Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun

Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun, known in Japan as Assassin's Creed: China,[lower-alpha 1] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minoji Kurata. The story follows Shao Jun, the protagonist of Ubisoft’s 2015 video game Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X from 2019 to 2021 and later collected in four tankōbon volumes.

Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun
First volume cover
アサシン クリード チャイナ
(Asashin Kurīdo Chaina)
GenreAdventure[1]
Manga
Written byMinoji Kurata
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Sunday Gene-X
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 19, 2019 – June 17, 2021
Volumes4

Publication

Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun, written and illustrated by Minoji Kurata, has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X from October 19, 2019,[2] to June 17, 2021.[3] Shogakukan has collected its chapters into four individual tankōbon volumes, released from February 19, 2020,[4] to August 19, 2021.[5]

In North America, Viz Media announced the English release of the series in September 2020.[6]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 February 19, 2020[4]978-4-09-157589-0February 16, 2021[7]978-1-9747-2123-8
  • 1. "Homecoming" (帰還, Kikan)
  • 2. "The Assassin Brotherhood and The Templar Order" (アサシン教団とテンプル騎士団, Asashin Kyō-dan to Tenpuru Kishi-dan)
  • 3. "Port" (港, Minato)
  • 4. "The Slave Trader" (奴隷商人, Dorei Shōnin)
2 July 17, 2020[8]978-4-09-157590-6August 17, 2021[9]978-1-9747-2124-5
  • 5. "Consequences" (結果, Kekka)
  • 6. "The Bleeding Effect" (流入現象, Ryūnyū Genshō)
  • 7. "Shao Jun and Qixie" (少芸 と 七姐(シャオ・ユン ナージエ), Shao Yun to Najie)
  • 8. "Reunion" (再会, Saikai)
3 February 19, 2021[10]978-4-09-157626-2January 18, 2022[11]978-1-9747-2651-6
  • 9. Wana (罠)
  • 10. Tomurai no Honō (弔いの炎)
  • 11. Taka no Me (鷹の目)
  • 12. Chūkoku (忠告)
  • 13. Kōkyū (後宮)
4 August 19, 2021[5]978-4-09-157641-5June 21, 2022[12]978-1-9747-3222-7
  • 14. Shin'yū (親友)
  • 15. Sorezore no senjō (それぞれの戦場)
  • 16. Chōjō (長城)
  • 17. Ketchaku (決着)
  • 18. Shinjō (信条)

Notes
  1. Japanese: アサシン クリード チャイナ, Hepburn: Asashin Kurīdo Chaina

References
  1. "The Official Website for Assassin's Creed ® : Blade of Shao Jun". Viz Media. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  2. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 19, 2019). "Assassin's Creed Game Gets Manga in October". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  3. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 19, 2021). "Minoji Kurata's Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Manga Ends in June". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  4. アサシン クリード チャイナ 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  5. アサシン クリード チャイナ 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 5, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  6. Mateo, Alex (September 3, 2020). "Viz Media Licenses Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  7. "Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  8. アサシン クリード チャイナ 2 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  9. "Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Vol. 2". Viz Media. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  10. アサシン クリード チャイナ 3 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  11. "Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Vol. 3". Viz Media. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  12. "Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Vol. 4". Viz Media. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
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