Murciélago (manga)

Murciélago (ムルシエラゴ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshimurakana. It began serialization in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan in August 2013.

Manga
Written and illustrated by Yoshimurakana, Murciélago began serialization in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan on August 16, 2013. The series' chapters have been compiled into twenty-four tankōbon volumes as of November 2023.

During their Anime Expo 2016 panel, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

A spin-off manga focusing on the character Reiko Kuchiba, titled Murciélago Byproduct Araña and illustrated by Shin Arakawa, was serialized on Square Enix's Manga Up! app from January 12, 2018, to June 26, 2020. The spin-off's chapters were compiled into five volumes from June 25, 2018 to July 22, 2020.

Other
The series has had collaborations with gravure idol Hikaru Aoyama, cosplayers Nekomu Otogi and Hina Takane, and the manga series Caterpillar by Shinya Murata and Tokisada Hayami, and Trash by Kenji Yamamoto and DP.

A motion comic featuring the voice of Romi Park was released on the website ENSOKU on July 3, 2015.

Reception
The series was recommended by novelist Yusuke Kishi.