No. 5 (manga)

No. 5
File:No. 5 manga.jpg Cover of No. 5
ナンバーファイブ (Number Five)
Genre	Fantasy, adventure
Manga
Written by	Taiyo Matsumoto
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Ikki
Original run	2000 – 2005
Volumes	8

No. 5 (Japanese: ナンバーファイブ, Hepburn: Nanbā Faibu) is a Japanese fantasy adventure seinen manga created by Taiyo Matsumoto. Originally serialized in Shogakukan's Ikki manga magazine. It ran for eight 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 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. It was published in French by Kana.

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

• Volume 7

1. a funeral
2. ship
3. sea
4. in the Mike
5. in his arms

• Volume 8

1. in the Army
2. PAPA's Diary
3. Under Stars
4. at the Table
5. Utopia
6. Future (End)