No. 5 (manga)

No. 5
ナンバーファイブ (Number Five)
Genre	Sci-Fi, Action
Manga
Written by	Taiyo Matsumoto
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	Viz Media
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Ikki
Original run	December 30, 2000 – ongoing
Volumes	8
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No. 5 (ナンバーファイブ, Number 5^?) is a Japanese manga created by Taiyo Matsumoto. Originally serialized in Ikki, a Seinen anthology manga magazine. It ran for eight complete volumes.

Viz Media, who beforehand had published Matsumoto's Black & White (and later Blue Spring), released the first English-translated volume in a dust-jacket format closer to Western comics standards. The second volume was released in 2003, but due to incredibly bad sales (roughly less than 1000 copies of both volumes together sold), the series was instantly discontinued. Neither volume received a second printing run, and so is believed to be a rare manga in today's market.

Chapters

• Volume 1

1. desert
2. flowers
3. cemetery
4. restaurant

• Volume 2

1. forest
2. villa
3. village
4. park

• Volume 3

1. wonder land
2. snow field
3. vision
4. many places

• Volume 4

1. fifteen years ago
2. ten years ago
3. gone days
4. cottage

• Volume 5

1. mountain
2. chase
3. chase 2
4. chase 3
5. fight

• Volume 6

1. monologue
2. darkness
3. conference room
4. on TV
5. east

References to Other Media

• Matsumoto features references to Western pop culture. In one instance, a theatrical poster for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, a John Lennon poster, and a Michael Jackson coffee mug are visible in Number One's room.