Mibu Gishiden

This article is about the manga series. For the film adaptation, see When the Last Sword Is Drawn.

Mibu Gishiden
First tankōbon volume cover published by Shueisha
壬生義士伝
(Mibu Gishi Den)
Genre
Manga
Written byJirō Asada
Illustrated byTakumi Nagayasu [ja]
Published by
Magazine
  • Comic Charge (December 2007–February 2009)
  • Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (February 2010–March 2012)
  • Garaku.mag (April 2014–August 2015)
  • Official website (August 2016–July 2023)
DemographicSeinen, Shōnen
Original runNovember 20, 2007 – July 7, 2023
Volumes13

Mibu Gishiden (壬生義士伝, Mibu Gishi Den, lit. 'Legend of the Loyal Retainers of Mibu') is a Japanese manga series adapted from the novel of the same name written by Jiro Asada and illustrated by Takumi Nagayasu [ja].

The manga has been published over a long period of time and went through several publishers. it was first serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comic Charge in November 2007, it finished in the magazine in January 2009 when the magazine was discontinued and was then transferred to Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, ran from January 2010, to February 2012; and it was moved to the publisher's Homesha's Garaku.mag web manga site in April 2014. In August 2015, the magazine has ceased publication and the manga resumed on its own official website in August 2016. It finished serialization in July 2023, with its chapters have been collected in 13 tankōbon volumes as of July 2023.

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  2. ^ 浅田次郎＆ながやす巧の両巨匠が贈る 本格派幕末歴史コミック『壬生義士伝』が 2016年8月5日（金）よりＷＥＢで連載再開！. dreamnews.jp (in Japanese). August 4, 2016. Archived from the original on February 27, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2024.