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Heavenly Delusion
	First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kiruko (back) and Maru (front)
天国大魔境; (Tengoku Daimakyō)
Genre	Adventure; Mystery; Science fiction;
Manga
Written by	Masakazu Ishiguro
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Denpa;
Imprint	Afternoon KC
Magazine	Monthly Afternoon
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	January 25, 2018 – present
Volumes	11 (List of volumes)
Anime adaptation
	Heavenly Delusion (2023);
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Heavenly Delusion (Japanese: 天国大魔境, Hepburn: Tengoku Daimakyō, lit. 'Heaven Grand Makyō') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 2018 and its chapters have been published in eleven tankōbon volumes as of October 2024.

The manga has two narratives; in one narrative, the characters Maru and Kiruko travel across a post-apocalyptic world to reach an area called "Heaven"; in the other, a group of children live in a school their superiors call "Heaven". The series was inspired by a manga Ishiguro read in university; he intended to make Heavenly Delusion different from his previous work, And Yet the Town Moves, portraying a proper dynamic between the two leads and the evil they face. Heavenly Delusion has themes of gender and natural disasters, which were inspired by Ishiguro's personal feelings.

An anime television series adaptation produced by Production I.G aired from April to June 2023.

The manga has been received positively, and was praised for its sense of mystery and the relationship between the characters.

Premise

Fifteen years after an unprecedented disaster destroyed modern civilization, a group of children live in a facility isolated from the outside world. One day, a girl named Tokio, receives a message that says: "Do you want to go outside of the outside?" Mimihime, another girl who lives in the same facility, has a premonition and tells the upset Tokio two people will come from the outside to save her, one of whom has the same face as her, while the school's director tells Tokio the outside world is Hell. A boy named Maru, who looks just like Tokio, is traveling through post-apocalyptic Japan with his bodyguard, a girl named Kiruko, in search of Heaven. Maru is looking for a person who has his face, and he and Kiruko often encounter thieves and kaiju-like creatures they call "man-eaters". The narrative constantly switches between Heaven and Hell, expanding each side of characters.^[2]

Characters

Main

Maru (マル)

Voiced by: Gen Satō^[3] (Japanese); Jonathan Leon^[4] (English); A 15-year-old boy who is traveling together with Kiruko. He is skilled in martial arts.
Kiruko (キルコ) / Haruki (春希)

A young woman around 18 to 20 years old who travels with Maru. She is searching for both the doctor who performed an operation on her and a friend she knew.

Kiriko Takehaya (竹早桐子, Takehaya Kiriko)

Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi^[3] (Japanese); Anjali Kunapaneni^[4] (English)

Haruki's older sister who raced electric cars in Tokyo.

Haruki Takehaya (竹早春希, Takehaya Haruki)

Voiced by: Mariya Ise^[5] (Japanese); McKenzie Atwood^[6] (English)

Kiriko Takehaya's younger brother who looks up to Robin Inazaki.

Takahara Academy

Tokio (トキオ): Voiced by: Hibiku Yamamura^[3] (Japanese); Brittany Lauda^[4] (English); A young girl who lives in a facility isolated from the outside world. She has a similar appearance as Maru.
Kona (コナ): Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga^[3] (Japanese); AJ Beckles^[4] (English); The oldest of the facility children who is a talented artist, although his drawings seem peculiar.
Mimihime (ミミヒメ): Voiced by: Misato Fukuen^[3] (Japanese); Tia Ballard^[4] (English); A socially inept girl from the facility who seems to be clairvoyant.
Shiro (シロ): Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi^[3] (Japanese); Hao Feng^[4] (English); An observant, tech-savvy boy who seems to be attracted to Mimihime.
Kuku (クク): Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa^[3] (Japanese); Madeleine Morris^[4] (English); The youngest of the children, she is very agile and curious.
Taka (タカ): Voiced by: Yuuki Shin^[3] (Japanese); John Choi^[4] (English); A very athletic and energetic child.
Anzu (アンズ): Voiced by: Misato Matsuoka^[3] (Japanese); Courtney Lin^[6] (English); A young girl in the facility who loves to dance and swim.
Tarao (タラオ): Voiced by: Kei Shindō^[5] (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh^[6] (English); A young boy close to Tokio who is suffering from a debilitating disease.
Iwa (イワ): Voiced by: Satomi Kobashi [ja]^[5] (Japanese); Felecia Angelle^[6] (English); A young girl who is attracted to her classmate Nanaki. They are often seen kissing each other.
Nanaki (ナナキ): Voiced by: Ayano Shibuya [ja]^[5] (Japanese); Risa Mei^[6] (English); A young girl who is attracted to her classmate Iwa. They are often seen kissing each other.
Asura (アスラ): Voiced by: Mamiko Noto^[5] (Japanese); Ell^[6] (English); One of the children with an unsettling appearance, with healing and telekinetic capabilities, who was close to Kona when they were younger.
Ohma (オーマ, Ōma): Voiced by: Hina Kino^[5] (Japanese); Madeline Dorroh^[6] (English); A young timid girl who avoids the other children due to her power causing intense hallucinations upon eye contact.
Nata (ナタ): Voiced by: Riho Sugiyama^[5] (Japanese); Jennifer Losi^[6] (English); One of the new girls at the academy, who gets tangled up in the adults' scheme.
Michika Takezuka (竹塚ミチカ, Takezuka Michika): Voiced by: Mai Nishikawa [ja]^[5] (Japanese); Kayli Mills^[6] (English); One of the new girls at the academy, who has enhanced physical capabilities and an aloof nature.
Mako (マコ): Voiced by: Ayu Matsura [ja]^[5] (Japanese); Caitlyn Elizabeth^[6] (English); A new kid at the academy who befriends Nata. He has the ability to compress and disintegrate matter.
Sakuya (サクヤ): Voiced by: Haruna Mikawa [ja]^[5] (Japanese); Abbey Veffer^[6] (English); One of the new kids at the academy and friend of Nata. She has the ability to scan the area around her, even seeing through objects.
Shino Kaminaka (上仲詩乃, Kaminaka Shino): Voiced by: Masako Isobe [ja]^[7] (Japanese); Anzu Lawson^[6] (English); The elderly paraplegic director of the facility.
Mina (ミーナ): Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa^[3] (Japanese); Lisa Ortiz^[6] (English); The artificial intelligence running the facility.
Yuko Aoshima (青島裕子, Aoshima Yūko): Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki^[7] (Japanese); Jennifer Sun Bell^[6] (English); A nurse and interpreter in the facility who gets promoted to assistant director.
Teruhiko Sawatari (猿渡): Voiced by: Tadashi Mutō [ja]^[7] (Japanese); Nick Martineau^[6] (English); A doctor working in the facility.
Eikichi Kaminaka (上仲永吉): Voiced by: Kōsuke Echigoya [ja]^[5]; Eikichi is the husband of Takahara Academy's director, Shino Kaminaka. He is also a high-ranking executive within the academy.

The Outside

Robin Inazaki (稲崎露敏, Inazaki Robin): Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai^[7] (Japanese); Eric Vale^[4] (English); Kiruko's childhood friend and a sort of mentor who went missing years ago.
Ran Kawashima (川島蘭, Kawashima Ran): Voiced by: Kanon Amane [ja]^[5] (Japanese); Cristina Valenzuela^[6] (English); Ran is an odd and cheerful child who lived with Haruki at Funayama Orphanage.
Ken Tachibana (立花健, Tachibana Ken): Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki^[5] (Japanese); Harrison Xu^[6] (English); Ken is one of Haruki's childhood friends, who lived in Funayama Orphanage.
Totori (トトリ): Voiced by: Misato Matsuoka^[5] (Japanese); Deneen Melody^[6] (English); Totori is a young girl who works with bandits in trapping and robbing people.
Mizuhashi (水橋): Voiced by: Seiko Tamura [ja]^[5] (Japanese); Marcy Edwards^[4] (English); Mizuhashi is the leader of the Liviumen cult, who are disgruntled by technology replacing their body, supposedly in the name of human experiments.
Kuwata (桑田): Voiced by: Yutaka Aoyama^[5] (Japanese); Brook Chalmers^[4] (English); Kuwata is one of Mizuhashi's right-hand man, who has an agenda of his own.
Yoneda (米田): Yoneda is one of Mizuhashi's right-hand man, who will help him escape when the attacks against the Immortal Order begin.
Juichi (ジューイチ, Jūichi): Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya^[5] (Japanese); Jonah Scott^[6] (English); A scavenger and con artist with a dark past who encounters Maru and Kiruko during their travels.
Sakae (坂江): Voiced by: Chiharu Sawashiro^[5]; Sakae is a member of the Ministry of Reconstruction responsible for finding Maru and Kiruko, suspected of having helped Robin in his escape.
Heima (平馬): Sakae is a member of the Ministry of Reconstruction responsible for finding Maru and Kiruko, suspected of having helped Robin in his escape.
Marin Inazaki (稲崎真凛, Inazaki Marin): Robin's younger sister who died prior to the end of the world.
Toru Funayama (船山徹, Funayama Toru): A tall and imposing, but actually kind man who founded Funayama Orphanage, where Haruki, Kiriko and Robin grew up.

Production

Development

Yumeno Kyusaku (left) and Katsuhiro Otomo (right) influenced Ishiguro in the making of the series.

After Masakazu Ishiguro ended And Yet the Town Moves, he spent around a year devising a new series.^[8] Ishiguro was inspired by the early Kojiki era of Japan, and relationships between humans and artificial intelligence when planning to write Heavenly Delusion. The original concept was devised in 2013 as concept art for the cover of the magazine Monthly Comic Ryū (2013).^[9] There were unintentional similarities to Ishiguro's favorite work, Akira, such as the post-apocalyptic setting, and the dynamic between Maru and Kiruko. Ishiguro decided to keep drawing the manga like Akira, paying close attention to the backgrounds and the way the leads try eating. Ishiguro aimed to properly write "evil" in contrast to And Yet the Town Moves. In the post-apocalyptic world of Heavenly Delusion, social constructs like laws and rights groups no longer function. Because the goal was to make Heavenly Delusion different from his prior works, Ishiguro hoped to gain a new audience.^[10]

After drawing sketches of young characters suitable for the shōnen manga demographic, editorial members from Afternoon asked Ishiguro to write for their seinen magazine again.^[11] In contrast to And Yet the Town Moves, Heavenly Delusion employs a dark tone, specifically children's delusions. He also wanted returning fans to read Heavenly Delusion. One of the child charecters, Tokio, lives in a mysterious facility, and enjoys and collects fantasy paintings her friend Kona creates. Kona can imagine things he had never seen before; this aspect overlaps with Ishiguro's statement he is drawing delusions. At the end of the first volume, many of the plot threads have been laid out but to maintain the mystery theme, a few events are directly foreshadowed.^[12]

Ishiguro devised the manga when he was a university student. The story is based on the story of a race on a circuit; the Earth is destroyed in the middle of the race and the main character is about to die. For the title, Ishiguro wanted to use wordplay to create ambiguity. Because the character "heaven" will appear, he uses "heaven" but he also wanted to use "dai" in the middle and then added "hell". The artwork became more detailed, most notably Kiruko's facial expression.^[13] Once reaching its ending, Ishiguro planned whether to make the title explicit. The man-eaters, kaiju-like creatures Maru and Kiruko fight, are based on prehistoric creatures such as Cambrian-period organisms; their shapes are often designed to appeal to Ishiguro's drawing style. He had been drawing science fiction themes since his childhood and continues exploring them in Heavenly Delusion; they were influenced by the late manga duo Fujiko Fujio.^[9]

Ishiguro thought about the manga for years. Because he enjoyed walking, he often fantasized about a world that had been destroyed by a catastrophe and found himself inspired by an anime in which the main character wandered alone, like Chirico from Armored Trooper Votoms. He liked the idea of a hero traveling alone through a desert in combat armor, which inspired the leads. At the beginning, he planned to depict a desert-like world. When the first volume was released, the company Minami Kamakura Film Commission provided a video promotion; they had previously released a video with music by Kenshi Yonezu, with the same image: Miku in a jacket against a desert. Ishiguro decided to change the plot and returned to an urban setting, though it was difficult to draw backgrounds with a large number of buildings. The concept of the academy was modeled after Yumeno Kyusaku's novel Dogura Magura (Dogra Magra, 1935),. The original length of the manga was extended because Ishiguro found the ending weak. While working on the series, Ishiguro sometimes has to completely rewrite panels or correct a script to turn it into the best version.^[11]

The sibling-like dynamic between Maru and Miruko was based on Ishiguro's personal life. He was inspired by an event in which he noticed a person who was interested in his sister. Another aspect of the protagonists' dynamic was inspired by buddy films. Maru's design is based on Kon from And Yet the Town Moves, and is inspired by the way JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's eighth story arc JoJolion reuses previous characters.^[13] In the beginning, Maru has feelings for Kiruko without knowing his bodyguard is a man inside a girl's body. Ishiguro called this premise "transsexual sci-fi", alluding to the possibility of Maru still loving Kiruko despite knowing the truth.^[14]

Themes

When Ishiguro started writing Heavenly Delusion, he felt discomfort about events in Japan. Around 2017 and 2018, Japan was looking for flaws in its governance in the run-up to the 2020 Summer Olympics. Ishiguro personally experienced a case of déjà vu because of the scandal with the empty New Year's food and wanted the handling of meals to be properly shown in his work. At that time, the country also experienced earthquakes and tsunamis. Sensing an ominous similarity between that time and the present, Ishiguro wanted to convey the sense of threat the society increasingly felt. The credo of the series is to be cautious, lest may encounter something truly terrible. The character of Totori was written to prove people who can easily be seen as villains are important to others; Totori is friendly with Maru and Kiruko to the point she attempts to seduce Maru who rejects her. In the aftermath, the duo learn that Totori belongs to a gang who had been chasing them in the past days and died, leaving her all alone.^[11] While reading the manga, Ishiguro wanted the reader to experience fear. One the manga's central themes is the most-minimal "heaven" for people is to "feel extremely comfortable in their own field of vision"; if a manga continues this search for "heaven" too much, the place will come across as a "hell". The concept of looking for heaven is the biggest moral of the series.^[15]

Ishiguro wanted to tell the story of a girl's body that contains the brain of her younger brother, but he does not remember when the idea came to him. He was inspired by stories of brothers and sisters, so he wanted to create his own story about a brother and a sister swapping places. He rejected coincidences related to magic and wanted to create a more-realistic world to show what might happen after a brain transplant. He opposed the idea of a man turning into a woman, leading to jokes about cleavage and lacking a penis. Instead, with Kiruko, he wanted the scenario to be more realistic. Another theme is a change in relationships in the event of a sex change. Ishiguro often writes metaphorical situations; Kiruko's menstrual cycle is caused by a clash with Maru's lips when awakening from an hallucination from a Hiruko's attack.^[11] Kiruko represents a gradation of spiritual sexuality. The school is depicted as a kind of thought experiment in a world where sexual elements are abolished.^[9]

Media

Manga

Heavenly Delusion is written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro, and it has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 25, 2018.^[16] Kodansha has published its chapters in individual tankōbon volumes, the first of which was released on July 23, 2018;^[17] a promotional video that was directed by Tasuku Watanabe for the first volume was released on the same date.^[18] As of October 22, 2024, eleven volumes have been released.^[19]

In North America, the series is licensed in English by Denpa.^[20] The first volume was released on December 31, 2019.^[1]

Anime

A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Production I.G was aired from April 1 to June 24, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks.^[21]^[22]

Other

An official guidebook for Heavenly Delusion was released on November 22, 2022. It includes detailed information about the series' setting, story, characters, and features an interview with Ishiguro.^[23]

Reception

By December 2018, over 130,000 copies of the Heavenly Delusion manga were in circulation.^[24]

Reviewing the first volume of Heavenly Delusion, Anime News Network praised the narrative for its focus on Kiruko's and Maru's appealing relationship, and Ishiguro's character designs. The reviewer said while the volume explores the mysteries behind Kiruko, there were still too many mysteries the plot would explore in the future.^[2] The French website Manga News called the manga's premise captivating due to the mysteries it shows.^[25] Sigue en Serie also commented on the mysteries of the series, which would motivate readers to quickly move to the next volume to understand more of the plot through the parallel storylines.^[26] By the third volume, Manga News noted the events on the both storylines had been connected, especially from Tokio's point of view ,while the duo's journey was noted to be more comic than tragic as a result of the way Ishiguro writes the chapters. The reviewer still felt both plots offer interesting mysteries whose connections are not easily given away.^[27] Brutus magazine listed Heavenly Delusion on its list of "Most Dangerous Manga", which includes works with the most-stimulating and thought-provoking themes.^[28]

Makoto Yukimura, author of the manga Vinland Saga, expressed interest in the themes of Heavenly Delusion due to the idea of a heaven, as well as the way Ishiguro tells two connected stories at the same time.^[29]

Accolades

Heavenly Delusion was ranked first on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 ranking of Top 20 manga series for male readers.^[30] Heavenly Delusion was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 24th and 25th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021 and 2022, respectively.^[31]^[32] The manga was awarded the French Daruma Award for the Best Screenplay category at the Japan Expo Awards in 2023.^[33]^[34]

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^ Morrissy, Kim (December 18, 2019). "Spy×Family Included in Brutus Magazine's 'Most Dangerous Manga' of 2019 List". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
^ Yukimura, Makoto [@makotoyukimura] (March 31, 2023). あぶねぇ今日から天国大魔境のアニメじゃん！録画予約してなかった。しよ。てゆうか四月の新番組ラッシュだ。天国大魔境面白いよね。こう、読んでて「そことそこが繋がるんだ！」ていう瞬間があるじゃない。あれたぶんなんか脳によい作用がある。頭よくなる。おはようございます。 (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved June 5, 2023 – via Twitter.
^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 10, 2018). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
^ "Manga Division – 2021 [24th] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive". Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^ "Manga Division – 2022 [25th] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive". Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on September 15, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
^ "Les vainqueurs des Daruma 2023". Japan Expo (in French). July 14, 2023. Archived from the original on July 17, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
^ Ishiguro, Masakazu [@masakazuishi] (July 16, 2023). 私、大体把握しました。フランスで行われているJapan Expoで、Japan Expo award(DARUMA賞)漫画部門脚本賞に拙作「天国大魔境」が選ばれたとの事です。全く別件の仕事でJapan Expoを訪れていた担当Tさんは、受賞の知らせを受け急遽壇上に招かれたそうです。ありがとうございます！！！！ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Twitter.

External links

Official manga website at Monthly Afternoon (in Japanese)
Heavenly Delusion (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[ENvol1-1] "Heavenly Delusion, Volume 1". Denpa. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[ANN-vol1-Review-2] Moore, Caitlin (July 17, 2020). "Heavenly Delusion GN 1 – Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[Cast-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 3, 2023). "Heavenly Delusion Anime Reveals Main Cast, April Debut, Exclusive Streaming on Disney+ Worldwide". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 3, 2023.

[Dub-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Mateo, Alex (April 13, 2023). "Heavenly Delusion Anime Reveals English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

[BTVA-JP-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Heavenly Delusion (2023) Japanese Cast". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on April 25, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.

[Dub_cast-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Heavenly Delusion (2023)". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on January 19, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2023.

[Cast2-7] Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 27, 2023). "Heavenly Delusion Anime's Main Promo Video Reveals April 1 Premiere, More Cast, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

[8] Kober, Marcel (December 12, 2023). "Interview: Masakazu Ishiguro on Heavenly Delusion, Gender, Heaven and Hell". Anime Corner. Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.

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-{{nihongo|'''''Heavenly Delusion'''''|天国大魔境|Tengoku Daimakyō|{{lit|Heaven Grand {{Transliteration|ja|[[Makyō]]}}}}|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Masakazu Ishiguro]]. It has been serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Monthly Afternoon]]'' since January 2018 and its chapters have been published in ten {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes as of February 2024.
+{{nihongo|'''''Heavenly Delusion'''''|天国大魔境|Tengoku Daimakyō|{{lit|Heaven Grand {{Transliteration|ja|[[Makyō]]}}}}|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Masakazu Ishiguro]]. It has been serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Monthly Afternoon]]'' since January 2018 and its chapters have been published in eleven {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes as of October 2024.
 The manga has two narratives; in one narrative, the characters [[Maru (Heavenly Delusion)|Maru]] and [[Kiruko]] travel across a post-apocalyptic world to reach an area called "Heaven"; in the other, a group of children live in a school their superiors call "Heaven". The series was inspired by a manga Ishiguro read in university; he intended to make ''Heavenly Delusion'' different from his previous work, ''[[And Yet the Town Moves]]'', portraying a proper dynamic between the two leads and the evil they face. ''Heavenly Delusion'' has themes of gender and natural disasters, which were inspired by Ishiguro's personal feelings.
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-''Heavenly Delusion'' is written and illustrated by [[Masakazu Ishiguro]], and it has been serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Monthly Afternoon]]'' since January 25, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Mushishi, And Yet the Town Moves, Genshiken Creators Each Launch New Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-24/mushishi-and-yet-the-town-moves-genshiken-creators-each-launch-new-manga/.124465|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 18, 2020|date=November 24, 2017|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023607/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-24/mushishi-and-yet-the-town-moves-genshiken-creators-each-launch-new-manga/.124465|url-status=live}}</p><p>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アフタヌーン 2018年3月号|url=https://afternoon.kodansha.co.jp/afternoon/2018/03.html|website=[[Monthly Afternoon]]|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201118035353/https://afternoon.kodansha.co.jp/afternoon/2018/03.html|archive-date=November 18, 2020|url-status=live}}</p><p>{{cite web|script-title=ja:石黒正数が18年ぶりにアフタに帰還、少年少女の冒険譚「天国大魔境」始動|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266647|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 18, 2020|language=ja|date=January 25, 2018|archive-date=February 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226114938/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266647|url-status=live}}</p></ref> Kodansha has published its chapters in individual {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, the first of which was released on July 23, 2018;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:天国大魔境（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000311498|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=November 18, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129082246/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000311498|url-status=live}}</ref> a promotional video that was directed by Tasuku Watanabe for the first volume was released on the same date.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Masakazu Ishiguro's Tengoku Dai Makyō Manga Gets 30-Second Animated Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-23/masakazu-ishiguro-tengoku-dai-makyo-manga-gets-30-second-animated-video/.134583|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 18, 2020|date=July 23, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025906/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-23/masakazu-ishiguro-tengoku-dai-makyo-manga-gets-30-second-animated-video/.134583|url-status=live}}</ref> As of February 22, 2024, ten volumes have been released.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:天国大魔境（１０）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000384723|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=January 31, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=January 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131210647/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000384723|url-status=live}}</ref>
+''Heavenly Delusion'' is written and illustrated by [[Masakazu Ishiguro]], and it has been serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Monthly Afternoon]]'' since January 25, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Mushishi, And Yet the Town Moves, Genshiken Creators Each Launch New Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-24/mushishi-and-yet-the-town-moves-genshiken-creators-each-launch-new-manga/.124465|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 18, 2020|date=November 24, 2017|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023607/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-24/mushishi-and-yet-the-town-moves-genshiken-creators-each-launch-new-manga/.124465|url-status=live}}</p><p>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アフタヌーン 2018年3月号|url=https://afternoon.kodansha.co.jp/afternoon/2018/03.html|website=[[Monthly Afternoon]]|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201118035353/https://afternoon.kodansha.co.jp/afternoon/2018/03.html|archive-date=November 18, 2020|url-status=live}}</p><p>{{cite web|script-title=ja:石黒正数が18年ぶりにアフタに帰還、少年少女の冒険譚「天国大魔境」始動|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266647|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 18, 2020|language=ja|date=January 25, 2018|archive-date=February 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226114938/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266647|url-status=live}}</p></ref> Kodansha has published its chapters in individual {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, the first of which was released on July 23, 2018;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:天国大魔境（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000311498|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=November 18, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129082246/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000311498|url-status=live}}</ref> a promotional video that was directed by Tasuku Watanabe for the first volume was released on the same date.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Masakazu Ishiguro's Tengoku Dai Makyō Manga Gets 30-Second Animated Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-23/masakazu-ishiguro-tengoku-dai-makyo-manga-gets-30-second-animated-video/.134583|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 18, 2020|date=July 23, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025906/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-23/masakazu-ishiguro-tengoku-dai-makyo-manga-gets-30-second-animated-video/.134583|url-status=live}}</ref> As of October 22, 2024, eleven volumes have been released.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:天国大魔境（１１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000398571|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=October 22, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=|archive-url=|url-status=live}}</ref>
 In North America, the series is licensed in English by [[Denpa (company)|Denpa]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Denpa Licenses Masakazu Ishiguro's Heavenly Delusion, You Someya's Pleasure & Corruption Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-17/denpa-licenses-masakazu-ishiguro-heavenly-delusion-you-someya-pleasure-and-corruption-manga/.139645|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 18, 2020|date=November 17, 2018|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108202331/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-17/denpa-licenses-masakazu-ishiguro-heavenly-delusion-you-someya-pleasure-and-corruption-manga/.139645|url-status=live}}</ref> The first volume was released on December 31, 2019.<ref name="ENvol1"/>

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