Ikusagami (manga)

Ikusagami (イクサガミ) is a Japanese manga series adapted from the novel of the same name written by Shogo Imamura and illustrated by Katsumi Tatsuzawa. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Morning since December 2022, with its chapters collected in four  volumes as of May 2024.

Publication
Originally written by Shogo Imamura based on his Ikusagami novel and illustrated by Katsumi Tatsuzawa, Ikusagami started in Kodansha's manga magazine Morning on December 8, 2022. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on April 21, 2023. As of May 22, 2024, four volumes have been released.

Reception
Aki Nakano of Kodansha Comic Plus finds the Ikusagami manga adaptation of Shōgo Imamura's novel a gruesome, vividly rendered death game set in the chaotic early Meiji period, with a great sense of pacing and mesmerizing characters. Zen Narita, in a review for Da Vinci News, praised Katsumi Tatsuzawa's manga art, describing them as "moment-to-moment", facial expressions and physical movements of the characters in battle as "dynamic and enjoyable."