Releases
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Magazine Releases
Unfortunately, due to Piano no Mori's irregular serialization, there is no way of pinpointing when a new chapter will come out. We can only wait... and hope.
What is irregular serialization?
Well, it’s exactly what it sounds like. The Morning Magazine is a weekly magazine. This means that it comes out every week, and, as most people would expect, presents a new chapter of each ongoing series every week, excepting special occasions (author sick, author needs a break, author preparing an extra long special chapter... etc). Piano no Mori, on the other hand, is simply random. It does not come out once every three weeks, it does not come out once every month; there is simply no pattern to be found! Observe the dates of the past six releases:
- Issue #18 - April 3rd, 2008
- Issue #23 - May 22nd, 2008
- Issue #9* - February 12th, 2009
- Issue #11 - February 26th, 2009
- Issue #30 - June 25th, 2009
- Issue #34 - July 23rd, 2009
*issue numbers restart at the beginning of each year
Tankoubon Releases
Published in Japan by Kodansha, in Taiwan by Sharp Point Publishing, and in Hong Kong by Culturecom (WitiComics).
| JAPAN (1) | JAPAN (2)* | TAIWAN | HONG KONG | |
| Volume 1: | Aug. 1999 | April 14, 2005 | Sept. 1, 2000 | Jan. 2001 |
| Volume 2: | Aug. 1999 | April 14, 2005 | Sept. 18, 2000 | Feb. 2001 |
| Volume 3: | Oct. 1999 | April 14, 2005 | Oct. 13, 2000 | Feb. 2001 |
| Volume 4: | April 2000 | May 23, 2005 | Nov. 27, 2000 | March 2001 |
| Volume 5: | Oct. 2000 | May 23, 2005 | Nov. 28, 2000 | March 2001 |
| Volume 6: | March 2001 | May 23, 2005 | Jun. 14, 2001 | May 2001 |
| Volume 7: | Sept. 7, 2001 | June 23, 2005 | Nov. 16, 2001 | Nov. 2001 |
| Volume 8: | May 9, 2002 | June 23, 2005 | July 24, 2002 | July 2002 |
| Volume 9: | Nov. 8, 2002 | June 23, 2005 | Jan. 23, 2003 | Jan. 2003 |
| Volume 10: | -- | July 22, 2005 | Aug. 24, 2005 | Nov.2005 |
| Volume 11: | -- | Dec. 22, 2005 | Feb. 11, 2006 | Feb. 2006 |
| Volume 12: | -- | April 21, 2006 | Nov.3, 2006 | Jun. 2006 |
| Volume 13: | -- | Dec. 22, 2006 | July 27, 2007 | Jun. 2007 |
| Volume 14: | -- | June 22, 2007 | Jan 29, 2008 | Nov. 2007 |
| Volume 15: | -- | May 23, 2008 | Feb. 10, 2009 | Aug. 2008 |
| Volume 16: | -- | Aug. 21, 2009 | Feb. 12, 2010 | Nov. 2009 |
| Volume 17: | -- | March 23, 2010 | Jan. 31, 2011 | July 3, 2010 |
| Volume 18: | -- | July 23, 2010 | June 9, 2011 | Oct. 25, 2010 |
| Volume 19: | -- | Nov. 22, 2010 | TBA | March 10, 2011 |
| Volume 20: | -- | Sept. 23, 2011 | -- | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Volume 21: | -- | Nov. 22, 2011 | -- | April 10, 2012 |
| Volume 22: | -- | Aug. 23, 2012 | -- | Dec. 11, 2012 |
*as per serialization, there are two editions of the tankoubon in Japan - the first nine volumes from Uppers, and a reprint followed by the rest of the manga from Morning.