Inio Asano

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books
  • First Book:
    October 2008
  • Latest Book:
    May 2026
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Books in Order: 31 titles

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  • Mujina into the Deep, Vol. 4

    No life but the one you make, no rights but the ones you take!In the near future, human rights aren???t guaranteed, but they are for sale. Without your rights, you???re just a mujina, with no place to call your own and no laws to protect you. But if ...

  • Mujina into the Deep, Vol. 3

    Rooftop culture might seem cool when you’re just watching clips on social media, but trying to live without your human rights is way worse than working a dead-end job. You can’t rent an apartment, go to the clubs, or get any kind of legit employm...

  • Mujina into the Deep, Vol. 2

    Ubume used to be one of the best assassins in Tokyo, but now that she’s 30, life is starting to catch up with her. After getting gravely wounded by an upstart influencer in what should have been a standard battle, she’s prepared for the worst. Bu...

  • Mujina into the Deep, Vol. 1

    Terumi Morgan bitterly accepts that he shouldn’t expect a lot from life. He just wants to meet his deadlines at work and watch his porn in peace. But then an unexpected sick day sends him on a collision course with two people who will change his wo...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 12

    The end of the world really sucks -- rogue AI, foreign occupation, constant firefights between freedom fighters and terrorists, sudden death raining from above. How do you even begin to start over in the middle of all that? Maybe you can’t. Maybe y...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 11

    Wow, it’s the end of the world! Everyone is so screwed… Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo.Nothing was ever the same again.But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary....

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 10

    Huge chunks of the mother ship are starting to crash into Tokyo, leveling whole neighborhoods. The Japanese government is ready to nope out of the impending destruction, and the Americans are using the growing panic as an excuse to make their move. W...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 9

    Oba and Makoto are lurking in Oran’s memories from an alternative timeline where she and Kadode simultaneously save the earth and ruin their lives. When the worst happens, Oran takes a desperate leap into another timeline. But things don’t seem t...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 8

    The Occult Club’s trip to the seaside has been a great chance for Kadode and her friends to unwind from the dual stresses of college and living through an endless alien invasion. Oba and Makoto forge a special friendship after hanging out on the be...



  • Downfall

    Selling copies is the only thing that matters. So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one, your marriage is breaking up, your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the industry and n...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 7

    International relations are crumbling as the hotheaded American president demands that the Japanese government share what they know about Invader technology. But the Japanese prime minister has more important things to think about than diplomacy -- h...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 6

    The collaboration between S.E.S. and the Self-Defense Forces is going beautifully. Fujin Type 9s patrol the streets of Tokyo, and the slaughter of the Invaders is at an all-time high. It’s almost enough to distract the populace from the ominous smo...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 5

    Now that it’s totally legal for civilians to kill Invaders, private companies have been rushing to prove their worth in the containment efforts, and their confirmed kill rates are starting to rival those of the SDF! But there are signs of trouble w...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 4

    It’s just an everyday apocalypse. Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. Despite the ongoing menace of wild Invaders and A-ray contamination, ...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 3

    It’s just an everyday apocalypse. Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. The defense business is booming in Japan, and the amazing Hujin we...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 2

    The alien menace has been hovering over Tokyo for years, but the Invaders aren’t content to just sit back and loom. One of them has taken to the streets of the city in human disguise in order to observe the locals. He may not be the first, and he c...

  • Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 1

    Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. The Japan Self-Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the alien threat, but so far conve...

  • Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 7

    This is the end, Punpun. This is Punpun Onodera’s coming-of-age story. His parents’ marriage is falling apart. His dad goes to jail, and his mom goes to the hospital. He has to live with his loser uncle. He has a crush on a girl who lives in a we...

  • Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 6

    Punpun has finally reunited with the love of his life, Aiko! But she isn’t as exciting and wonderful as he remembered.And she doesn’t make him exciting and wonderful. In fact, he thinks they’re both terribly banal. And now they’ve done someth...



  • Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 5

    Punpun gave himself a strict deadline.By the time his lease is up, he and Aiko will be together, his life will be better and he’ll be someone…Or else.Hey, Punpun, your lease just ran out....

  • Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 4

    Punpun is on his own now. His mom is dead and his dad is useless. When he’s not working crappy part-time jobs, he spends most of his time on the floor of his room. But buck up, Punpun! It’s only for the rest of your life, right?...

  • Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 3

    Like most kids his age, Punpun is in high school.In fact, he has made it into the best high school in town.He is such a good student.He studies so he doesn’t have to think about his life.Maybe a meteor will crash into Earth and destroy everything.A...

  • Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 2

    Punpun was an average kid in an average town…But things have changed.The love of his life wants to kill him.His parents got divorced.And God is being mean to him.What are you going to do now, Punpun?...

  • Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1

    Meet Punpun Punyama. He’s an average kid in an average town.He wants to win a Nobel Prize and save the world.He wants the girl he has a crush on to like him back.He wants to find some porn.That’s what he wants, but what does he get…?...

  • A Girl on the Shore

    Longing for Something BiggerFrom the Eisner Award-nominated Inio Asano, creator of Solanin and Nijigahara Holograph, comes one of his most challenging works yet -- an intense teen romance set in what may at first glance be one of the sleepiest places...

  • Nijigahara Holograph

    Fantagraphics is proud to welcome the great Inio Asano (Solanin, What a Wonderful World!) to its acclaimed literary manga line. Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the sch...

  • What a Wonderful World!, Vol. 2

    The cruelty of childhood. The delusion of adulthood. The endurance of death. Laugh in the face of reality. With this series of intersecting vignettes, Inio Asano explores the ways in which modern life can be ridiculous and sublime, terrible and preci...

  • What a Wonderful World!, Vol. 1

    A dream recaptured. A life on a new track. The absurdity of death. Laughter in the face of reality. With this series of intersecting vignettes, Inio Asano explores the ways in which modern life can be ridiculous and sublime, terrible and precious, wa...

  • What a Wonderful World!, Volume 1

    Life is never ordinary. R to L (Japanese Style). What begins with a college dropout bored of her mediocre routine soon becomes a fantastic series of vignettes about the unexpected ways that lives intersect. Filled with magical realism in the face of ...



  • What a Wonderful World!, Volume 2

    Life is never ordinary. R to L (Japanese Style). The cruelty of childhood. The delusion of adulthood. The endurance of death. Laugh in the face of reality. With this series of intersecting vignettes, Inio Asano explores the ways in which modern life ...

  • Solanin

    Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Naruo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country kee...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Inio Asano has published 31 books.

The next book by Inio Asano, Mujina into the Deep, Vol. 4, will be published in May 2026.

The first book by Inio Asano, Solanin, was published in October 2008.

No. Inio Asano does not write books in series.
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