PLINIVS

PLINIVS (プリニウス, Puriniusu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mari Yamazaki and Miki Tori. The series is a biography of Pliny the Elder. It was initially serialized in Shinchosha's Shinchō 45 magazine from December 2013 to September 2018. After the final issue of Shinchō 45 was published, it was later transferred to the Shinchō magazine, where it continued from December 2018 to February 2023.

PLINIVS
First tankōbon volume cover, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
プリニウス (Puriniusu)
Manga
Written by	Mari Yamazaki Miki Tori
Published by	Shinchosha
Imprint	Bunch Comics
Magazine	Shinchō 45 Shinchō
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	December 18, 2013 – February 7, 2023
Volumes	12

The series won the 28th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2024.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Mari Yamazaki and Miki Tori, PLINIVS was initially serialized in Shinchosha's Shinchō 45 magazine from December 18, 2013, to September 18, 2018.^[1][2] After the publication of the final issue of Shinchō 45, the series was transferred to the Shinchō magazine, where it continued from December 7, 2018, to February 7, 2023.^[3][4] The series' chapters were collected into twelve tankōbon volumes from July 9, 2014, to July 7, 2023.^[5][6]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	July 9, 2014[5]	978-4-10-771757-3
2	February 9, 2015[7]	978-4-10-771799-3
3	September 9, 2015[8]	978-4-10-771841-9
4	June 9, 2016[9]	978-4-10-771899-0
5	February 9, 2017[10]	978-4-10-771954-6
6	October 7, 2017[11]	978-4-10-772016-0
7	July 9, 2018[12]	978-4-10-772100-6
8	April 9, 2019[13]	978-4-10-772176-1
9	November 9, 2019[14]	978-4-10-772233-1
10	September 9, 2020[15]	978-4-10-772319-2
11	July 8, 2021[16]	978-4-10-772407-6
12	July 7, 2023[6]	978-4-10-772620-9

Reception

The series, alongside Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, was ranked 18th in the 2016 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook for the best manga for male readers.^[17] The series was also nominated for Best Comic at the 46th Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2019.^[18] The series won the 28th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2024.^[19]