Hitman (manga)
Hitman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. It follows Kenzaki Ryuunosuke as he becomes a manga editor and aims to make author Takanashi Tsubasa the number one author in Japan. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June 2018 to February 2021, with its chapters collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes.
Plot
College Senior Kenzaki Ryuunosuke is interviewing at Kodansha when he finds and reads a rough draft of a proposed manga. Takanashi Tsubasa finds him and scolds him for reading a manga at a job interview and he tells her it is seriously interesting! Kenzaki is hired and later receives a call from an aspiring manga artist who wants to submit a name. The author is Takanashi and reveals that the manga was hers. She says she did not interview because he told her the manga was interesting and now he has to take responsibility for it. He says that he will and will make her the number one manga artist in Japan. As Kenzaki becomes the editor for a number of authors and improves as an editor, he and Takanashi continue to work through various obstacles toward their goal together.Characters
Main
;Ryuunosuke Kenzaki;Tsubasa Takanashi
;Shiori Amaya
;Nonoka Shimakaze
Secondary
;Akira Natsume;Hiroto Asama
;Shinji Houjo
;Kazutake Yagami
;Rentarou Yamashirou
;Mio Kawaguchi
Other
;Masato Katsuragi;Aiko Wakatsuki
;Taishi Nakata
;Otoguro Kazuhiko
;Kenji Natori
;Miyuki Watanuki
;Naoki Fushimi
Publication
Hitman is written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. It was announced in April 2018, and ran in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June 20, 2018, to February 17, 2021. Kodansha collected its chapters in thirteen tankōbon volumes, released from October 17, 2018, to March 17, 2021.The manga is licensed in France by Pika Édition.