Mori no Asagao - Shinjin Keimukan to Aru Shikeishuu no Monogatari
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By Gouda Mamora
A work which highlights the “present” of the capital punishment system through Oikawa Naoki, a newly recruited prison officer, who faces condemned criminals everyday and agonizes. Based on close and careful research, the author tackles with the serious theme of the “capital punishment system” head-on. Won the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga.
Chapters
70 total
Chapter 70: Watase Mitsuru's Execution
Jan 17, 2026
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Chapter 69: The Story of a Rookie Prison Officer and a Certain Death Rower (2)
Jan 12, 2026
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Chapter 68: The Story of a Rookie Prison Officer and a Certain Death Rower (1)
Jan 7, 2026
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Chapter 67: The Truth of Watase Mitsuru (3)
Jan 2, 2026
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Chapter 66: The Truth of Watase Mitsuru (2)
Dec 28, 2025
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Chapter 65: The Truth of Watase Mitsuru (1)
Dec 23, 2025
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Chapter 64: False Charge II (4) I'm Against "The Death Penalty"
Dec 13, 2025
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Chapter 63: False Charge II (3) The Cornered Boy
Dec 9, 2025
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Chapter 62: False Charge II (2) The Tamarazuka Village Incident
Dec 2, 2025
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Chapter 61: False Charge II (1) A Death Row Inmate's Son
Nov 26, 2025
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Chapter 60: Watase Mitsuru's Regret
Nov 15, 2025
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Chapter 59: The Execution of Fukahori Keizou (4)
Nov 7, 2025
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Chapter 58: The Execution of Fukahori Keizou (3)
Oct 31, 2025
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Chapter 57: The Execution of Fukahori Keizou (2)
Oct 26, 2025
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Chapter 56: The Execution of Fukahori Keizou (1)
Oct 21, 2025
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Chapter 55: False Charge I (3) Out of the Forest...
Oct 16, 2025
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Chapter 54: False Charge I (2) How False Charges Are Made
Oct 9, 2025
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Chapter 53: False Charge I (1) The Bottomless Swamp Within the Forest
Oct 4, 2025
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Chapter 52: Watase Mitsuru's Confession (2)
Sep 28, 2025
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Chapter 51: Watase Mitsuru's Confession (1)
Sep 23, 2025
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Chapter 50: Watase Mitsuru's Rebellion (2)
Sep 17, 2025
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Chapter 49: Watase Mitsuru's Rebellion (1)
Sep 9, 2025
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Chapter 48: Embracing Fate...
Sep 4, 2025
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Chapter 47: Truth · The Naniwa Valley Incident
Aug 30, 2025
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Chapter 46: Confronting Fukahori Keizou (2)
Aug 24, 2025
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Chapter 45: Confronting Fukahori Keizou (1)
Aug 19, 2025
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Chapter 44: Yamamoto Norihito and Fukahori Keizou
Aug 14, 2025
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Chapter 43: The Naniwa Valley Incident
Aug 8, 2025
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Chapter 42: Yamamoto Norihito
Aug 1, 2025
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Chapter 41: Fate, The Beginning
Jul 25, 2025
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Chapter 40: The Healing of a Victim's Family (4)
Jul 20, 2025
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Chapter 39: The Healing of a Victim's Family (3)
Jul 13, 2025
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Chapter 38: The Healing of a Victim's Family (2)
Jul 7, 2025
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Chapter 37: The Healing of a Victim's Family (1)
Jun 25, 2025
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Chapter 36: The Darkness Within Officer Satonaka Kazuaki (2)
Jun 17, 2025
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Chapter 35: The Darkness Within Officer Satonaka Kazuaki (1)
Jun 12, 2025
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Chapter 34: Does "The Death Penalty" Deter Crime? (2)
Jun 7, 2025
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Chapter 33: Does "The Death Penalty" Deter Crime? (1)
May 29, 2025
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Chapter 32: The Other Demon of Revenge (2)
May 24, 2025
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Chapter 31: The Other Demon of Revenge (1)
May 17, 2025
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Chapter 30: Watase Mitsuru's Hostility
May 11, 2025
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Chapter 29: Between Death Penalties and Life Sentences (2)
May 7, 2025
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Chapter 28: Between Death Penalties and Life Sentences (1)
Apr 29, 2025
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Chapter 27: The Scars of the Execution
Apr 25, 2025
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Chapter 26: The Execution
Apr 20, 2025
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Chapter 25: The Night Before the Execution
Apr 18, 2025
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Chapter 24: The Execution Warrant!
Apr 13, 2025
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Chapter 23: Watase Mitsuru's Tomorrow
Apr 10, 2025
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Chapter 22: The Duty of the Living (2)
Apr 4, 2025
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Chapter 21: The Duty of the Living (1)
Mar 31, 2025
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Chapter 20: Shadow Catchball
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 19: Watase Mitsuru (Part Two)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 18: Watase Mitsuru (Part One)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 17: The Screams of the Dying
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 16: The Prisoner’s Wife (Part Two)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 15: The Prisoner’s Wife (Part One)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 14: I Want to Become a Bird (Part Two)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 13: I Want to Become a Bird (Part One)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 12: An Old Death Rower’s Dream (Part Two)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 11: An Old Death Rower’s Dream (Part One)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 10: A Letter from the Victim’s Family. (Pt 2)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 9: Those Who Die, and Those Who Live. (Pt 1)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 8: Mitsuru Watase’s Trial 1
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 7: A Letter from the Victim’s Family. (Pt 2)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 6: A Letter from the Victim’s Family. (Pt 1)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 5: The Man Who Makes Collages. (Pt 2)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 4: The Man Who Makes Collages. (Pt 1)
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 3: The New Guard’s Sufferings
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 2: Mitsuru Watase’s Crime.
Mar 31, 2022
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Chapter 1: The New Guard’s Failure.
Mar 31, 2022
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