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Zipang


Alt Names: alt ジパングalt 次元舰队
Author: KAWAGUCHI Kaiji
Artist: KAWAGUCHI Kaiji
Genres: Action ActionAdventure AdventureDrama DramaHistorical HistoricalSci-fi Sci-fi
Type: Manga (Japanese)
Status: Ongoing
Description: In the year 200X, a Japanese fleet consisting of 3 vessels leave on a mission to South America. After encountering a storm, the ship JDS Mirai find itself without its escorts and in the year 1942, traveling towards the island of Midway to face the American fleet in one of largest battles in naval history. The crew of the Mirai must decide whether or not to change the course of history by involving itself in WWII.
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Chapters

Title Group Contributor Date
Vol.7 Ch.73: The Violin of Jiro Yoshimura
Death Toll Scanlations kabuto93 06 April 2013 - 12:49 AM
Vol.7 Ch.72: Wake 72 - Congratulations Parade
Death Toll Scanlations & Endless Abyss DeathToll 24 February 2013 - 10:14 PM
Vol.7 Ch.71: Wake 71 - The Colonel of Manchukuo's forces
Death Toll Scanlations & Endless Abyss DeathToll 22 February 2013 - 09:21 PM
Vol.7 Ch.70: Wake 70 - In Dalian
Endless Abyss Tsss 11 November 2012 - 08:16 AM
Vol.7 Ch.69: Wake 69 - The Last Resort
Endless Abyss Tsss 08 November 2012 - 01:06 AM
Vol.7 Ch.68: Wake 68 - The Fake Trader
Endless Abyss Tsss 01 November 2012 - 10:57 PM
Vol.7 Ch.67: Wake 67 - Men "Outside Reality"
Endless Abyss Tsss 28 October 2012 - 07:33 PM
Vol.7 Ch.66: Wake 66 - Landing At Yokosuka
Endless Abyss Tsss 20 October 2012 - 03:51 PM
Vol.7 Ch.65: Wake 65 - Mitsumasa Yonai's Sincerity
Endless Abyss Tsss 11 October 2012 - 06:45 PM
Vol.7 Ch.64: Wake 64 - Entering Yokosuka Harbor
Endless Abyss Tsss 08 October 2012 - 09:02 PM
Vol.6 Ch.63.5: Zipang Side Story - The Setting Sun Of Malay
Endless Abyss Tsss 02 October 2012 - 11:14 AM
Vol.6 Ch.63: Wake 63 - Navy Captain And Chief Of The Army
Endless Abyss Tsss 02 October 2012 - 11:13 AM
Vol.6 Ch.62: Wake 62 - The Dead and The Living
Endless Abyss fleshcut 04 September 2012 - 10:04 PM
Vol.6 Ch.61: Wake 61 - Last Resistance
Endless Abyss fleshcut 23 August 2012 - 02:53 PM
Vol.6 Ch.60: Wake 60 - Sinking the Wasp
Endless Abyss fleshcut 25 July 2012 - 08:43 PM
Vol.6 Ch.59: Wake 59 - Impact
Endless Abyss fleshcut 17 July 2012 - 05:42 PM
Vol.06 Ch.58: Wake 58 - Warning
Endless Abyss Tyresonance 04 July 2012 - 11:31 PM
Vol.06 Ch.57: Wake 57 - Corkscrew
Endless Abyss Tyresonance 04 July 2012 - 11:24 PM
Vol.6 Ch.56: Wake 56 - The Decision of Chief Hutton
Endless Abyss fleshcut 27 June 2012 - 04:14 PM
Vol.6 Ch.55: Wake 55 - 1 vs 40
Endless Abyss fleshcut 11 May 2012 - 01:03 AM
Vol.6 Ch.54: Wake 54 - Naval Battle Off Saipan
Endless Abyss fleshcut 11 May 2012 - 01:02 AM
Vol.5 Ch.53: Wake 53 - VB-6, Bombers Squadron
Endless Abyss fleshcut 04 May 2012 - 01:17 AM
Vol.5 Ch.52: Wake 52 - I 21GO
Endless Abyss fleshcut 04 May 2012 - 01:15 AM
Vol.5 Ch.51: Wake 51 - The Attack of the Wasp
Endless Abyss fleshcut 25 April 2012 - 06:21 PM
Vol.5 Ch.50: Wake 50 - The Bet of Samuel D. Hutton
Endless Abyss fleshcut 25 April 2012 - 06:21 PM
Vol.5 Ch.49: Wake 49 - The Other Staff Headquarters
Endless Abyss fleshcut 18 April 2012 - 05:25 PM
Vol.5 Ch.48: Wake 48 - Retired General
Endless Abyss fleshcut 18 April 2012 - 05:25 PM
Vol.5 Ch.47: Wake 47 - Tide
Endless Abyss fleshcut 11 April 2012 - 02:00 PM
Vol.5 Ch.46: Wake 46 - Reunion
Endless Abyss fleshcut 11 April 2012 - 01:59 PM
Vol.5 Ch.45: Wake 45 - Zipang Stiring
Endless Abyss fleshcut 29 March 2012 - 01:18 AM
Vol.5 Ch.44: Wake 44 - Landing of the Crew
Endless Abyss fleshcut 27 March 2012 - 08:51 PM
Vol.5 Ch.43: Wake 43 - "Mirai", Towards the Island Chain of Truk
Endless Abyss fleshcut 14 March 2012 - 08:22 PM
Vol.4 Ch.42: Wake 42 - The Will of Lieutenant-Commander Okamura
Endless Abyss fleshcut 09 February 2012 - 02:20 AM
Vol.4 Ch.41: Wake 41 - Saving the Camp
Endless Abyss fleshcut 05 January 2012 - 01:32 AM
Vol.4 Ch.40: Wake 40 - The Living and the Dead
Endless Abyss fleshcut 24 December 2011 - 08:59 PM
Vol.4 Ch.39: Wake 39 - Yamamoto and Umezu
Endless Abyss fleshcut 23 December 2011 - 07:39 PM
Vol.4 Ch.38: Wake 38 - Denial of Defeat
Endless Abyss fleshcut 24 November 2011 - 06:12 PM
Vol.4 Ch.37: Wake 37 - Frontal Clash
Endless Abyss fleshcut 03 November 2011 - 01:32 AM
Vol.4 Ch.36: Wake 36 - The Ideal Country
Endless Abyss KidCongo 02 November 2011 - 09:48 AM
Vol.4 Ch.35: Wake 35 - Reading You Loud and Clear
Endless Abyss fleshcut 01 November 2011 - 01:23 AM
Vol.4 Ch.34: Wake 34 - The Arrow of Sagittarius
Endless Abyss fleshcut 31 October 2011 - 12:51 AM
Vol.4 Ch.33: Wake 33 - Operation Sagittarius
Endless Abyss fleshcut 19 September 2011 - 12:35 AM
Vol.4 Ch.32: Wake 32 - 8th Division, Charge!
Endless Abyss fleshcut 11 September 2011 - 09:49 PM
Vol.3 Ch.31: Wake 31 - Guadalcanal's Longest Day
Endless Abyss fleshcut 07 September 2011 - 11:40 PM
Vol.3 Ch.30: Wake 30 - Guadalcanal Island
Endless Abyss fleshcut 07 July 2011 - 10:41 PM
Vol.3 Ch.29: Wake 29 - Advice
Endless Abyss fleshcut 03 July 2011 - 02:25 PM
Vol.3 Ch.28: Wake 28 - The Return of Corvette Captain Kusaka
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:49 AM [A]
Vol.3 Ch.27: Wake 27 - Umitori, Towards the Truk Islands.
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:47 AM [A]
Vol.3 Ch.26: Wake 26 - Strategic Meeting
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:46 AM [A]
Vol.3 Ch.25: Wake 25 - Exchanges
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:44 AM [A]
Vol.3 Ch.24: Wake 24 - Umezu's Decision
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:42 AM [A]
Vol.3 Ch.23: Wake 23 - Negotiations
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:40 AM [A]
Vol.3 Ch.22: Wake 22 - Dead Line
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:38 AM [A]
Vol.3 Ch.21: Wake 21 - Initiative
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:38 AM [A]
Vol.3 Ch.20: Wake 20 - The Toshinmaru
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:33 AM [A]
Vol.2 Ch.19: Wake 19 - The Pursuer
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:33 AM [A]
Vol.2 Ch.18: Wake 18 - The Ghosts
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:31 AM [A]
Vol.2 Ch.17: Wake 17 - Getting Supplies
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:29 AM [A]
Vol.2 Ch.16: Wake 16 - Malay's Train
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:27 AM [A]
Vol.2 Ch.15: Wake 15 - Landing
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:24 AM [A]
Vol.2 Ch.14: Wake 14 - A New Mission
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:21 AM [A]
Vol.2 Ch.13: Wake 13 - Attack Order
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:20 AM [A]
Vol.2 Ch.12: Wake 12 - Retreat Orders
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:17 AM [A]
Vol.2 Ch.11: Wake 11 - Ogasawara
Endless Abyss KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:15 AM [A]
Vol.2 Ch.10: Wake 10 - Pandora's Box
The Project Scanlation KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 08:17 AM [A]
Vol.1 Ch.9: Wake 9 - Lt. Commander Takumi Kusaka's Choice
Faction KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 08:16 AM [A]
Vol.1 Ch.8: Wake 8 - The Mirai's Battle
Faction KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 08:14 AM [A]
Vol.1 Ch.7: Wake 7 - Lightning Attack
Faction KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 08:12 AM [A]
Vol.1 Ch.6: Wake 6 - The Marooned
Faction KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 08:10 AM [A]
Vol.1 Ch.5: Wake 5 - First Contact
Faction KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 08:01 AM [A]
Vol.1 Ch.4: Wake 4 - The Survivor
Faction KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 08:00 AM [A]
Vol.1 Ch.3: Wake 3 - Midway
Faction KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:57 AM [A]
Vol.1 Ch.2: Wake 2 - Mirai - To The West
Faction KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:55 AM [A]
Vol.1 Ch.1: Wake 1 - Mirai - Departure
Faction KidCongo 31 October 2011 - 07:54 AM [A]


33 Comments

@ahhhh yep mirai means future. 未來 in kanji.

personally i thought this manga got boring at around chapter 70. the plot became an endless stirring and re-stirring of tensions created by the guy they picked up in the sea, in the same way butter gets too thick if you stir it for too long. it was choking.

still, the original idea was really nice...
To be honest, I can't tell half the people apart. They all look the same to me. I guess a little less realism for the sake of convenience would be nice.

Speaking of symbolism, isnt Mirai supposed to mean "future" or something?
This chapter is exclusively on AXN.
God damn it the writers are making me hate the moronic idealistic ship crew and captain, so damn ignorant
so he doesn't ever get born in this world but it would be a flaw in logic to assume no one else exist in this world reminds me of stargate sg1 near the end of season 1 when daniel jackson when to an alternate realitiy
so ur drinkin sake with ur hunny n he sez "ur dad is ded"

THEN WHO WAS BOAT???
So, the solution to everything is to kill Hitler.
Tried to read it, just simply can´t get into it, too boring (IMO).
Yeah, what's with the poses? They don't look epic enough to justify a dedicated page. That's minus to me. Considering there are worse manga that dedicate themselves to setting up fanservice (Can't mangakas understand that if you see too much too often, you get used to it?), I'll still follow this.

Storylines with restraint of power still strike a chord to me.
i used to like this manga but then i grew fed up with all the striking poses.
"I'm gonna find a sucker and rip him off" >.>
That would work better if you weren't on a ship, with nowhere to run when the sucker figures out that he'd been ripped off. 0.0
Correction to chapter 33: It was not the "USS Canbera, Quincy and Vincennes", but rather the "HMAS Canberra, USS Quincy and Vincennes". The forces were mixed American and Australian. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Savo_Island for the historical details.
Chapter 28, the arrival of the Umitori on the Yamato is an awesome scene for anybody interested in alternate history and the possibilities that can be shown in it.
At least through the first two volumes (all I've read so far), the story seems to be reasonably well thought out, and the art good. In that sense, head and shoulders above many series.
OH! This manga is GOOD!
@rockgollem I don't really get were you get this from. Which characters on Mirai are like that?
From what I hear, the (originally anime) series "Deep Blue Fleet" is far worse. Zipang at least tries to apply a modern morality to what it shows.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konpeki_no_Kantai for more information.
@rockgollem Doesn't bother me at all, because in the end who got their cities firebombed? Who had Enola Gay do a fly-by over their country? Japan can spawn as many revisionist and apologist historians they want, but their big, bad red neighbor isn't going to forget any time soon.
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I find this manga quite offensive in content. It's another right-wing Japanese justification of war and attrocities it commited. How would you feel if there was a manga about how they go back to Nazi Germany in time and do bunch of stuff and a character spouts that they would have done the right thing and everything they did wrong would be justified if they simply didn't invade Soviet Union and focused on Britain and kept that whole part of the world?

Precisley.
History fact: USS Wasp (CV-7) was sunk in 1942 south of Guadalcanal, by a japanese submarine. So from that perspective, they still haven't altered history.
@Oliverfr

Is it a spoiler if its misleading?
@imercenary : is it a wild guess, an educated guess, or actual facts coming from someone who saw the raws ?

(Please, remember to use the [ spoiler ] tag if needed !)
karapu puran...
There is an error in page 16. When the captain says "Quiero hacer el amor con ti" he should be saying "Quiero hacer el amor contigo". "With you" in spanish es "contigo".

I don't know it's an intended error in the manga thought, it's a common fail of people learning spanish in early stages mistake to say "con ti" instead of "contigo".
There was an American movie "Final Countdown", about modern aircraft carrier being brought back in time to a day of japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. I remember a nice scene of skirmish between two Tomcats and two Zeros. The movie is old but still a nice watch :)

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