Fumetsu no Anata e (Manga)

Fumetsu no Anata e (Japanese: 不滅のあなたへ; English: To Your Eternity) is a manga written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ooima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since November 9, 2016, with the individual chapters collected and published by Kodansha into eleven tankōbon volumes as of August 2019. The story follows an immortal being whose purpose is to gain knowledge of the world. As the story progresses, this being takes the form of an abandoned boy and his wolf. The series has been licensed by Kodansha USA for a digital and printed English release.

Synopsis
Main Article: Story Arcs

It, a mysterious immortal being, is sent to the Earth with no emotions nor identity. However, It is able to take the shape of those around that have a strong impetus.

At first, It is a sphere. Then, It imitates the form of a rock. As the temperature drops and snow falls atop the moss, It inherits the moss. When an injured, a lone wolf comes limping by and lays down to die, It takes on the form of the animal. Finally, It gains consciousness and begins to traverse the empty tundra until It meets a boy.

The boy lives alone in a ghost town, which the adults abandoned long ago in search of the paradise said to exist far beyond the endless sea of white tundra. However, their efforts were for naught, and now the boy is in a critical state.

Acquiring the form of the boy, It sets off on a never-ending journey, in search of new experiences, places, and people.

Chapters
Main Article: List of Chapters

Release
Yoshitoki Ōima launched To Your Eternity in issue 50 of Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine on November 9, 2016. The manga was announced on May 23, 2016. It is Ōima's second series in Weekly Shōnen Magazine; her first series was the critically acclaimed A Silent Voice. On January 17, 2017, Kodansha USA announced that they would digitally publish the first ten chapters of the series on various digital platforms. Thereafter, they will publish the manga's new chapters simultaneously with the Japanese release. The first printed volume in North America was released on October 31, 2017.

Reception
The first collected volume of the series sold 29,288 copies, ranking number 17 on the weekly Oricon manga chart. Its second volume ranked number 34, selling 22,565 copies in its first week, while its third debuted at number 41 with 20,445 copies sold. The manga was nominated for the 11th edition of the Manga Taishō awards in 2018 and it managed to gain a total of 47 points. In May 2019, it won the award for Best Shōnen Manga at the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards, alongside The Quintessential Quintuplets. . The manga also ranked on the American Library Association's (ALA's) Young Adult Library Services Association's (YALSA) 2019 list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens.