Kazuya Minekura

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born

March 23, 1975 in Japan

gender

female

website

http://nitroblog.exblog.jp/

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers

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Kazuya Minekura (峰倉かずや Minekura Kazuya, born March 23, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist most known for the Saiyuki series. Her other manga series include Wild Adapter, Shiritsu Araiso Koto Gakko Seitokai Shikkobu (Araiso Private School Student Council Executive Committee), and Stigma. Stigma is notable for being a full-color work, unusual as manga is generally drawn in black and white.

She had an illness that affected her writing from 2004–2007, which caused her to have a hysterectomy. On 28 September 2010, she went on Hiatus to undergo surgery for ameloblastoma on the right half of her upper jawbone. On 31 December 2010, she reported her surgery was successful after removing the tumor on her right upper jawbone and is currently resting and...more

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Books by Kazuya Minekura

Average rating: 4.27 · 6,912 ratings · 167 reviews · 56 distinct works

	Saiyuki, Volume 1 4.16 avg rating — 1,297 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Saiyuki Volume 2 4.24 avg rating — 449 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Saiyuki, Volume 3 4.27 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Saiyuki, Volume 9 4.37 avg rating — 342 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Saiyuki Volume 5 4.29 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Saiyuki, Volume 4 4.23 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Saiyuki, Volume 7 4.34 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Saiyuki Reload, Volume 1 4.24 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Saiyuki Volume 6 4.31 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Saiyuki Volume 8 4.35 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	My rating:

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Series by Kazuya Minekura

Saiyuki (18 books)
by Kazuya Minekura

4.27 avg rating — 5,878 ratings

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Quotes by Kazuya Minekura

“My heart hurts that means I’m alive.”
― Kazuya Minekura, Stigma

tags: heart , life , pain

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“Eat till you're full. Play anytime you want. Sleep as much as you like. Cry. Get angry. Laugh. Live. Live. Live.”
― Kazuya Minekura

tags: live

18 people liked it

“You can choose to die. You can choose to run... but dying alone won't change a thing. Trust me on that one. If you really want things to change... you're going to have to live.”
― Kazuya Minekura

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