Look Back (manga)

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Look Back
Look Back volume cover.jpg
Volume cover
ルックバック
(Rukku Bakku)
Manga
Written byTatsuki Fujimoto
Published byShueisha
English publisher
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
PublishedJuly 19, 2021
Volumes1
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Look Back (Japanese: ルックバック, Hepburn: Rukku Bakku) is a Japanese one-shot web manga written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. It was published on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ in July 2021.

Plot[]

Characters[]

Ayumu Fujino (藤野 歩, Fujino Ayumu)
Kyomoto (京本, Kyōmoto)

Release[]

The 143-page one-shot web manga Look Back, written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, was published on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ online platform on July 19, 2021.[1] The chapter was collected by Shueisha in a single volume, released on September 3, 2021.[2]

The chapter was published online in English by Viz Media and Shueisha's Manga Plus platform.[3]

On August 2, 2021, it was announced that a scene depicting a man having a "paranoid episode" going into an art school with an axe, claiming plagiarism from a student, was altered post-publication due to readers feedback. Some readers pointed out similarities between the scene and the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack. There were also concerns that portraying a schizophrenic man as a mass murderer could stigmatize the mental illness.[4]

Reception[]

Look Back was acclaimed in Japan.[5][6] It reached 2.5 million reads on the first date of publication, and reached over 4 million reads in two days.[7]

According to Oricon, in the first two weeks of release, it sold 73,912 and 80,186 copies respectively in Japan, which placed it forth and third respectively on the Oricon Weekly Manga chart.[8][9][a]

Notes[]

  1. ^ In its first two weeks of release, the manga tankōbon which took the first two places were Vol. 100 of One Piece and Vol. 4 of Kaiju No. 8.

References[]

  1. ^ 藤本タツキが143ページの大ボリュームで描く青春読切、ジャンプ＋で公開. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  2. ^ ルックバック (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Hazra, Adriana (July 20, 2021). "Viz Media, Manga Plus Publish Chainsaw Man Author's New 140-Page 1-Shot in English". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Morrissy, Kim (August 2, 2021). "Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back 1-shot Gets Changed Post-Publication to Avoid "Promoting Discrimination"". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  5. ^ 藤本タツキ「ルックバック」が与えた衝撃 「心臓の奥から泣いた」同業者・著名人・母校...止まぬ絶賛の声. J-Cast (in Japanese). July 19, 2021. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  6. ^ 藤本タツキ氏『ルックバック』単行本が9月3日に発売決定。話題の143ページ読切が早くもコミックス化. Famitsu (in Japanese). July 21, 2021. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  7. ^ Harding, Daryl (July 21, 2021). "Chainsaw Man Creator's Newest One-Shot 'Look Back' Reaches 4 Million Reads in 2 days". Crunchyroll. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  8. ^ 週間 コミックランキング 2021年09月13日付（2021年08月30日～2021年09月05日）. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  9. ^ 週間 コミックランキング 2021年09月20日付（2021年09月06日～2021年09月12日）. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-18.

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