Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi

Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi (あかやあかしやあやかしの, Aka ya Akashi ya Ayakashi no), also known as AkaAka, is a Japanese visual novel that has been adapted into a manga series. The manga is published in English by Yen Press.

Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi
The cover of the first volume of the manga.
あかやあかしやあやかしの (Aka ya Akashi ya Ayakashi no)
Genre	Dark fantasy[1]
Video game
Developer	HaccaWorks*
Music by	Akiko Shikata
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PC Game PlayStation Portable
Released	3 May 2011 (PC) 2014 (PSP)
Manga
Written by	HaccaWorks*
Illustrated by	Nanao
Published by	Media Factory
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Magazine	Monthly Comic Gene
Original run	15 February 2012 – 15 June 2016
Volumes	10

Characters

Yue (由)

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana

Kurogitsune (黒狐)

Voiced by: Kei Shindō

Tougo Tsubaki (灯吾椿, Tsubaki Tougo)

Voiced by: Takahiro Mizushima

Tochika Akiyoshi (秋良, Akiyoshi Tochika)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

Mikoto (ミコト)

Sagano (嵯峨野)

His real name is Akashi Tsubaki.

Satou (狭塔)

Shin (シン)

Media

Game

The original visual novel was released as a PC game on 3 May 2011. It was created by the dōjin group HaccaWorks*, a group consisting of Kanan Misaki, Mizuki Satoru, Yumi Riku, Yumekagami Misaki, and Warabe Yuta. The theme song, "Aka Kakushi" (朱隠し), was performed by Akiko Shikata of Frontier Works.^[2][3][4][5] It was later re-released for PlayStation Portable in 2014.^[2]

Manga

A manga adaptation by Nanao was serialized in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Gene from 15 February 2012 to 15 June 2016.^[6][7][8] The series is licensed for English publication in North America by Yen Press.^[2]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	27 July 2012[9]	978-4-04-066262-6	15 December 2015[1]	978-0-316-35196-6
2	26 January 2013[10]	978-4-04-066263-3	22 March 2016[11]	978-0-316-31007-9
3	27 July 2013[12]	978-4-04-066264-0	28 June 2016[13]	978-0-316-31014-7
4	27 January 2014[14]	978-4-04-066256-5	27 September 2016[15]	978-0-316-31017-8
5	27 August 2014[16]	978-4-04-066841-3	20 December 2016[17]	978-0-316-31021-5
6	27 January 2015[18]	978-4-04-067252-6	21 March 2017[19]	978-0-316-31024-6
7	27 July 2015[20]	978-4-04-067566-4	20 June 2017[21]	978-0-316-47171-8
8	27 January 2016[22]	978-4-04-067891-7	26 September 2017[23]	978-0-316-47235-7
9	27 July 2016[24]	978-4-04-068296-9	19 December 2017[25]	978-0-316-47448-1
10	27 April 2017[26]	978-4-04-069029-2	24 April 2018[27]	978-1-975-30010-4