Mori no Asagao - Shinjin Keimukan to Aru Shikeishuu no Monogatari
モリのアサガオ 新人刑務官と或る死刑囚の物語
モリのアサガオ, Mori no Asagao - The Story of a New Prison Guard and a Certain Death Row Inmate, Morning glory in the deepforest
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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)
Volume 7
Chapter 70 - Watase Mitsuru's Execution
Published: Saturday, January 17, 2026Chapter 69 - The Story of a Rookie Prison Officer and a Certain Death Rower (2)
Published: Monday, January 12, 2026Chapter 68 - The Story of a Rookie Prison Officer and a Certain Death Rower (1)
Published: Wednesday, January 7, 2026Chapter 67 - The Truth of Watase Mitsuru (3)
Published: Friday, January 2, 2026Chapter 66 - The Truth of Watase Mitsuru (2)
Published: Sunday, December 28, 2025Chapter 65 - The Truth of Watase Mitsuru (1)
Published: Tuesday, December 23, 2025Chapter 64 - False Charge II (4) I'm Against "The Death Penalty"
Published: Saturday, December 13, 2025Chapter 63 - False Charge II (3) The Cornered Boy
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2025Chapter 62 - False Charge II (2) The Tamarazuka Village Incident
Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2025Chapter 61 - False Charge II (1) A Death Row Inmate's Son
Published: Wednesday, November 26, 2025Volume 6
Chapter 60 - Watase Mitsuru's Regret
Published: Saturday, November 15, 2025Chapter 59 - The Execution of Fukahori Keizou (4)
Published: Friday, November 7, 2025Chapter 58 - The Execution of Fukahori Keizou (3)
Published: Friday, October 31, 2025Chapter 57 - The Execution of Fukahori Keizou (2)
Published: Sunday, October 26, 2025Chapter 56 - The Execution of Fukahori Keizou (1)
Published: Tuesday, October 21, 2025Chapter 55 - False Charge I (3) Out of the Forest...
Published: Thursday, October 16, 2025Chapter 54 - False Charge I (2) How False Charges Are Made
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2025Chapter 53 - False Charge I (1) The Bottomless Swamp Within the Forest
Published: Saturday, October 4, 2025Chapter 52 - Watase Mitsuru's Confession (2)
Published: Sunday, September 28, 2025Chapter 51 - Watase Mitsuru's Confession (1)
Published: Tuesday, September 23, 2025Volume 5
Chapter 50 - Watase Mitsuru's Rebellion (2)
Published: Wednesday, September 17, 2025Chapter 49 - Watase Mitsuru's Rebellion (1)
Published: Tuesday, September 9, 2025Chapter 48 - Embracing Fate...
Published: Thursday, September 4, 2025Chapter 47 - Truth · The Naniwa Valley Incident
Published: Saturday, August 30, 2025Chapter 46 - Confronting Fukahori Keizou (2)
Published: Sunday, August 24, 2025Chapter 45 - Confronting Fukahori Keizou (1)
Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2025Chapter 44 - Yamamoto Norihito and Fukahori Keizou
Published: Thursday, August 14, 2025Chapter 43 - The Naniwa Valley Incident
Published: Friday, August 8, 2025Chapter 42 - Yamamoto Norihito
Published: Friday, August 1, 2025Chapter 41 - Fate, The Beginning
Published: Friday, July 25, 2025Volume 4
Chapter 40 - The Healing of a Victim's Family (4)
Published: Sunday, July 20, 2025Chapter 39 - The Healing of a Victim's Family (3)
Published: Sunday, July 13, 2025Chapter 38 - The Healing of a Victim's Family (2)
Published: Monday, July 7, 2025Chapter 37 - The Healing of a Victim's Family (1)
Published: Wednesday, June 25, 2025Chapter 36 - The Darkness Within Officer Satonaka Kazuaki (2)
Published: Tuesday, June 17, 2025Chapter 35 - The Darkness Within Officer Satonaka Kazuaki (1)
Published: Thursday, June 12, 2025Chapter 34 - Does "The Death Penalty" Deter Crime? (2)
Published: Saturday, June 7, 2025Chapter 33 - Does "The Death Penalty" Deter Crime? (1)
Published: Thursday, May 29, 2025Chapter 32 - The Other Demon of Revenge (2)
Published: Saturday, May 24, 2025Chapter 31 - The Other Demon of Revenge (1)
Published: Saturday, May 17, 2025Volume 3
Chapter 30 - Watase Mitsuru's Hostility
Published: Sunday, May 11, 2025Chapter 29 - Between Death Penalties and Life Sentences (2)
Published: Wednesday, May 7, 2025Chapter 28 - Between Death Penalties and Life Sentences (1)
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2025Chapter 27 - The Scars of the Execution
Published: Friday, April 25, 2025Chapter 26 - The Execution
Published: Sunday, April 20, 2025Chapter 25 - The Night Before the Execution
Published: Friday, April 18, 2025Chapter 24 - The Execution Warrant!
Published: Sunday, April 13, 2025Chapter 23 - Watase Mitsuru's Tomorrow
Published: Thursday, April 10, 2025Chapter 22 - The Duty of the Living (2)
Published: Friday, April 4, 2025Chapter 21 - The Duty of the Living (1)
Published: Monday, March 31, 2025Volume 2
Chapter 20 - Shadow Catchball
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 19 - Watase Mitsuru (Part Two)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 18 - Watase Mitsuru (Part One)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 17 - The Screams of the Dying
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 16 - The Prisoner’s Wife (Part Two)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 15 - The Prisoner’s Wife (Part One)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 14 - I Want to Become a Bird (Part Two)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 13 - I Want to Become a Bird (Part One)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 12 - An Old Death Rower’s Dream (Part Two)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 11 - An Old Death Rower’s Dream (Part One)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Volume 1
Chapter 10 - A Letter from the Victim’s Family. (Pt 2)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 9 - Those Who Die, and Those Who Live. (Pt 1)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 8 - Mitsuru Watase’s Trial 1
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 7 - A Letter from the Victim’s Family. (Pt 2)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 6 - A Letter from the Victim’s Family. (Pt 1)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 5 - The Man Who Makes Collages. (Pt 2)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 4 - The Man Who Makes Collages. (Pt 1)
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 3 - The New Guard’s Sufferings
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 2 - Mitsuru Watase’s Crime.
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022Chapter 1 - The New Guard’s Failure.
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2022More by Gouda Mamora
Mori no Asagao - Shinjin Keimukan to Aru Shikeishuu no Monogatari
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.
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