Seven Shakespeares
Seven Shakespeares is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Harold Sakuishi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly [Big Comic Spirits] from December 2009 to November 2011, with its chapters collected in six volumes. A sequel, titled Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict, started in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in December 2016.
Plot
The series is centered around William Shakespeare's "lost years" before becoming a playwright and poet.Publication
Written and illustrated by Harold Sakuishi, Seven Shakespeares was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits from December 21, 2009, to November 14, 2011. Shogakukan collected its chapters in six volumes, released from May 28, 2010, to December 28, 2011. Kodansha republished the series in three volumes, released from July 6 to September 6, 2017.A sequel, titled Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict, started in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine on December 12, 2016. In April 2020, Sakuishi announced that the series would enter on an indefinite hiatus. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 6, 2017. As of August 5, 2020, thirteen volumes have been released.
In North America, the series is published digitally in English by Comixology and Kodansha USA since July 2018.