# Cage of Eden

Cage of Eden (Japanese: エデンの檻, Hepburn: Eden no Ori) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshinobu Yamada. It follows a group of teenage survivors of a plane crash who find themselves in a mysterious island inhabited by extinct prehistoric creatures and plants. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from November 2008 to January 2013, with its chapters collected in 21 tankōbon volumes. It has been licensed for English language release in North America by Kodansha USA.

## Plot

Akira Sengoku and his classmates are flying back to Japan from their school trip to Guam, along with other classes from their school and various passengers. Their trip, however, takes an unexpected turn when their plane hits turbulence and crashes on a Pacific island. After recovering from being unconscious, Akira learns from his friends that they are on a mysterious island filled with extinct prehistoric creatures and plants. With nowhere to go, Akira leads a small group of survivors to find others like them. They search for a way to get home, fighting off the island's savage creatures and encountering other survivors who have gone mad. Along the way, they will discover the mysteries and secrets of the island, all whilst struggling to survive there.

## Publication

Written and illustrated by Yoshinobu Yamada, the manga Cage of Eden was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from November 26, 2008, to January 23, 2013. Kodansha collected its chapters in twenty-three tankōbon volumes, released from February 17, 2009, to February 15, 2013.
On December 12, 2010, Kodansha USA announced that they had licensed the manga for English language release in North America.

### Volume list

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | February 17, 2009 | 978-4-06-384106-0 | August 23, 2011 | 978-1-935429-25-8 |
| "What a Wonderful World""The Law of the Jungle" "Fever Chapter""Freedom of the Brute" |||||
| Akira Sengoku and his friends were returning home from Guam school trip. During the midflight the whole Plane shakes and it starts to fall down. Akira tried to find Rion Akagami. Before he reaches her, he loses unconscious. The next morning he wakes up middle in the jungle and the plane is nowhere in sight. |||||
| 2 | April 17, 2009 | 978-4-06-384131-2 | October 25, 2011 | 978-1-9354-2926-5 |
| "Lord of the Other Side""The Underdog Chapter""Duty of All Lives""Light & Darkness""Hell's Bosshead" "Brotherhood""Dead End""Cry Out""Eloquent Lip" |||||
| 3 | July 17, 2009 | 978-4-06-384166-4 | December 20, 2011 | 978-1-935429-27-2 |
| "Presentiment""Monkey Mate?""Epidemic""Amazing Grace""Run Away from Fate" "Winner""Stairway to Heaven""Child of God""Iron Maiden" |||||
| 4 | September 17, 2009 | 978-4-06-384190-9 | February 28, 2012 | 978-1-61262-048-0 |
| "Plan of Secret""Riot""Good Fellows""Fibber""Loss Brain 1" "Loss Brain 2""Loss Brain 3""Loss Brain 4""Loss Brain 5" |||||
| 5 | December 17, 2009 | 978-4-06-384226-5 | April 10, 2012 | 978-1-61262-049-7 |
| "Loss Brain 6""Loss Brain 7""Loss Brain 8""Loss Brain 9""Loss Brain 10" "A Juvenile State""A Flag of Future""Enchanted""Union" |||||
| 6 | February 17, 2010 | 978-4-06-384253-1 | August 7, 2012 | 978-1-61-262050-3 |
| "Blank 2 Days""The Start in End""Hairline Crack""Death""Clear the Way" "Bridge Over Troubled Water""A Life or a Death""Judgment from the Air""Omen" |||||
| 7 | June 17, 2010 | 978-4-06-384302-6 | October 2, 2012 | 978-1-61-262051-0 |
| "A Long Shot""Brave Heart""Knockdown!""Fire of Departure""Come to Life" "A Misty Mountain""Rise from the Dead""Resurrection of Friendship""Mountain of the Dead" |||||
| 8 | July 16, 2010 | 978-4-06-384333-0 | December 18, 2012 | 978-1-61-262052-7 |
| "Holy Mark""Abandon the Past""A View in all its Glory""Fantastic Flight""Fight of Flight" "Duel of the Brute""Laplace's Demon""Beginning W""Re-awakening" |||||
| 9 | September 17, 2010 | 978-4-06-384365-1 | February 19, 2013 | 978-1-61-262053-4 |
| "Prognosis""Fantasy or Reality""And then there were none""Upshot of the Prevision""Love his Sweet-Heart" "Confession?""Visitor at the Dark""Mr.Brain""Beating Friends" |||||
| 10 | December 17, 2010 | 978-4-06-384420-7 | May 21, 2013 | 978-1-61-262259-0 |
| "Solitude""The Tribe""The End?""Open the Way""Sink or Swim!" "Long Good-by""Smile Sweetly""Relic""Disappearance" |||||
| 11 | February 17, 2011 | 978-4-06-384447-4 | August 20, 2013 | 978-1-61-262260-6 |
| "Especial Place""My Girl""Forward, my Men!""Mouth of the Earth""Pitfall" "Place for Survive""A Man-Made Mountain""Guess who's Coming to Dinner""Strong Will" |||||
| 12 | May 17, 2011 | 978-4-06-384490-0 | November 12, 2013 | 978-1-61262-261-3 |
| "Captive Birds""Tomorrow""Truth or Nonsense""Her Words Were True""Extermination" "Excavation""A Soliloquy""Salvation""A Tower at the Shore" |||||
| 13 | July 15, 2011 | 978-4-06-384521-1 | February 18, 2014 | 978-1-61262-262-0 |
| "A Mysterious Lady""A Map""Jelly Beans""Strangers""Exchange" "Pyramid""Whom Should I Choose?""A Brief Separation""Coward" |||||
| 14 | October 17, 2011 | 978-4-06-384568-6 | May 27, 2014 | 978-1-61262-263-7 |
| "Tower of Terror""Darkness and Death""The Way to Go""Underground""A Sense of Sin" "B3""Too Large""Deeply Deeply""Strange Plants" |||||
| 15 | December 16, 2011 | 978-4-06-384602-7 | August 26, 2014 | 978-1-61262-264-4 |
| "A Secret Garden""Heroine""The Dark Room""Sygdommen til Døden""The Room 1" "The Room 2""The Room 3""Unnatural Life""Insanity" |||||
| 16 | March 16, 2012 | 978-4-06-384645-4 | November 11, 2014 | 978-1-61262-560-7 |
| "Time Limit""Diagnosis""Death to Approach""Unbelievable Prediction""Way Back" "Secret of the Tower""High Play""Decision""Strong Bond" |||||
| 17 | May 17, 2012 | 978-4-06-384674-4 | February 17, 2015 | 978-1-61262-796-0 |
| "The Fourth Tower""Kill the Friend""The Past of a Mad Dog""Weakness""Awakening Monster" "Horrifying Failure""Arrival of the Strongest""Snake and Frog""Swallowing Whole" |||||
| 18 | August 17, 2012 | 978-4-06-384721-5 | August 18, 2015 | 978-1-61262-983-4 |
| "Dangerous Strategy""Two Monsters""Kouhei Arita""Cross Fire""Light and Shadow" "Good Teacher""The Most Terrible Animal""Sudden Assault""New Strategy" |||||
| 19 | October 17, 2012 | 978-4-06-384751-2 | November 17, 2015 | 978-1-61262-984-1 |
| "Battle of the Dark Night""Hidden Message""Wicked Vote""The Result of Vote""Secret of the Devil" "Who is the Doctor?""Dangerous Operation""Desperate Persuasion""The Thing Stars Show" |||||
| 20 | December 17, 2012 | 978-4-06-384784-0 | May 17, 2016 | 978-1-63236-032-8 |
| "Two Drawings""The Last Tower""The Bonds of Friendship""Invisible Observer""Last Request" "God's Territory""The Name of The Island""Timeworn Photographs""Figure of the Observer" |||||
| 21 | February 15, 2013 | 978-4-06-384823-6 | May 16, 2017 | 978-1-63236-125-7 |
| "A Girl and Illustrated Book""The Contents of the Bottle""Great Confusion""Inference""Repellent" "2307""Memento""Sorrow of Mother""The Eden Project""The Hope" |||||

## Reception

Katherine Dacey of The Manga Critic reviewed the first manga volume saying while she disliked the characters for "doing and saying things that defy common sense", she praised the author for "populating the island with scary-looking monsters and staging thrilling action sequences that temporarily erase the memory of the clumsy dialogue and panty shots". Brigid Alverson of MTV Geek reviewed the first manga volume concluding "The story has been told before, and Cage of Eden is no literary or philosophical masterpiece, but taken on its own terms as an action-suspense story, it delivers the goods and leaves the reader wanting more.
Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network enjoyed the first manga volume and gave it a B, saying, "Despite its slow start, Cage of Eden becomes deeply engrossing, so that once a certain point is reached, it is nearly impossible to put down."