{"id":16206,"date":"2013-12-18T13:41:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T21:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=16206"},"modified":"2014-03-16T14:02:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T21:02:55","slug":"love-triangle-romantic-comedy-gang-warfare-manga-fans-are-invited-to-catch-the-print-debut-of-nisekoi-from-viz-media-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=16206","title":{"rendered":"LOVE TRIANGLE!! ROMANTIC COMEDY!! GANG WARFARE?! MANGA FANS ARE INVITED TO CATCH THE PRINT DEBUT OF NISEKOI FROM VIZ MEDIA IN JANUARY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nisekoi-GN01\"<\/p>\n

It\u2019s False Love And Hate At First Sight In This Hilarious Manga Series About A Pair Of Mismatched Lovers That Kicks Off 2014<\/i><\/p>\n

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, delivers laugh-out-loud fun as it announces the print debut of Volume 1 of the comedy manga (graphic novel) series NISEKOI on January 7th<\/sup>, 2014. The hit series by creator Naoshi Komi will be published under the company\u2019s SHONEN JUMP imprint, rated \u2018T\u2019 for Teens, and will carry an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. \/ $12.99 CAN.<\/p>\n

It’s hate at first sight\u2014or rather, a knee-to-the-head at first sight\u2014when Raku Ichijo meets Chitoge Kirisaki! Unfortunately, Raku\u2019s gangster father arranges a false love match between Raku and their rival gang leader\u2019s daughter, who just so happens to be Chitoge! Raku\u2019s searching for his childhood sweetheart from ten years ago, however, with a pendant around his neck as a memento\u2026but he can’t even remember the girl\u2019s name or face!<\/p>\n

NISEKOI, Volumes 1-6 are also available for digital download for $6.99 (USD\/CAN) each on VIZManga.com<\/a> and through the VIZ MANGA App for the Apple iPad\u00ae<\/sup>, iPhone\u00ae<\/sup> and iPod\u00ae<\/sup> touch, Android-powered smart phones, and also for NOOK, KOBO, and KINDLE tablets and devices. With one account, registered VIZ Manga users are able to view digital manga purchases across even more devices than ever and the platform currently features over 2,000 volumes across 170 different series.<\/p>\n

\u201cNorth American manga fans got their first taste of NISEKOI when VIZ Media launched it simultaneously in our WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP digital manga magazine on the same day as the Japanese debut, and the buzz on this series has grown ever since,\u201d says Amy Yu, Editor. \u201cRaku and Chitoge must pretend to be in a relationship to maintain the peace between their fathers\u2019 warring yakuza factions, but false love is easier said than done\u2014especially once an overprotective bodyguard, a dangerous female assassin and a mysterious girl claiming to be Raku\u2019s fianc\u00e9e appear! Fans and readers won\u2019t want to miss all the drama and action as we kick off 2014 with the print debut of this great series!\u201d<\/p>\n

Manga creator Naoshi Komi\u2019s first serialized title in Japan\u2019s\u00a0Weekly Shonen Jump\u00a0<\/em>was the series,\u00a0Double Arts<\/em>. His current series,\u00a0NISEKOI<\/em>, is currently serialized in\u00a0Weekly Shonen Jump<\/em> and in North America in VIZ Media\u2019s WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP<\/a> digital manga magazine.<\/p>\n

For more information on NISEKOI, or other manga titles from VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s False Love And Hate At First Sight In This Hilarious Manga Series About A Pair Of Mismatched Lovers That Kicks Off 2014 VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, delivers laugh-out-loud fun as it announces the print debut of Volume 1 of the comedy … Continue reading “LOVE TRIANGLE!! ROMANTIC COMEDY!! GANG WARFARE?! MANGA FANS ARE INVITED TO CATCH THE PRINT DEBUT OF NISEKOI FROM VIZ MEDIA IN JANUARY”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-books-writing","category-comics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}