosure 19. "Apoptosis"
  • Disclosure 20. "The Star-Bringing Night"
  • Disclosure 21. "Mission Accomplished, Reisuke Sawada"
  • Disclosure 22. "Infinity on High"
  • Disclosure 23. "Memories Are No Safe Haven"
  • Disclosure 24. "The Woman at the Mercy of the Tide and the Man Who Saved Her"
  • Disclosure 25. "Unvarnished"
  • Disclosure 26. "Exclusive Family Trip"
  • Disclosure 27. "Reisuke Sawada's Day of Destiny"

Reception

Ryoko Fukuda from Real Sound offered praise for the characters and artwork. Steven Blackburn from Screen Rant also offered praise, calling the series emotional.

References

  1. 1 2 「SOUL CATCHER(S)」の神海英雄が描く一般人と地球を守るヒーローの純愛物語. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 21, 2022. Archived from the original on June 4, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Fukuda, Ryoko (March 26, 2022). 繊細に描かれる人の繋がりーー少年ジャンプ新連載『地球の子』は壮大な"人情SF作品"だ. Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 6, 2022). "Magu-chan Manga Ends as 2 New Manga Launch in Shonen Jump". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 4, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ Cayanan, Joanna (September 4, 2022). "Hideo Shinkai's Earthchild Manga Ends in Shonen Jump". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 4, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  5. 1 2 地球の子 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 1, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ Hazra, Adriana (February 21, 2022). "Viz Media, Manga Plus Publish Earthchild Manga in English". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ Saabedra, Humberto (June 9, 2023). "One Piece: Ace's Story and More Announced in VIZ Media's Spring 2024 Slate". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  8. ↑ 地球の子 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  9. ↑ 地球の子 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  10. ↑ Blackburn, Steven (March 2, 2022). "New Manga Earthchild Is Already Shonen Jump's Most Heartbreaking Series". Screen Rant. Retrieved June 7, 2022.