Nora to Zassō

Nora to Zassō (ノラと雑草; "The Stray and The Weeds") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keigo Shinzō [ja]. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Morning Two [ja] from April 2018 to August 2020, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes.

Nora to Zassō
First tankōbon volume cover
ノラと雑草
Manga
Written by	Keigo Shinzō [ja]
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Monthly Morning Two [ja]
Original run	April 21, 2018 – August 21, 2020
Volumes	4

Publication

Written and illustrated by Keigo Shinzō [ja], Nora to Zassō started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Morning Two [ja] on April 21, 2018.^[1] Shinzō was hospitalized and underwent treatment for lymphoma in April 2020, putting the manga on a short hiatus^[2][3] (Shinzō announced that his lymphoma was in full remission in November of the same year).^[4] The manga finished on August 21, 2020.^[5] Kodansha collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from November 22, 2018,^[6] to October 23, 2020.^[7]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	November 22, 2018[6]	978-4-06-513608-9
2	June 21, 2019[8]	978-4-06-516110-4
3	January 23, 2020[9]	978-4-06-518258-1
4	October 23, 2020[7]	978-4-06-521075-8

Reception

Nora to Zassō was nominated for the French 14th ACBD's Prix Asie de la Critique 2020.^[10][11][12] The manga was nominated for the Best Comic Award at the 48th Angoulême International Comics Festival 2021.^[13][14]

See also

• Tokyo Alien Bros., another manga series by the same author
• Hirayasumi, another manga series by the same author