Shiyakusho

Shiyakusho
First tankōbon volume cover
死役所
Manga
Written byKishi Azumi [ja]
Published byShinchosha
Magazine
Original runSeptember 21, 2013 – present
Volumes28
Television drama
Directed by
  • Hiroaki Yuasa
  • Takayoshi Tanasawa
  • Mai Sakai
  • Hana Matsumoto
  • Masatoshi Kurakata
Written by
  • Yosuke Masachi
  • Kisa Miura
  • Karasuma Jujube
Studio
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run October 17, 2019 – December 19, 2019
Episodes10
Original net animation
Written byEiji Mano
Music byYutaka Shinya
StudioTyphoon Graphics
ReleasedFebruary 9, 2022
Runtime11 minutes
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Shiyakusho (死役所; 'Death Bureau') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kishi Azumi [ja]. It started in Shinchosha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic @Bunch [ja] in September 2013, which was later renamed Monthly Comic Bunch in 2018 and relaunched as the web magazine Comic Bunch Kai [ja] in 2024. A television drama adaptation aired on TV Tokyo from October to December 2019, and an original net animation (ONA) adaptation produced by Typhoon Graphics was released on YouTube in February 2022.

Synopsis

Set in the "Death Bureau", which exists at the boundary between the living world and the afterlife, Shiyakusho depicts people who die in various ways. Modeled after administrative offices in the living world, the Death Bureau has departments dedicated to specific causes of death, such as suicide, homicide, illness, and accidents. The deceased must submit the necessary paperwork and complete the required procedures within 49 days.

The series primarily unfolds in self-contained stories, each revealing the life events and conflicts of a specific deceased person. The staff members, including Masamichi from the general information desk and Miwako from the Suicide Division, are former death row inmates. Through their conversations with deceased visitors, the essence of humanity and social problems are highlighted.

Characters

Masamichi (シ村) / Masamichi Shimura (市村 正道, Shimura Masamichi)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
Portrayed by: Masahiro Matsuoka
Miwako (ニシ川) / Miwako Nishikawa (西川 実和子, Nishikawa Miwako)
Portrayed by: Marika Matsumoto
Ishima (イシ間)
Voiced by: Binbin Takaoka
Rin Onoda (小野田 凛, Onoda Rin)
Voiced by: Makoto Koichi

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Kishi Azumi [ja], Shiyakusho started in Shinchosha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic @Bunch [ja] on September 21, 2013. Monthly Comic @Bunch changed its name to Monthly Comic Bunch starting on April 21, 2018; it was relaunched as the web magazine Comic Bunch Kai [ja] on April 26, 2024. Shinchosha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 9, 2014. As of July 9, 2025, 28 volumes have been released.

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1April 9, 2014978-4-10-771741-2
2September 9, 2014978-4-10-771771-9
3March 9, 2015978-4-10-771804-4
4September 9, 2015978-4-10-771842-6
5February 9, 2016978-4-10-771875-4
6July 9, 2016978-4-10-771904-1
7December 9, 2016978-4-10-771941-6
8March 9, 2017978-4-10-771964-5
9August 9, 2017978-4-10-771964-5
10January 9, 2018978-4-10-772042-9
11June 9, 2018978-4-10-772091-7
12November 9, 2018978-4-10-772135-8
13April 9, 2019978-4-10-772177-8
14October 9, 2019978-4-10-772223-2
15February 7, 2020978-4-10-772259-1
16June 9, 2020978-4-10-772294-2
17November 9, 2020978-4-10-772339-0
18April 9, 2021978-4-10-772380-2
19September 9, 2021978-4-10-772428-1
20February 9, 2022978-4-10-772474-8
21July 7, 2022978-4-10-772517-2
22December 8, 2022978-4-10-772552-3
23May 9, 2023978-4-10-772600-1
24October 6, 2023978-4-10-772658-2
25April 9, 2024978-4-10-772706-0
26September 9, 2024978-4-10-772751-0
27February 7, 2025978-4-10-772798-5
28July 9, 2025978-4-10-772852-4

Drama

A ten-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 17 to December 19, 2019.

Original net animation

An 11-minute original net animation (ONA), animated by Typhoon Graphics in cooperation with Frontier Works, was posted on YouTube on February 9, 2022.

Reception

By February 2022, the manga had over 4.5 million copies in circulation. The manga placed fifth in Rakuten Kobo's second E-book Award in the "Long Seller Comic" category in 2024.

Notes

  1. ↑ TV Tokyo the air dates for the series on Wednesday at 24:12, which is effectively Thursday at 0:12 a.m. JST.

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