Kimi wa 008

Kimi wa 008 (君は008; lit. 'You Are 008') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Syun Matsuena [ja]. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from February 2018 to April 2024, with its chapters collected in 33 tankōbon volumes.

Kimi wa 008
First tankōbon volume cover
君は008
Genre	Action, spy[1]
Manga
Written by	Syun Matsuena [ja]
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	February 21, 2018 – April 24, 2024
Volumes	33

Plot

Eito Akashi has somehow failed every high school entrance exam. That is because an agency has kept him from doing so, so he can enter their school for training agents. Uninterested at first, he discovers his father was an agent. Wanting to find the cause of his father's death, he enters the school, armed only with his determination.

Characters

Eito Akashi (明石 エイト, Akashi Eito)

Eito is a normal person but is very determined and hard working. He is very selfless and will risk his life to save others. Eito joins the academy to find out more about his father, who was an agent, and to find the cause of his death. While not gifted like other students, he is very observant and quick to improvise.

Ayame Kido (城戸 あやめ, Kido Ayame)

Ayame is a prodigy, often followed by her pet owl Koton. She shows little emotion and is socially awkward, but becomes cold when on missions. It is later revealed she comes from a long-line of assassins, but she was rescued by Eito's father.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Syun Matsuena [ja], Kimi wa 008 was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from February 21, 2018,^[1][2] to April 24, 2024.^[3][4] Shogakukan collected its chapters in 33 tankōbon volumes, released from May 18, 2018,^[5] to July 18, 2024.^[6]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	May 18, 2018[7]	978-4-09-128290-3
2	August 17, 2018[8]	978-4-09-128387-0
3	November 16, 2018[9]	978-4-09-128580-5
4	February 18, 2019[10]	978-4-09-128789-2
5	May 17, 2019[11]	978-4-09-129149-3
6	August 16, 2019[12]	978-4-09-129316-9
7	November 18, 2019[13]	978-4-09-129437-1
8	February 18, 2020[14]	978-4-09-129551-4
9	May 18, 2020[15]	978-4-09-850069-7
10	August 18, 2020[16]	978-4-09-850170-0
11	November 18, 2020[17]	978-4-09-850278-3
12	February 18, 2021[18]	978-4-09-850390-2
13	May 18, 2021[19]	978-4-09-850523-4
14	June 17, 2021[20]	978-4-09-850607-1
15	September 17, 2021[21]	978-4-09-850650-7
16	October 18, 2021[22]	978-4-09-850736-8
17	January 18, 2022[23]	978-4-09-850865-5
18	February 18, 2022[24]	978-4-09-851040-5
19	May 18, 2022[25]	978-4-09-851128-0
20	June 17, 2022[26]	978-4-09-851145-7
21	September 15, 2022[27]	978-4-09-851258-4
22	October 18, 2022[28]	978-4-09-851386-4
23	January 18, 2023[29]	978-4-09-851386-4
24	February 16, 2023[30]	978-4-09-851386-4
25	May 18, 2023[31]	978-4-09-852055-8
26	June 16, 2023[32]	978-4-09-852121-0
27	September 15, 2023[33]	978-4-09-852782-3
28	October 18, 2023[34]	978-4-09-852852-3
29	January 18, 2024[35]	978-4-09-853075-5
30	March 18, 2024[36]	978-4-09-853175-2
31	May 17, 2024[37]	978-4-09-853292-6
32	June 18, 2024[38]	978-4-09-853375-6
33	July 18, 2024[6]	978-4-09-853433-3

Reception

By November 2018, the manga had 170,000 copies in circulation.^[39] By March 2019, the manga had 220,000 copies in circulation.^[40]

See also

• Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, another manga series by the same author
• Waza no Tabibito, another manga by the same author
• Tokiwa Kitareri!!, another manga series by the same author