Even If You Slit My Mouth

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Even If You Slit My Mouth
First tankōbon volume cover
口が裂けても君には
(Kuchi ga Saketemo Kimi ni wa)
Genre
Manga
Written byAkari Kajimoto
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 10, 2020 – December 19, 2023
Volumes11

Even If You Slit My Mouth (口が裂けても君には, Kuchi ga Saketemo Kimi ni wa) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akari Kajimoto. It was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service from November 2020 to December 2023.

The manga is based the legend of Kuchisake-onna, a monstrous woman in Japanese folklore said to have scars on the sides of her mouth.[2] It is Kajimoto's third romance manga based on Kuchisake-onna; she had previously released the one-shot Her Special Seat in 2017, and three-issue series Even If You Avoid the Slit in 2018. The latter shares the same Japanese name as Even If You Slit My Mouth and features alternate versions of the same characters.

Premise[edit]

Miroku, a notorious yōkai known for her slit mouth, has felt her powers wane in recent years as the public's belief in the supernatural has declined. To save herself, she must submit to an arranged marriage with Koichi Sano, the son of a human family charged with aiding supernatural beings. Miroku strikes a deal with Koichi to call off the engagement if she is able to scare him before his eighteenth birthday, but she must go through with the wedding if she falls in love with him.

Publication[edit]

Written and illustrated by Akari Kajimoto, Even If You Slit My Mouth was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service from November 10, 2020 to December 19, 2023.[3][4] Its chapters were collected into eleven tankōbon volumes from March 4, 2021 to April 4, 2024.[5][6]

Volume list[edit]

No. Release date ISBN
1 March 4, 2021[5]978-4-08-882619-6
2 June 4, 2021[7]978-4-08-882668-4
3 September 3, 2021[8]978-4-08-882776-6
4 December 3, 2021[9]978-4-08-882850-3
5 April 4, 2022[10]978-4-08-883078-0
6 August 4, 2022[11]978-4-08-883169-5
7 December 2, 2022[12]978-4-08-883359-0
8 March 3, 2023[13]978-4-08-883477-1
9 July 4, 2023[14]978-4-08-883629-4
10 November 2, 2023[15]978-4-08-883741-3
11 April 4, 2024[6]978-4-08-883761-1

Reception[edit]

Danny Guan of Game Rant ranked Even If You Slit My Mouth third on a list of the best romance manga concluding in 2023.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 口が裂けても君には. Mangapedia (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  2. ^ Kishikawa, Molly (November 22, 2021). "Even If You Slit My Mouth: The Japanese Urban Legend Behind Kuchisake-Onna". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023.
  3. ^ [1話・2話・3話]口が裂けても君には. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. November 10, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Tai, Anita (November 23, 2023). "Even If You Slit My Mouth Manga Ends in Two Chapters". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023.
  5. ^ a b 口が裂けても君には 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  6. ^ a b 口が裂けても君には 11 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  7. ^ 口が裂けても君には 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  8. ^ 口が裂けても君には 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  9. ^ 口が裂けても君には 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  10. ^ 口が裂けても君には 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  11. ^ 口が裂けても君には 6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  12. ^ 口が裂けても君には 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  13. ^ 口が裂けても君には 8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 21, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  14. ^ 口が裂けても君には 9 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  15. ^ 口が裂けても君には 10 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  16. ^ Guan, Danny (January 25, 2024). "Best Romance Manga That Ended In 2023, Ranked". Game Rant. Archived from the original on January 27, 2024.

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