Spirit Circle
- Creator
- Satoshi Mizukami
- Date
- 2012
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- fantasy anime and manga
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• Ja Kanji — スピリットサークル • Ja Romaji — Supiritto Sākuru • Genre — * Science fantasy • Supernatural
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• Type — manga • Author — Satoshi Mizukami • Publisher — Shōnen Gahōsha • Imprint — Young King Comics • Magazine — Young King OURs • First — May 30, 2012 • Last — March 30, 2016 • Volumes — 6
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• Portal — yes Spirit Circle is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from May 2012 to March 2016, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. The manga received a digital simultaneous publication release in English by Crunchyroll Manga, while Seven Seas Entertainment later licensed the series for a print release. By 2022, Spirit Circle had sold 250,000 physical copies.
Plot
Plot
Fuuta Okeya is a high school student who can see ghosts and has a strange mark on his cheek that he hides. When Kouko Ishigami, a new student, arrives in his class with a scar on her forehead and accompanied by a ghost named East, Fuuta's tranquillity ends. After a failed attempt by Fuuta to make friends with Kouko and after she sees his mark, Kouko declares him to be her enemy, attacking him with a mysterious spiritual circle made of flames. The hostilities between the two date back to their reincarnation, and Fuuta will have to discover his past and his links with Kouko, East, and Rune, the spirit of a girl who suddenly appears.
Characters
Characters
• Fuuta Okeya • A fourteen-year-old with the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. • Kouko Ishigami • Fuuta's deadly enemy. She recovered her past life's memory after a car accident that left a scar on her forehead.
Publication
Publication
Written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami, Spirit Circle was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from May 30, 2012, to March 30, 2016. Shōnen Gahōsha collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from December 10, 2012, to June 10, 2016. The manga was first licensed for a simultaneous publication in English by Crunchyroll Manga in 2014. In January 2017, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America. Manga Planet added the series to its digital service in May 2020.
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Spirit Circle was nominated for the 48th Seiun Award in the comic category in 2017. By 2022, the manga had sold 250,000 physical copies.
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