What a Wonderful World!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Inio Asano. It consists of loosely connected short stories about young adults in modern Japan and their life decisions. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X from 2002 to 2004 and is licensed in North America by Viz Media. Release The manga was serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X by Shogakukan from the June 2002 to April 2004 issues. Shogakukan collected the 19 chapters into two volumes from May 19, 2003 to May 19, 2004. Shogakukan also included the manga in a collection of Asano's original works in 2010. The series was licensed in North America by Viz Media in February 2009, with both volumes published on October 20, 2009. The manga has also been published in France by Kana, in Germany by Egmont Manga & Anime and Tokyopop Germany (republisher), and in Taiwan by Taiwan Tohan. Asano wrote a sequel to the 11th story "After the Rain" in the August 2008 issue of Monthly Sunday Gene-X titled "What a Wonderful World", which was also collected in Before Dawn and the End of the World. Reception Reviewers have praised Asano's art and writing, but