Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction
Plot. A large spaceship appears over Tokyo three years before the story starts. A one-sided war against the seemingly harmless aliens ensues, sparking controversy and pacifism. Despite this unique and tragic event, high school girls Koyama Kadode and Nakagawa Ouran behave as if nothing has changed. They live their days like they always have. The focus of this story is not the alien invasion, but human nature, dialogue, growing up, and life. Media. Manga. "Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction", written and illustrated by Inio Asano, was first announced with the tentative title  . The manga started in Shogakukan's manga magazine "Big Comic Spirits" on April 28, 2014. The series went on hiatus multiple times. It finished on February 28, 2022. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual volumes . The first volume was released on September 30, 2014. As of July 30, 2021, eleven volumes have been released. Viz Media announced at Comic-Con International 2017 that it had licensed the manga in North America. The manga has also been licensed in Brazil by Editora JBC, in France by Kana, in Spain by Norma Editorial, in Germany by Tokyopop, and in Italy by  Panini Comics. Anime. In March 2022, it was announced that the series will receive an anime adaptation by Production +h. Reception. "Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction" placed 18th on Takarajimasha's "Kono Manga ga Sugoi!" 2016 ranking of top 20 manga for male readers. The series was chosen as one of the Best Manga at the Comic-Con International Best & Worst Manga of 2018. The manga received the Attilio Micheluzzi Award 2018 for the best foreign series. In 2021, along with "Police in a Pod", "Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction" won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in  the general category. It also won an Excellence Award at the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2022. The manga was nominated for an Eisner Award in the category "Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia" in 2019.