Tengai Retrogical

Tengai Retrogical (Japanese: 天外レトロジカル, Hepburn: Tengai Retorojikaru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rin Asano. It was serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade magazine from 2002 to 2006 and published in seven volumes.

Tengai Retrogical
天外レトロジカル (Tengai Retorojikaru)
Genre	Fantasy[1]
Manga
Written by	Rin Asano
Published by	Mag Garden
English publisher	NA: ADV Manga
Magazine	Monthly Comic Blade
Original run	2002 – 2006
Volumes	7

Publication

Written and illustrated by Rin Asano, the series began serialization in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade magazine in 2002. It completed its serialization in Monthly Comic Blade in 2006.^[1] Its individual chapters were collected into seven tankōbon volumes.^[2]

In March 2004, ADV Manga announced that they licensed the series for English publication.^[3]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	November 9, 2002[4]	978-4-90-192617-1	December 14, 2004[5]	978-1-41-390208-2
2	March 10, 2003[6]	978-4-90-192649-2	—	—
3	January 10, 2004[7]	978-4-86-127007-9	—	—
4	November 10, 2004[8]	978-4-86-127089-5	—	—
5	December 10, 2005[9]	978-4-86-127221-9	—	—
6	September 9, 2006[10]	978-4-86-127309-4	—	—
7	March 10, 2007[2]	978-4-86-127382-7	—	—

Reception

Mike Dungan of Mania described the manga as "a very enjoyable story that is equal parts action, horror, fantasy, science fiction, historical drama, and comedy." He commended the manga's characterization, stating there was an "air of confidence in both the art and the storytelling".^[11] In Manga: The Complete Guide, Jason Thompson praised the artwork, though he felt the plot was too vague and withheld too much information from the reader.^[1] Liann Cooper of Anime News Network described the characters as "generic" and the environments as "bland". He concluded by describing the manga as "so unimpressive that just ends up being incredibly boring".^[12]

See also

• Deaimon, another manga series by the same author