Colette Decides to Die

Colette Decides to Die (コレットは死ぬことにした, Koretto wa Shinu Koto ni Shita) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Alto Yukimura. It was serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume from November 2013 to October 2021. It is a loose retelling of the myth of Hades and Persephone.

Colette Decides to Die
First tankōbon volume cover
コレットは死ぬことにした (Koretto wa Shinu Koto ni Shita)
Genre	Mythic fiction, romance[1]
Manga
Written by	Alto Yukimura
Published by	Hakusensha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Hana to Yume Comics
Magazine	Hana to Yume
Original run	November 5, 2013 – October 5, 2021
Volumes	20
Manga
Colette wa Shinu Koto ni Shita: Megami-hen
Written by	Alto Yukimura
Published by	Hakusensha
Imprint	Hana to Yume Comics
Magazine	The Hana to Yume
Original run	January 27, 2022 – October 26, 2022
Volumes	1

Characters

Colette (コレット, Koretto)

Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi (drama CD)^[2]

An apothecary who was overwhelmed by the amount of work in the village she lives in, by some twist of Fate, she ends up going to the Underworld to treat Hades.

Hades (ハデス, Hadesu)

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (drama CD)^[2]

Lord of the Underworld, he developed an allergy to the sun, which was later treated by the apothecary who fell into the Underworld.

Dionysus (ディオニュソス, Dionyusosu)

Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi (drama CD)^[2]

A demigod, he enjoys wandering in the mortal world, having fun, and eventually leaving. He met Colette when he caught a cold.

Zeus (ゼウス, Zeusu)

Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonaga (drama CD)^[2]

King of the Gods, he is an infamous womanizer. He ends up hanging out with Colette in the guise of a cat.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Alto Yukimura, Colette Decides to Die initially began publication as a one-shot in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume on November 5, 2013.^[3] It later began short-term serialization in the same magazine on March 5, 2014.^[4] It later became a full-fledged serialization on July 19 of the same year.^[5] The series ended serialization on October 5, 2021.^[1] The series' chapters were collected into twenty tankōbon volumes from July 18, 2014, to December 20, 2021.^[6][7] In February 2024, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series for English publication in two-in-one volume edition releases.^[8][9]

An epilogue manga, titled Colette wa Shinu Koto ni Shita: Megami-hen, was serialized in Hakusensha's The Hana to Yume magazine from January 27 to October 26, 2022.^[10][11] The epilogue's chapters were collected in a single tankōbon volume on March 20, 2023.^[12]

Colette Decides to Die

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	July 18, 2014[6]	978-4-592-21381-9	November 5, 2024[13]	978-1-9747-4727-6
2	March 20, 2015[14]	978-4-592-21382-6	November 5, 2024[13]	978-1-9747-4727-6
3	November 20, 2015[15]	978-4-592-21383-3	February 4, 2025[16]	978-1-9747-5179-2
4	April 20, 2016[17]	978-4-592-21384-0	February 4, 2025[16]	978-1-9747-5179-2
5	September 20, 2016[18]	978-4-592-21385-7	May 6, 2025[19]	978-1-9747-5477-9
6	January 20, 2017[20]	978-4-592-21386-4	May 6, 2025[19]	978-1-9747-5477-9
7	May 19, 2017[21]	978-4-592-21387-1	August 5, 2025[22]	978-1-9747-5546-2
8	September 20, 2017[23]	978-4-592-21388-8	August 5, 2025[22]	978-1-9747-5546-2
9	January 19, 2018[24]	978-4-592-21388-8	November 4, 2025[25]	978-1-9747-5883-8
10	April 20, 2018[26]	978-4-592-21390-1	November 4, 2025[25]	978-1-9747-5883-8
11	September 20, 2018[27]	978-4-592-21676-6	—	—
12	January 18, 2019[28]	978-4-592-21677-3	—	—
13	May 20, 2019[29]	978-4-592-21678-0	—	—
14	October 18, 2019[30]	978-4-592-21679-7	—	—
15	February 20, 2020[31]	978-4-592-21680-3	—	—
16	June 19, 2020[32][33]	978-4-592-22336-8 978-4-592-22728-1 (SE)	—	—
17	October 20, 2020[34]	978-4-592-22337-5	—	—
18	February 19, 2021[35][36]	978-4-592-22338-2 978-4-592-10624-1 (SE)	—	—
19	July 20, 2021[37]	978-4-592-22339-9	—	—
20	December 20, 2021[7][38]	978-4-592-22340-5 978-4-592-22805-9 (SE)	—	—

Colette wa Shinu Koto ni Shita: Megami-hen

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	March 20, 2023[12]	978-4-592-22365-8

Reception

By October 2021, the series had over 3 million copies in circulation.^[1]