Manga release date and price

Manga Chez Vega, Le Paradis attendra will be available starting November 13 at a price of 8.35€ per volume. This French language version is being published by Vega editions.

Original title and publication status

Under its original title Gokuraku ni wa Mada Hayai, this series currently has two volumes in Japan, where it has been running since 2025 in the prestigious magazine Harta published by Enterbrain/Kadokawa.

First French publication for the author

This will be the first French publication of Miki Amano, a mangaka who began her career in 2020. The publisher describes the series as focusing on life during the Edo period.

Setting and characters

According to the publisher, the series will depict the lives of criminals and their families, officials, firefighters and doctors, building owners and tenants of unsanitary buildings. The story is set in the Edo period of Japanese history, which lasted from 1603 to 1868.

Synopsis of the manga

During the Edo period, Yukinari works in a despised profession: executioner. Every day, alone during the execution, he shows no emotion. One day, Saichiro, the son of a city doctor, tries to understand Yukinari's psychology, who seems to regard people as simple objects and claims he is only "carrying out the sentence."