Hei no Naka no Biyōshitsu (塀の中の美容室, "Beauty Salon in Prison"), also known as The Depth of the Sky, is a Japanese manga series written by Mina Sakurai and illustrated by Marco Kohinata. It is based on Sakurai's novel of the same title, published in 2018. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic from March to May 2020, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volumes.
| Hei no Naka no Biyōshitsu | |
 Volume cover | |
| 塀の中の美容室 | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mina Sakurai |
| Illustrated by | Marco Kohinata |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Big Comic |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | March 25, 2020 – May 9, 2020 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Publication
editHei no Naka no Biyōshitsu is Mina Sakurai and illustrated by Marco Kohinata. It is based on Sakurai novel of the same title, published by Futabasha on September 13, 2018.[1] The series ran in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic from March 25 to May 9, 2020.[2][3] Shogakukan collected its five chapters in a single tankōbon volume, released on August 28, 2020.[4][5]
Reception
editHei no Naka no Biyōshitsu received an Excellence Award at the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.[6]
References
edit- ^ 塀の中の美容室 (in Japanese). Futabasha. Archived from the original on March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ 女子刑務所にある美容室が舞台、「アルティストは花を踏まない」作者の新連載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ ビッグコミック １０号 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ 服役中の美容師が一般客の髪を切る「塀の中の美容室」、小日向まるこがマンガ化. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 28, 2020. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ 塀の中の美容室 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 12, 2021). "Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, On-Gaku, March comes in like a lion Win Media Arts Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
Further reading
edit- Wakabayashi, Rio (October 3, 2020). 女子受刑者が美容師を務める、刑務所の中の美容室。そこで描かれる、人間模様に感動必至. Da Vinci News (in Japanese).
- Wakabayashi, Rio (October 16, 2020). 「塀の中の美容室」桜井美奈さん、小日向まるこさんインタビュー 刑務所内で髪を切る受刑者と女性客の再生の物語. Good Life with Books (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020.