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東方鈴奈庵
Forbidden Scrollery
Volume 1 Cover
Publisher

Comp Ace /
Kadokawa

Released

October 2012 - July 2017

Writers

ZUN

Illustrators

Moe Harukawa

Chapters

53


Touhou Suzunaan(Bell Hermitage) ~ Forbidden Scrollery (東方鈴奈庵 ~ Forbidden Scrollery) is a Touhou official comic published by Kadokawa in Comp Ace from October 26, 2012 to July 26, 2017. The story is written by ZUN, with illustrations by Moe Harukawa (春河もえ).

Plot

The plot follows Kosuzu Motoori, a cheerful and naive librarian, as the protagonist, as she goes about her daily life as the proprietor of her bookstore, Suzunaan. Throughout the story, she comes into contact with various demon books and otherwise old tomes from varying and unknown sources, leading to the slow reintroduction of "traditional-style" youkai into Gensokyo, juxtaposed with the relatively modern-minded and agreeable youkai typically seen in modern-day Gensokyo. Due to the various issues this causes, she attracts the attention of various "incident solvers" such as Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, and Mamizou Futatsuiwa, as they attempt to investigate and sometimes contain the various youkai found in her mysterious demon books.

Name

The Japanese title refers to the name of the library Kosuzu works at, Suzunaan (鈴奈庵). The suzu (鈴) from the title is the same suzu in Kosuzu (小鈴), the protagonist's name. This is a similar naming convention used in Wild and Horned Hermit.

Press

A preview for the manga was announced in the November issue of Comp Ace, stating that Forbidden Scrollery would begin serialization in the upcoming December issue. ZUN posted a small picture of the page on his Twitter account on September 25, along with an announcement that the story would be new.

Chapter 4's title page revealed that the first tankobon volume of Forbidden Scrollery would be released on March 26, 2013.

Licensed Translation

Thai

In 2015 Forbidden Scrollery was licensed for Thai translation by Siam Inter Comics but only the 1st volume had been published. It can not be purchased from the publisher now.[1] It is the 4th and the last Touhou manga series which had been published in Thailand so far.

Release list:

  1. Forbidden Scrollery vol. 1 : 20 January 2015

English

In 2017 Forbidden Scrollery was licensed for English translation by YenPress LLC,making it the first official ZUN's work to be officialy completely translated in English. It is translated by Alethea Nibley and Athena Nibley, and lettered by Alexis Eckerman. The series is available as retail and digital versions from most major book outlets, such as Barnes and Noble, Bookwalker and Comixology.

Release list:

French

In 2021 Forbidden Scrollery was licensed for French translation by Meian Éditions [2]. All volumes were translated. They can be purchased at bookstores or anime-store.fr.

Release list:

Forbidden Scrollery Vol. 1 (March 26, 2013)

Main article
  • Chapter One: The Rare Book of Illusion (October 26, 2012)
  • Chapter Two: December Youkai Extermination (Part 1) (November 26, 2012)
  • Chapter Three: December Youkai Extermination (Part 2) (December 26, 2012)
  • Chapter Four: Privately Published Night Parade Scroll (Part 1) (January 26, 2013)
  • Chapter Five: Privately Published Night Parade Scroll (Part 2) (February 26, 2013)
  • Vol. 1 Bonus Chapter - A Youkai Fairy Tale

Forbidden Scrollery Vol. 2 (February 20, 2014)

Main article
  • Chapter Six: The Requirements for Raising a Rare Beast (Part 1) (April 26, 2013)
  • Chapter Seven: The Requirements for Raising a Rare Beast (Part 2) (May 25, 2013)
  • Chapter Eight: The Inari's Hood (Part 1) (June 26, 2013)
  • Chapter Nine: The Inari's Hood (Part 2) (July 26, 2013)
  • Chapter Ten: Traditional Performing Arts of Darkness (Part 1) (August 26, 2013)
  • Chapter Eleven: Traditional Performing Arts of Darkness (Part 2) (September 26, 2013)
  • Chapter Twelve: The Aftermath of the Miracle Mallet (Part 1) (October 26, 2013)
  • Chapter Thirteen: The Aftermath of the Miracle Mallet (Part 2) (November 26, 2013)
  • Vol. 2 Bonus Material

Forbidden Scrollery Vol. 3 (December 26, 2014)

Main article
  • Chapter Fourteen: The Short-Lived Seven Wonders (Part 1) (December 26, 2013)
  • Chapter Fifteen: The Short-Lived Seven Wonders (Part 2) (February 26, 2014)
  • Chapter Sixteen: The Shady Love Letter (Part 1) (March 26, 2014)
  • Chapter Seventeen: The Shady Love Letter (Part 2) (April 26, 2014)
  • Chapter Eighteen: The Skeptical Book Renter (Part 1) (May 26, 2014)
  • Chapter Nineteen: The Skeptical Book Renter (Part 2) (June 26, 2014)
  • Chapter Twenty: Rodent-Infested Summer (Part 1) (July 26, 2014)
  • Chapter Twenty One: Rodent-Infested Summer (Part 2) (August 26, 2014)
  • Vol. 3 Bonus Material

Forbidden Scrollery Vol. 4 (August 10, 2015)

Main article
  • Chapter Twenty Two: Tobacco, the Tanuki, and the Dine-and-Dasher (Part 1) (October 26, 2014)
  • Chapter Twenty Three: Tobacco, the Tanuki, and the Dine-and-Dasher (Part 2) (December 26, 2014)
  • Chapter Twenty Four: Unattributed Words Are Easily Stolen (Part 1) (January 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Twenty Five: Unattributed Words Are Easily Stolen (Part 2) (February 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Twenty Six: Kokkuri Scatters with the Cherry Blossoms (Part 1) (March 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Twenty Seven: Kokkuri Scatters with the Cherry Blossoms (Part 2) (April 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Twenty Eight: The Kappa's Grimoire (Part 1) (May 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Twenty Nine: The Kappa's Grimoire (Part 2) (June 26, 2015)
  • Vol. 4 Bonus Material

Forbidden Scrollery Vol. 5 (April 26, 2016)

Main article
  • Chapter Thirty: Is the Bull's Head Somewhere Out There? (Part 1) (July 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Thirty One: Is the Bull's Head Somewhere Out There? (Part 2) (August 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Thirty Two: Rulers of the Truth (Part 1) (September 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Thirty Three: Rulers of the Truth (Part 2) (October 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Thirty Four: Who's Spreading Demagogy? (Part 1) (November 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Thirty Five: Who's Spreading Demagogy? (Part 2) (December 26, 2015)
  • Chapter Thirty Six: The Drunken Horse Bush Appearing in the Human Village (Part 1) (January 26, 2016)
  • Chapter Thirty Seven: The Drunken Horse Bush Appearing in the Human Village (Part 2) (February 26, 2016)
  • Vol. 5 Bonus Material

Forbidden Scrollery Vol. 6 (December 10, 2016)

Main article
  • Chapter Thirty Eight: Are the Lords of Information Gathered? Or Scattered? (Part 1) (March 26, 2016)
  • Chapter Thirty Nine: Are the Lords of Information Gathered? Or Scattered? (Part 2) (April 26, 2016)
  • Chapter Forty: Is This All the Work of Youkai Too? (Part 1) (May 26, 2016)
  • Chapter Forty One: Is This All the Work of Youkai Too? (Part 2) (June 26, 2016)
  • Chapter Forty Two: One Hundred Ghost Stories for Humans and Youkai (Part 1) (July 26, 2016)
  • Chapter Forty Three: One Hundred Ghost Stories for Humans and Youkai (Part 2) (August 26, 2016)
  • Chapter Forty Four: Let's Not Go Out On Purple Days (Part 1) (September 26, 2016)
  • Chapter Forty Five: Let's Not Go Out On Purple Days (Part 2) (October 26, 2016)
  • Special Edition Artbook
  • Music CD

Forbidden Scrollery Vol. 7 (September 25, 2017)

Main article
  • Chapter Forty Six: Hieda no Akyu's Philosophy (Part 1) (December 26, 2016)
  • Chapter Forty Seven: Hieda no Akyu's Philosophy (Part 2) (January 26, 2017)
  • Chapter Forty Eight: Kosuzu Motoori's Conflict (Part 1) (February 25, 2017)
  • Chapter Forty Nine: Kosuzu Motoori's Conflict (Part 2) (March 26, 2017)
  • Chapter Fifty: Reimu Hakurei's Miscalculation (Part 1) (April 26, 2017)
  • Chapter Fifty One: Reimu Hakurei's Miscalculation (Part 2) (May 26, 2017)
  • Chapter Fifty Two: Yukari Yakumo's Peace (Part 1) (June 26, 2017)
  • Chapter Fifty Three: Yukari Yakumo's Peace (Part 2) (July 26, 2017)

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