Aoi Honō
It was adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama, titled Blue Fire in English, that aired from July to October 2014. The drama was streamed on Viki with English subtitles. Media. Manga. "Aoi Honō" is written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Shimamoto. The manga debuted in Shogakukan's "Weekly Young Sunday" on March 8, 2007. After the magazine ceased publication on July 31, 2008, a chapter of " Aoi Honō" was published the "Big Comic Spirits" special supplementary issue "YS Special" in October 2008. The series was then transferred to the then brand new magazine "Monthly Shōnen Sunday" on  May 12, 2009. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual "tankōbon" volumes. The first volume was released on February 5, 2008. As of March 11, 2022, twenty-six volumes have been released. Reception. Volume 2 sold 24,521 copies by May 17, 2009, volume 9 sold 20,415 copies by November 18, 2012, and volume 10 sold 17,068 copies by June 16, 2013. "Aoi Honō" was one of the Jury Recommended Works in the Story Manga division at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2009. In 2010, the manga received 23 points in the 3rd Manga Taishō, placing last among  the ten nominees. The manga received Excellence Award of the Manga Division at the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2014. In 2015, along with "Asahinagu", it won the 60th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. In February 2015, "Asahi Shimbun" announced that "Aoi Honō" was one of nine nominees for the nineteenth annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.