# Monthly Comic Zenon

Monthly Comic Zenon (Japanese: 月刊コミックゼノン, Hepburn: Gekkan Komikku Zenon) is a Japanese manga anthology. It is marketed to seinen public (young adult men), edited and published monthly by Coamix. From 2010 to 2020, it was formerly published by North Stars Pictures and Tokuma Shoten. It was produced as a replacement for Weekly Comic Bunch, Coamix's previous manga anthology. The collected editions of their titles are published under the Zenon Comics imprint.

## Overview

After the drop of Shinchosha's Weekly Comic Bunch circulation numbers, Coamix, which edited the magazine, announced Bunch's discontinuation. Coamix marked August 27, 2010 as the day of Bunch's last release, and started to consider to launch a new magazine. In October 2010, Coamix announced a partnership with North Stars Pictures and Tokuma Shoten, stating that the new magazine Monthly Comic Zenon would debut on October 25, 2010. At the same time Shinchosha launched Monthly Comics @ Bunch, a replacement for Weekly Comic Bunch, but edited without Coamix's involvement. As a result, many of the manga artists from Bunch have been moved to Zenon.
The magazine's name is based on "Kanzeon Bosatsu" (観世音菩薩)—the Japanese name of bodhisattva Guanyin—, specifically the "Zeon" (世音) part, which means to "hear the voice of the worldwide". The "Z" from "Zenon" was chosen with the meaning of "ultimate" since it is the last letter from alphabet.
In order to approach more readers, Monthly Comic Zenon is published in both, print and digital editions. The website "Zenon Land" was launched, publishing the Zenon's manga series only for smartphones. A YouTube channel was created to disclose Zenon-related media. Also, "Cafe Zenon", a kissaten decorated with manga motifs, in Kichijōji, a neighborhood in the city of Musashino, Tokyo, was inaugurated on November 11, 2009.
To expand its range the magazine also promotes a "silent manga" contest; first, in 2011, it was a national competition. Starting from 2013, it became an international contest, in which no dialogues were necessary. Open for professional and amateurs, the focus of the judgment was the performance of the works through art rather than exposition. The judges were manga authors Tsukasa Hojo (City Hunter) and Tetsuo Hara (Fist of the North Star), then editor-in-chief Nobuhiko Horie and the magazine editorial team. The best five received prize awards while the top three had their works published in the magazine. The first international edition received 514 submissions from 53 countries, while in the second people from 65 countries submitted 609 works. Molico Ross, a winner of the domestic competition, wrote Nobo and Her? between 2012 and 2017, and Shinigami ni Datte, Ai wa Aru (published since 2017) is based on "Thirty and a Half Minutes", a work by the 4th international contest winner, Vietnamese female writer Snippy MJ.
In another action to expand its public, in August 2015, Coamix and The Silent Manga Audition Committee created a section called "Zenon International" on the contest website to publish the SMAC! Web Magazine. They announced plans to translate all the series and offer them for free on their site based on demand—which is based on the readers' vote. At first they made available Ikusa no Ko: Legend of Oda Nobunaga, Nobo and Her? and Arte, and in December Angel Heart became part of the catalog.
After a certain amount of chapters are serialized in the magazine they are collected into tankōbon format and published under the Zenon Comics imprint. Parallel to this label, there is Zenon Comics DX that only publishes titles former released by other publishers such as Tetsuo Hara's Cyber Blue (Weekly Shōnen Jump) and Kōkenryoku Ōryō Sōsakan Nakabō Rintarō (Bart 3230). This two titles composed Zenon Comics DX first line-up, while Zenon Comics one had Angel Heart: 2nd Season, Cat's Eye, Concierge Platinum, and Waraenu Warashi: 108 no Karma. Both imprints released its first titles on March 22, 2011. The Zenon Comics level also publishes manga released on Zenon's sister magazine, Web Comic Zenyon (WEBコミックぜにょん). Published online since October 25, 2012, it is the home of series such as Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji and Seikai Suru Kado: Aoi Haru to Railgun.

## List of works

Ongoing series are highlighted in light green.
| Manga | First Issue | Last Issue | Author |
| Ikusa no Ko: Legend of Oda Nobunaga (いくさの子 織田三郎信長伝, Ikusa no Ko Oda Saburō Nobunaga-Den) | December 2010 | September 2022 | Tetsuo Hara, Seibō Kitahara |
| Angel Heart 2nd Season (ANGEL HEART 2ndシーズン, Enjeru Hāto Sekando Shīzun) | December 2010 | July 2017 | Tsukasa Hojo |
| DD Fist of the North Star (DD北斗の拳) | December 2010 | August 2016 | Kajio |
| Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu: Maeda Keiji Sake Gatari (義風堂々!!直江兼続 -前田慶次酒語り-) | December 2010 | March 2014 | Tetsuo Hara, Nobuhiko Horie, Yūji Takemura |
| Papa wa Donkan-sama (パパは鈍感さま) | December 2010 | November 2012 | Nao Sekine |
| Cat's Eye (キャッツ♥愛, Kyattsu Ai) | December 2010 | March 2014 | Tsukasa Hojo, Shin Asai, Sakura Nakameguro |
| Profiling of Fridge (冷蔵庫探偵, Reizōko Tantei) | December 2010 | February 2012 | Saemi Endō, Izumi Satō |
| Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem (ちるらん 新撰組鎮魂歌, Chiruran Shinsengumi Chinkon-ka) | December 2010 | June 2023 | Shinya Umemura, Eiji Hashimoto |
| Mandala Daladala (まんだらダラダラ, Mandara Daradara) | December 2010 | May 2011 | Kōji Matsuka, Haruki Oka |
| Concierge Platinum (コンシェルジュ プラチナム, Konsheruju Purachinamu) | December 2010 | November 2014 | Michihiko Fujiei, Hideyuki Ishizeki |
| Waraenu Warashi: 108 no Karma (笑えぬ童子 〜108の業〜, Waraenu Warashi: Hyakuhachi no Karuma) | December 2010 | November 2011 | Makoto Mano |
| Valientes: Date no Oni Katakura Kojūrō (バリエンテス 伊達の鬼 片倉小十郎, Barientesu Date no Oni Katakura Kojūrō) | December 2010 | March 2012 | Yoshiki Tanaka |
| Saibanchō! Koko wa Chōeki 4-Nen de Dōsu ka: Boku ni Shikei to Ieru no ka (裁判長!ここは懲役4年でどうすか ぼくに死刑と言えるのか) | December 2010 | July 2012 | Toro Kitao, Inusuke Matsubashi |
| Cyber Blue: Ushinawareta Kodomo-tachi (サイバーブルー 失われた子供たち, Saibā Burū Ushinawareta Kodomo-tachi) | January 2011 | July 2012 | Motoki Yoshihara, Tetsuo Hara |
| Haikin (拝金) | February 2011 | October 2011 | Shūji Takeya, Takafumi Horie |
| Internet Shopping Prince Yoshimi Ida (おとりよせ王子 飯田好実, Otoriyose Ōji Iida Yoshimi]) | February 2011 | July 2016 | Shiho Takase |
| Konkatsu no Hanamichi (婚活の花道) | March 2011 | May 2011 | Ai Sakurakōji |
| Saibanchō! Boku no Otōto Chōeki 4-nen de Dōsuka (裁判長!ぼくの弟懲役4年でどうすか) | March 2011 | July 2011 | Toro Kitao and Inusuke Matsubashi |
| The Commander in Chief Koichiro Sakuraba (内閣総理大臣 桜庭皇一郎, Komandā in Chīfu Sakuraba Koichirō) | July 2011 | November 2012 | Ryuji Tsugihara, Hiroshi Kanai, and Mitsuhiro Sera |
| Wakakozake (ワカコ酒) | September 2011 | Ongoing | Chie Shinkyu |
| Ten-pai! (てんぱいっ!) | December 2012 | March 2013 | KeiYu |
| Itsuya-san (夜さん) | January 2012 | November 2013 | Mizu Sahara |
| Kū Neru Futari Sumu Futari (喰う寝るふたり 住むふたり) | April 2012 | December 2014 | Kinoko Higurashi |
| Hatsukoi: Pioneers (ハツコイ〜開拓者たち〜, Hatsukoi Kaitakusha-tachi) | April 2012 | August 2012 | Mitsuru Ōsaki |
| Nobo and Her? (のぼさんとカノジョ?, Nobo-san to Kanojo?) | June 2012 | October 2017 | Molico Ross |
| Kimi ni Tomodachi ga Dekiru Made. (キミにともだちができるまで。) | June 2012 | March 2015 | Shin Hotani |
| Kanayago (カナヤゴ) | September 2012 | September 2013 | Yū Hikasa |
| Cross Battlers: CyberBlue the Last Stand (クロスバトラーズ CyberBlue the Last Stand, Kurosu Batorāzu Saibā Burū za Rasuto Sutando) | December 2012 | January 2014 | Motoki Yoshihara and Tetsuo Hara |
| The Youth of Manga School (漫画専門学校生の青春, Manga Senmon Gakkō-sei no Seishun) | December 2012 | November 2015 | Kotaro Yamada and Ryoichi Yokoyama |
| Kinyoku no Garda: Nanto Gosha Sei Zenshi (金翼のガルダ〜南斗五車星前史〜, Kinyoku no Garuda Nanto Gosha Sei Zenshi) | April 2013 | August 2013 | Yoshiji Yamaguchi, Buronson and Tetsuo Hara |
| Watashi no Kare wa Shigoto ga Dekinai (私の彼は仕事ができない) | April 2013 | January 2015 | Kanan Yamada |
| Bakudan Ōji Dynamite (爆弾王子ダイナマイト, Bakudan Ōji Dainamaito) | March 2013 | January 2014 | Mon Shimizu |
| Back to the Hero (バック・トゥ・ザ・ヒーロー, Bakku to za Hiro) | July 2013 | December 2013 | Hōzuki |
| Genocider (ジェノサイダー, Jenosaidā) | September 2013 | October 2015 | Takahiro Akiyoshi and Maya Miyazaki |
| Sō Kakusei no Nova (双覚醒のノヴァ, Sō Kakusei no Noba) | September 2013 | February 2014 | Izumi Urata |
| Hanakaku: The Last Girl Standing (ハナカク-The Last Girl Standing-, Hanakaku za Rasuto Gāru Sutandingu) | October 2013 | September 2015 | Katsunori Matsui |
| Gifū Dōdō!! The Tactician of Wind: Kuroda Kanbei (義風堂々!! 疾風の軍師 -黒田官兵衛-, Gifū Dōdō!! Kaze no Gunshi Kuroda Kanbei) | November 2013 | February 2017 | Toshiaki Yamada, Tetsuo Hara, Nobuhiko Horie and Hiroyuki Yatsu |
| Detective Appli (探偵アプリ, Tantei Apuri) | November 2013 | April 2014 | Yū Sugimoto |
| Mononoke: Umibōzu (モノノ怪 -海坊主-) | November 2013 | January 2015 | Yaeko Ninagawa |
| Arte (アルテ, Arute) | December 2013 | Ongoing | Kei Ōkubo |
| Basketmono (籠球者, Basukemono) | December 2013 | May 2014 | Hirofumi Takezoe |
| The Mermaid Prince (人魚の王子さま 〜マーメイド・プリンス〜, Ningyo no Ōji-sama ~Māmeido Purinsu~) | January 2014 | December 2015 | Yuana Kazumi |
| Zero no Shiniki (零の神域) | February 2014 | February 2015 | Hana Shinohara |
| Koishikarikeru (恋しかりける) | April 2014 | September 2014 | Rio Misumi |
| Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu: Maeda Keiji Hana Gatari (義風堂々!!直江兼続 -前田慶次花語り-) | May 2014 | December 2018 | Tetsuo Hara, Nobuhiko Horie, and Masato Deguchi |
| Oda Shinamon Nobunaga (織田シナモン信長) | June 2014 | October 2021 | Una Megurogawa |
| Arte Tokubetsu-hen (アルテ 特別編) | October 2014 | March 2015 | Kei Ōkubo |
| Good Morning's and Good Night's (おはようとかおやすみとか, Ohayō Toka Oyasumi Toka) | June 2014 | June 2017 | Machita |
| Forensics Girl Hayama-san (鑑識女子の葉山さん, Kanshiki Joshi no Hayama-san) | June 2014 | August 2014 | Izumi Sato |
| Rainy Sometimes Bochan (雨ときどきボーちゃん, Ame Tokidoki Bō-chan) | August 2014 | April 2015 | Saya Usato |
| Onna to Hanashitai (おんなと話したいっ☆彡) | September 2014 | November 2014 | Hyper Wanabee (Takashi Yoshida) |
| Hana Musubi: Power of the Wonderful Flower (花むすび, Hana Musubi) | October 2014 | March 2015 | Subaru |
| Suzuki Just Wants a Quiet Life (スズキさんはただ静かに暮らしたい, Suzuki-san wa Tada Shizuka ni Kurashitai) | November 2014 | April 2016 | Hirohisa Sato |
| Do-do-ma (ドードーマ, Dōdōma) | December 2014 | February 2016 | Jun Shiraishi |
| Granny Girl Hinata-chan (老女的少女ひなたちゃん, Obaāchan Shōjo Hinata-chan) | December 2014 | June 2022 | Asa Kuwayoshi |
| Concierge Imperial (コンシェルジュ インペリアル, Konsheruju Inperiaru) | January 2015 | November 2017 | Michihiko Tōei and Hideyuki Ishizeki |
| Hakoniwa and Papillon (箱庭とパピヨン, Hakoniwa to Papiyon) | April 2015 | August 2015 | Saki Akamura |
| Delicious Foods, Delicious Faces – Narusawa-kun Loves Scrumptious Looks (鳴沢くんはおいしい顔に恋してる, Narusawa-kun wa Oishī Kao ni Koishiteru) | May 2015 | August 2017 | Rei Yamada |
| Mononoke: Zashikiwarashi (モノノ怪 -座敷童子-) | May 2015 | November 2015 | Yaeko Ninagawa |
| Tokyo Share Story (東京シェアストーリ, Tōkyō Shea Sutōrī) | June 2015 | May 2016 | Rikeo Tada and Motoko Takahashi |
| Tabemono Kemono (たべものけもの) | July 2015 | February 2016 | Akamaru Enomoto |
| Aragami (アラガミ) | August 2015 | December 2015 | Yūshi Hashimoto |
| Konpeitō no Hanayome (金平糖の花嫁) | September 2015 | February 2016 | Satono Okazaki |
| Shiawase no Popochi (しあわせのポポチ) | November 2015 | October 2016 | Saya Usato |
| Grendel: A Tale of the World Without Dragons (グレンデル, Gurenderu) | December 2015 | July 2017 | Mako Oikawa |
| Evil Star and Silly Goddess (疫病神とバカ女神, Yakubyōgami to Baka Megami) | January 2016 | December 2016 | Takuya Mori |
| Nishi Ogikubo Run Through (西荻窪ランスルー) | February 2016 | January 2018 | Ringo Yuki |
| Trace: Kasōken Hōi Kenkyūin no Tsuisō (トレース 科捜研法医研究員の追想, Torēsu: Kasōken Hōi Kenkyūin no Tsuisō) | March 2016 | April 2023 | Kei Koga |
| Meshinuma (めしぬま。) | March 2016 | Ongoing | Amida Muku |
| Bungo Act (文豪アクト) | April 2016 | February 2017 | Fukutaro Masaki |
| Mononoke: Nue (モノノ怪 -鵺-) | May 2016 | November 2016 | Yaeko Ninagawa |
| Chiruran: Nibun no Ichi (ちるらん にぶんの壱) | July 2016 | January 2018 | Shinya Umemura and Eiji Hashimoto |
| Marion, la fille du cinq-centenaire (五百年目のマリオン, Gohyakunenme no Marion) | August 2016 | November 2018 | Yuu Hikasa |
| Kasuka no Chō Nibun no Ichi Chōme Tantei Jimusho (幽乃町1/2丁目探偵事務所) | September 2016 | October 2019 | Izumi Urata |
| Takaoka's Memo on Imaginative Accounting (高岡さんの妄想経理メモ, Takaoka-san no Mōsō Keiri Memo) | October 2016 | One-shot | Pikomaro |
| Backstage! (バックステージ!, Bakkusutēji) | November 2016 | November 2017 | Okushou, Niimaruyuu |
| Gas Masquerade of Miasma (瘴気のガスマスカレイド, Shōki no Gasu Masukareido) | December 2016 | February 2018 | Yoshiki Tanaka, Mizuki Mizushiro |
| Fumino-san no Bungu na Nichijō (文野さんの文具な日常) | December 2016 | September 2019 | Akamaru Enomoto |
| Shiga Hime (屍牙姫) | January 2017 | May 2019 | Hirohisa Sato |
| Yano Nanako, Hakkyū o Pu: Take Me Out to the Stadium (矢野七菜子、白球を追う。, Yano Nanako, Hakkyū o Pu.) | February 2017 | April 2018 | Tokihiko Tamaru |
| Sasakawa-san Chi no Aineko Shiro (笹川さん家の愛猫シロウ) | April 2017 | September 2017 | Ema Saegusa |
| A Side Character's Love Story (モブ子の恋, Mobuko no Ko) | May 2017 | September 2018 | Akane Tamura |
| Mononoke: Noppera-bō (モノノ怪-のっぺらぼう-) | May 2017 | November 2017 | Yaeko Ninagawa |
| Hiiro no Bunraku (火色の文楽) | June 2017 | October 2018 | Komao Kita |
| Hakoniwa no Toriko (箱庭の虜) | June 2017 | One-shot | Mizu Sahara |
| Arthur Bright (アーサーブライト, Āsā Buraito) | July 2017 | April 2018 | Kairi Shimotsuki |
| Yokozuna Haō Densetsu: Kiseno Sato (横綱覇王伝説 稀勢の里) | August 2017 | October 2017 | Toshiaki Yamada |
| Surfingman (サーフィングマン, Sāfingu Man) | August 2017 | July 2018 | Haruto Umezawa |
| Kyō Kara City Hunter (今日からシティハンター) | July 2017 | Ongoing | Sokura Nijiki |
| Watashi to Watashi (私と私) | October 2017 | One-shot | Mizu Sahara |
| Shinigami ni Datte, Ai wa Aru (死神にだって、愛はある。) | November 2017 | October 2018 | Izumi Urata, Makiko Yoshida |
| Sōten no Ken: Regenesis (蒼天の拳 リジェネシス, Sōten no Ken Rijeneshisu) | December 2017 | Ongoing | Hiroyuki Yatsu, Hideki Tsuji |
| Record of Ragnarok (終末のワルキューレ, Shūmatsu no Warukyūre) | January 2018 | Ongoing | Azychika, Shinya Umemura, Takumi Fukui |
| Kono Machi Kinema (コノマチキネマ) | February 2018 | June 2019 | Fujiko Segawa |
| Mōryō Shōjo (魍魎少女) | March 2018 | October 2021 | Jun Shiraishi |
| A Tail's Tale (尾かしら付き。, Okashiratsuki) | May 2018 | July 2021 | Mizu Sahara |
| Haru to Ao no Obentōbako (ハルとアオのお弁当箱) | May 2018 | August 2020 | Machita |
| Mononoke: Bakeneko (モノノ怪 -化猫-) | May 2018 | September 2019 | Yaeko Ninagawa |
| Madori wa Dore ni suru? (間取りはどれにする？) | June 2018 | January 2020 | Jing Takao |
| Unsung Cinderella: Midori Aoi, The Hospital Pharmacist (アンサングシンデレラ 病院薬剤師 葵みどり, Ansangu Shinderera Byōin Yakuzaishi Aoi Midori) | July 2018 | Ongoing | Arai Mamare |
| Antagonist (アンタゴニスト, Antagonisuto) | August 2018 | April 2021 | Michihiko Fujiei, Takayoshi Kuroda |
| Akaten no Kaijū (赤点のかいじゅう) | February 2019 | February 2020 | Hatsuki Sokawa |
| Maeda Keiji Kabuki Tabi (前田慶次 かぶき旅) | May 2019 | Ongoing | Tetsuo Hara, Nobuhiko Horie, and Masato Deguchi |
| Shūmatsu no Valkyrie: Ryo Fu Hō Sen Hishōden (終末のワルキューレ異聞 呂布奉先飛将伝) | December 2019 | January 2023 | Takeo Ono |
| The War of Greedy Witches (魔女大戦 32人の異才の魔女は殺し合う, Majo Taisen 32-ri no Isai no Majo wa Koroshiau) | December 2020 | Ongoing | Homura Kawamoto, Makoto Shiozuka |
| Uchi no Chīsana Jochū-san (うちのちいさな女中さん) | January 2021 | Ongoing | Kana Osada |
| Saba & Buri (サバブリ) | January 2021 | November 2022 | MK |
| Kū Neru Futari Sumu Futari Zoku (喰う寝るふたり 住むふたり 続) | April 2021 | July 2023 | Kinoko Higurashi |
| Smoking Maid Romance (スモーキングメイドロマンス) | August 2021 | October 2022 | Sera Izumi |
| Buta no Fukushū (豚の復讐) | September 2021 | Ongoing | Sau Nitō, Takayoshi Kuroda |
| Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa Inai!? (オタクに優しいギャルはいない!?) | October 2021 | Ongoing | Norishiro-chan, Sakana Uozumi |
| Tengen Hero Wars (テンゲン英雄大戦, Tengen Eiyū Taisen) | October 2021 | Ongoing | Kubaru Sakanoichi, Yasu Hiromoto |
| Hokuto no Ken Gaiden: Tensai Amiba no Isekai Haō Densetsu Isekai ni Ittemo Ore wa Tensai da!! Hm!? Machigatta kana... (北斗の拳外伝 天才アミバの異世界覇王伝説 異世界に行ってもおれは天才だ!! ん!? まちがったかな…) | December 2021 | Ongoing | Nattō Gohan, Sokura Nishiki |
| Tokyo Cannabis Tokku: Taima-ō to Yobareta Otoko (東京カンナビス特区 大麻王と呼ばれた男, Tōkyō Kan'nabisu Tokku Taima-ō to Yobareta Otoko) | January 2022 | Ongoing | Yuto Inai |
| Touken Ranbu Side Story Tale Of Ayakashi (刀剣乱舞 外伝 あやかし譚) | February 2022 | Ongoing | Yaeko Ninagawa |