Until Death Do Us Part (manga)

死がふたりを分かつまで (Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu made)
Until Death Do Us Part
Cover of the first volume of the manga from Japan. Mamoru and Haruka are featured together.
Genre	Action, Adventure, Science fiction
Manga
Written by	Hiroshi Takashige
Illustrated by	DOUBLE-S
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	^NA Yen Press
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Young Gangan
Original run	December 2005 – November 20, 2015
Volumes	25

Until Death Do Us Part (Japanese: 死がふたりを分かつまで, Hepburn: Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu made) is a Japanese manga series written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by DOUBLE-S.^[1] Until Death Do Us Part began its serialization on Young Gangan's December 2005 issue^[2] and ran until November 20, 2015.^[3] The story centers around a young girl with strong precognitive abilities. Due to these abilities, she is held hostage by a Yakuza group looking to make a profit off of them. However, knowing what was to come, she spots a blind swordsman in the crowd and immediately recognizes him as her only way out. She hires him to protect her "until death do us part", and thus begins a long road of action-packed confrontations to keep the young girl safe and her abilities out of the hands of those who would exploit them.

Plot

Haruka Tōyama, a young girl, is kidnapped by agents of a company named EX-SOLID due to her precognition abilities. She quickly finds sanctuary with a man named Hijikata Mamoru, a blind swordsman, ex-kendoka and convict who is proficient in the use of a katana, and desperately runs him down in the street. Upon meeting, Haruka told Hijikata to protect her "Until Death Do Us Part." Confirming the terms of the contract, Mamoru quickly dispatches the pursuers on her tail and took her in for protection.

Soon it becomes apparent, however, that nearly the entire underground is targeting Haruka. It is then up to Mamoru, and his partner Igawa, to provide consistent and unending protection for Haruka. Needing a bit more help, contact is made with their parent company, a secret and elite vigilante paramilitary group called the Element Network. Many different members of the Network get involved in protecting Haruka and placing her under EN protection from unknown forces who seek her ability. In turn, Haruka assists EN forces in defeating mercenaries and assassins who are out to get her and the network.

Protagonists

Main cast of Until Death Do Us Part. Foreground: Mamoru Hijikata: Rear: Igawa Ryōtarō & Haruka Tōyama.

Element Network

Blade

Mamoru Hijikata (土方護, Hijikata Mamoru)

He is the protagonist of the story. Although he is almost completely blind, he's a master of Kenjutsu. To compensate for Mamoru's lost vision, Igawa has developed shades that directly project a rendered first-person view of Mamoru's surroundings in the fashion of a wire-frame model onto his retinas. His main weapon is a katana -- hidden inside his walking stick -- that is covered in a special molecular film which allows him to essentially cut through anything, including bullets. Having learned many real-combat sword-fighting techniques, and with the newly-gained "sight," he is able to engage in direct combat with his opponents. He has, on more than one occasion, been able to dodge long range sniper fire by sensing the "killing intent" of the shooter. He also shows the ability to throw knives with an exceptional amount of precision (chapter 40).
Aloof, daring, and unsociable, he cares little for the bad guys, but that does not mean he does not have feelings. At one time, he was the protégé of the old martial arts. However, he killed his master Makabe using a wooden sword (chapter 78-79).
He is connected to Genda from his past and was an assistant instructor according to Genda.
His parents were killed by a drunk driver before he was 10 years old (chapter 164). Because he lived with his last remaining relative, his grandfather, he first learned the ancient martial arts. Then he became a disciple under Makabe (chapter 164-165).
Prior to his EN deployment in Japan, he was given military training at a PMC facility in Arizona before being deployed to Chechnya (chapter 101). In chapter 107, it's revealed that he lost his sight by an explosive round while volunteering in Chechnya.
As of chapter 170, both he and Igawa left Element Network and joined the Black Unit.
In a wanted poster, his height was measured to be around 6 feet (1.8 m) (chapter 41).
As of chapter 40, the one million reward on him changed to 100 million.
Much to the surprise of his acquaintances, he has a sweet tooth (chapter 60).
From Mamoru's past, he appears to be in his late 20's.
His name, Mamoru, means 'to protect'.

Haruka Tōyama (遠山遥, Tōyama Haruka)

She is the female leading character of the story. She possesses the ability to foresee the future, or more accurately, many possible future outcomes (e.g. Haruka can "see" that she and Mamoru will be married one day). Igawa created a fake identity so she can go to school (chapter 25). Her fake identity is Haruna Tachibana, Sierra's daughter. Igawa intended it to be Haruna Hijikata, Mamoru's sister, but the team considered this fake ID to be too suspicious. However, due to her involvement with a crime investigation, she had to disappear again (chapter 60). Then she returns again but this time as a senior in high school where Jesus works (chapter 112). But, again, because of her presence at school, she had to leave (chapter 155).
During the time when Mamoru went MIA, she received some combat training from Inaba (including confronting a bear with help of Mamoru) and has since played a more active role in combat. She has also shown the ability to disarm opponents.
She willing surrender herself over to Zashid so Mamoru didn’t have to die pointlessly (chapter 202).
Along with Mamoru's bounty, hers is increased to $500 million--only if captured after Mamoru's death.
With Mamoru and Igawa gone in chapter 170, the team UDDUP has been formed with Dai, Juliet, Senji, Pyro, Shot, Elan, SPARC and her as team leader.
In the beginning of the series, she is 12 years old. In chapter 60, she turns 13 years.
As of chapter 138, she has been with Mamoru for four months.
Haruka means 'far off, or distant'.

Ryōtarō Igawa (井川良太郎, Igawa Ryōtarō)

Mamoru's teammate who mainly deals with the technical aspects of Blade's operations. He drives in a Right hand drive Chevrolet Astro modified with electronics and communications equipment, including a police scanner to monitor all Japanese law enforcement frequencies, a bulletproof exterior and a color changing machine that allows the Astro to switch colors to avoid being detected by police or criminals. He uses the Linux OS for his computers.
He had a little sister that was going to graduate from elementary school, but was killed (chapter 25, chapter 158). He is confronted by the same murderer from the incident with his sister in chapter 157.
As of chapter 170, both he and Mamoru left Element Network and joined the Black Unit.

Dai Ibuki (伊吹大, Ibuki Dai)

Newly assigned Blade member after Mamoru (and Haruka) went MIA and the same age as Igawa (chapter 71). He rides a special motorcycle that runs silently and has special "Trial Mode" to jump it in mid-air or to go up between buildings. He has a grudge against Mamoru and always thinks he is his equal. In Chapters 75-76, he got into a fight with Mamoru, but got interrupted by Tatsumi Daiba. After the fight, he made a promise to become better than Mamoru. Since then, he tries to sneak attack Mamoru on every occasion.
He was the backup for Mamoru during his fight with Wiseman. He also bumped into Juliet and was insulted by her.
He is the only one (aside from Haruka and Mamoru) that has ever seen and communicated with Daiba in person. As of now, he is assigned to Juliet as a subordinate by Igawa.
His ability with the special bike is formidable but on foot, his worth is criticized often (by Juliet and Mamoru).
He learns how to handle a normal bike on mountainous terrains (chapter 172).

The Wall

Alpha (アルファ, Arufa)

His real name is Jack Garvey (ジャック・ガービー, Jakku Gābī), and is the leader of the Element Network's international anti-crime unit "The Wall". He has a noticeable scar on the left side of his face. Originally a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces, the Green Berets, he was later transferred to the British Army's SAS on an exchange program. Since then, he served in the elite forces in France, Germany, Italy and a few other countries. He was awarded a total of 7 medals for a single, flawless mission he led. In fact, until 3 years ago, he had been active in CIFA, and was in command of its successful hostage rescue operation. He went underground to the Wall after leaving CIFA. Surprisingly, despite his position and achievements, he's shown to be quite a caring person.

Bravo (ブラボー, Burabō)

Charlie (チャーリー, Chārī)

Delta (デルタ, Deruta)

Echo (エコー, Ekō)

Lieutenant of "The Wall" and second in command. Ordered Kilo to scout Mamoru's brawl.

Foxtrot (フォックストロット, Fokkusutorotto)

One of the Wall's commandos. He was wounded during an encounter with Edge alongside India in chapter 12 and since then recovered (chapter 15).

Golf (ゴルフ, Gorufu)

Hotel (ホテル, Hoteru)

India (インディア, India)

An ex-Marine who joins the Wall after losing his child to a terrorist. He was wounded during an encounter with Edge alongside Foxtrot in chapter 12 and since then recovered. He was temporarily removed from team since his identity was exposed by Genda (chapter 49). He speaks fluent Japanese.

Juliet (ジュリエット, Jyurietto)

She specializes in infiltration (including disguising), and is sent to look over Haruka in Sierra's absence (chapter 41 and after). She seems to harbor a mutual personal grudge against Sierra; the source was later revealed to be from her own tragic past and Sierra's, as she had been stabbed and unable to bear children while Sierra can but chooses to live in sorrow for her dead child (chapter 69).
After Mamoru's fight with Wiseman, she bumps into Dai and considers him a boy because his reaction of detection was weak (chapter 94). As of now, she is assigned to Dai as his superior by Igawa. Normally, she is outgoing and likes to tease people, not excluding Mamoru.

Kilo (キロ, Kiro)

He specializes in covert ops, using knives; he is also Sierra's ex-husband. He was almost taken down by Genda, but Mamoru prevented it (chapter 50). He also "babysat" Haruka and ended up getting involved in an assassination crime that she became a part of in order to protect a classmate. He is still in the hospital for his injuries (chapter 61 and after).

Lima (リマ, Rima)

Mike (マイク, Maiku)

November (ノベンバー, Nobenbā)

Oscar (オスカー, Osukā)

Papa (パパ, Papa)

A big man with a grip strength of 170 kg.

Quebec (ケベック, Kebekku)

Romeo (ロメオ)

Sierra (シエラ, Shiera)

Her real name is Serena (セリーナ, Serīna). She had a daughter, Cindy (chapter 11), with her ex-husband, Kilo (chapter 61). When Cindy was killed by a terrorist, she decided to join The Wall. She is very protective of Haruka, often treating Haruka like her own daughter. Once she recovered, she decided to take a leave of absence from "The Wall" to improve her skills so that she wouldn't be a burden to others. In Chapter 81, she went to visit Mamoru's teacher, Inaba, to receive some training.
She separated from the Wall so her new codename became “Elan” (chapter 172).

Tango (タンゴ, Tango)

Uniform (ユニフォーム, Unifōmu)

Victor (ヴィクター, Vikutā)

Whiskey (ウィスキー, Wisukī)

X-ray (エックス・レイ, Ekkusu Rei)

Yankee (ヤンキー, Yankī)

Zulu (ズール, Zūru)

Police

Teppei Genda (源田鉄平, Genda Teppei)

A detective assigned to solve the attacks caused by Mamoru when he was protecting Haruka.
Genda and Mamoru have a long history with each other since he calls Mamoru "assistant instructor" when he had been practicing Kendo in his younger days (chapter 54, chapter 157). It is later revealed that he also knew the Aegis during the same Kendo practices.
He's the only police officer who knows of The Wall's existence. It is later revealed that he is also a very skilled swordman, comparable to Mamoru, even though he only uses a Bokkutou, a light wooden sword that can't cut, and a police baton (chapter 153).
Working with Aegis, Genda help infiltrate Anna into the school Jesus works at.
He is killed while protecting Haruka and Anna (chapter 168).

Masuda (升田, Masuda)

Genda’s old partner.

Horikawa (堀川, Horikawa)

Genda’s new partner who got hurt in the explosion by Edge and sent to the hospital (chapter 45).

Others

Inaba Tesshuu (稲葉, Inaba)

Mamoru's kendo teacher who is well aware of Makabe's death. Mamoru and Haruka spent time with him when they went MIA and during that time he practiced with Mamoru and trained Haruka. Genda and Masuda visit him to hear about Mamoru's swordsman's life prior to the murder of his master. After they left, Sierra suddenly turned up in front of him (chapter 81).

Tatsumi Daiba (台場巽, Daiba Tatsumi)

The manager of Element Network who keeps a close eye on Mamoru and Haruka. He currently has a disabled leg and uses a walking cane. Daiba gained reputation as the prodigy who created the search engine MENTOR in his teens. MENTOR brought him much wealth and he went on to become a world leading VIP.
During his childhood, his father murdered his mother in front of his eyes. There are rumors that he is connected to the underworld and has developed a quantum computer called the Super Parallel Algorithm Resonance Compute, or SPARC for short. He is also revealed to be a highly skilled martial artist, recognized by even Mamoru.
He suffers from insomnia due to overworking and mental stress.
As of chapter 170, he is 24 years old.
Crossover from ALCBANE which was also written by Hiroshi Takashige

Aegis (イージス, Aegis) (also called "The Praetorian")

The strongest underground bodyguard who can deflect any bullet. His wife was murdered and his child was lost while they attempted to defuse a bomb strapped to her (chapter 92). His right arm is replaced with an artificial arm of steel.
He has some respect for Mamoru, but dislikes his personality for only caring to strengthen his skills. He admitted that Mamoru is the strongest opponent he has ever faced.
His real name is Tate Karito and is an ex-Special Assault Team operative.
Crossover from AEGIS IN THE DARK (闇のイージス) which runs in the same magazine.

Senji Tamagawa (玉川千冶, Tamagawa Senji)

Member of the Yakuza in Kakuhōkai. He is an excellent swordsman but not at Mamoru's level. He dislikes Komura's methods and is willing to help Mamoru as long he doesn't get into trouble from the Yakuza (chapter 81). He later made a promise to protect Haruka with his life (chapter 94). He was Inaba’s former student (chapter 172).

Pyro (パイロ, Pairo)

A smoking man with a fedora who is ordered by Daiba to support Haruka from behind the scenes (chapter 162). His weapons of choice seem to be projectiles like throwing knives and grenades. He refers Mamoru as "Blade".

Anna Riddle (アナ・リドル, Ana Ridoru)

The broker of "Aegis" who provides service only to the clients who can answer her riddles. Genda helped her infiltrate into the school that Jesus works at (chapter 114). Her real age is not known but her appearance is that of same age range as Haruka. She seems to be connected to Daiba.
Before she met Aegis, she was targeted by an organization by 6 years of age because of her high intelligence (chapter 150).
Crossover from AEGIS IN THE DARK (闇のイージス) which runs in the same magazine.

Jesus (ジーザス, Ji-zasu)

Legendary underground hit-man who is seeking his kidnapped pupil. His death has been confirmed 8 times and he is officially non-existent, yet still managed to destroy 10 international crime syndicates. He appears again in chapter 100 confronting Wiseman.
Jesus works at a private boarding school.
Jesus' codename comes from enemies who witness his abilities and can only exclaim "Jesus" in response (chapter 89.5). The name he uses publicly is Shingo Fujisawa, which belonged to a dead teacher who had a similar appearance to Jesus and to which Jesus had to take up the profession of teaching to stay undercover (chapter 110).
Crossover from JESUS (ジーザス) by the same manga artists as AEGIS IN THE DARK.

Luna

Second in command of "The Canes Venatici" in Chechnya 3 years ago. She seems to know something about the "Element Network" that Mamoru mentioned to Orion. She and "The Canes Venatici" are leftover children that couldn't be sold for organs (chapters 105 and 106). She helps Mamoru and the Chechnyan kids escape Orion. It is later revealed that one of the kids is her sister. She is later killed by Orion using an unknown explosive substance, the same that caused Mamoru to lose his sight (chapter 107).

Manami Midou

She rescued Ash when they tried to sell her as human traffick. She lost her life in connection with Jesus, such that is why Ash is hunting Jesus. Covering her entire body were scars as the marks of a tiger. From there on she was given the epithet “Tiger”. She hated that name but there were also some soldiers that called her such a mark of respect. She was the noted Three-Finger Sniper.

Shot

He is a member of the newly assigned team UDDUP (chapter 170). He is one of the top elites in charge of South Africa. He was originally a part of the Black Unit (chapter 174).

Antagonists

The Republic of Galboa

Zashid Turus

He is the substantial controller “hero” of Galboa and Duhana though also the backbone to the country’s black ops. A person whose alas is called “Mr. Dark Side” in the underworld and Gene’s real father (chapter 156).
For generations, his ancestors have been a freak family that’s been testing tons of possibilities. Brought into existence from various lineages of beings of superior physical strength, intelligence, and speed, and the end result is Zashid Turus (chapter 176). Since he is the pinnacle of superhuman, he plans to clone himself (chapter 179) and add Haruka’s clairvoyance into the mix (chapter 180).
Other than his four likely successors (Edge, Taos, Gido, and Misalt), Gene and Fen, he has many children who don’t fight or are women. There are rumors that he has over 100 children (chapter 176).

Edge Turus (エジー・トゥルス, Ejī Turusu)

He is the Galboa ambassador to Japan. He had plans to kidnap Haruka due to her precognitive abilities as well as the EX-SOLID biochip. Since then, he has been obsessed over kidnapping Haruka. He was disabled by Mamoru when he sliced his right arm after Alpha led 'The Wall' commandos to storm a freighter he used to meet with Mamoru (chapter 22). Later on, Mamoru cut off his left arm (chapter 74). After the incident, Komura took over Edge's position. He currently hospitalized (chapter 100 and after). Gene gave him the prosthetic arm that was stolen (chapter 100).
With artificial left arm and right leg and what supposed to be Aegis’s new right arm, Edge is able to fight Aegis and Genda while standing up (chapter 151) but was ultimately defeated and captured (chapter 153). Mamoru uses the captured Edge to start an internal dispute within Duhana and against Zashid for what Edge did to Haruka (chapter 176). He is “rescued” by Gido in chapter 197 where Edge got new limbs in Dante 313 (chapter 199, chapter 206).
He is one of Zashid’s sons and one of the four sons to become his successor (chapter 176). He controls the southern part of Duhana.

Fang (牙(ファング), Fangu)

He is one of Zashid’s sons and an assassin hired by Edge. He has a strong interest in Mamoru. He uses portable, computerized mini helicopters armed with turrets to fight Mamoru. However, Igawa sees through it and was able to find him. It is later revealed that he is Edge's half-brother. He is killed by acquaintances in the end, as per his wishes, escaping his nightmares of being killed by Mamoru or other assassins (chapter 42).

Taos Turus

He is one of Zashid’s sons and one of the four sons to become his successor (chapter 176). He controls the northern part of Duhana. He is captured by UDDUP (chapter 180) but is rescued by Misalt (chapter 204).

Gido Turus

He is one of Zashid’s sons and one of the four sons to become his successor (chapter 176). He controls the western part of Duhana. He wears an eyepatch on his left eye (chapter 191). He doesn’t fear Zashid. He is the Minister of Defense (chapter 196).

Jill

Zashid’s fifth wife and chief physician in the Court (chapter 204).

White Unit

Misalt Turus

He is one of Zashid’s sons and one of the four sons to become his successor (chapter 176). He controls the eastern part of Duhana. The unit he commands, the White Unit, the similar to the Black Unit of the Duhana state (chapter 185). He is in charge of their intelligence agency (chapter 186). He is defeated by Mamoru in chapter 199.

Duhana Semi-State

Gene Turus

He is Edge's younger "brother" and works for Plunder. He is from the Duhana semi-state and is the leader of its special forces, particularly the "Trump" group, which consists of seven members. He was the one responsible for stealing Aegis's arm as a gift for Edge (chapter 100). He was trained by Zelm (chapter 145). He wears a headset connected to a PDA. He is one of Zashid’s sons (chapter 176).

Trump (The Black Unit)

Zelm

He is one of the members of "Trump". He is known as “Death Instructor Zelm”. Whether as a soldier or as an instructor, he’s the best. He has a talent for devising new methods of murder. All of Trump’s soldiers are his students. He uses a cane that fires needle shaped objects at a speed of 40 meters per second. The range is about 4 meters. He knew Tiger back in the day and respected her (chapter 144). Since Mamoru cuts off his left arm in chapter 143, he let the others capture him (chapter 148).

Sidabra

He is the sniper of "Trump".

Dega

He is one of the members of "Trump". He is using two balls made of special high-tech material during his fight with Jesus (chapter 121).

Wau

He is one of the members of "Trump". He fights with hardened ceramic knuckles (chapter 121).

N'Sinh

He is one of the members of "Trump". He fights with nearly invisible boomerangs (chapter 125). He got severely injured by Yijian in chapter 125.

Gara

He is very tall member of "Trump". He uses chemicals, one which creates hard foam on contact while the other freezes the foam into ice. Both of them combined create a MDS (Mobility Denial System) weapon. The gel is a non-lethal weapon, originally conceived to stop vehicles, creating an adhesion coefficient of the ice (chapter 132). He got his right arm broken by Mamoru (chapter 133).

Tebor

He is one of the members of "Trump". He uses a Geometric Optics cloak to be invisible (chapter 118). Kaeser figured out that he is not one person but two invisible people (chapter 146-147). Tebor is the female while Teboul is the male.

24

Kaeser

He is the operating unit Night Gaunts. He is presumably the platoon leader of 24. He is the sniper with the alias Jouji Kaieda at the school Jesus works at.

Ragi

She is one of the members of 24. She is the sniper with the alias Naomi Ragi at the school Jesus works at.

Ash

She is one of the members of 24. She is the sniper with the alias Ashford Manami at the school Jesus works at. She is the disciple of a woman name Tiger.

Yijian Liu

He is one of the members of 24. He is the assassin with the alias Kensuke Itou at the school Jesus works at. He is the head of the Chinese mafia “Dragon Gate”, even recognized as the organization’s top assassin.

Others

Mister Wiseman

To the general public, he is Thomas Jefferson (トーマス・ジェファーソン, Tōmasu Jefāson), a former college professor and expert on crime, but he is actually a renowned and respected criminal in disguise. He is known as Mr. Wiseman, the man who taught Edge (chapter 44).
His financial power is best described as frightening as he looks down on the 100 million dollar bounty, calling it "mundane".

Komura (古村, Komura)

The Kakuhōkai Yakuza clan's waka gashira, an overseer and the second in command. He was present during Mamoru's raid of the Kakuhōkai's Tokyo branch and vowed to take revenge on the swordsman down ever since. He was allied with Edge Turus and Mister Wiseman and replaced Edge's position. He sometimes goes by the name "Professor". Even though he uses handguns, he is still accurate with a sniper rifle (chapter 197).
In recent chapters, he was found by Mamoru and nearly killed, but Aegis was hired by Daiba Tatsumi to prevent Mamoru from killing him. After Aegis told him to go to jail or both of them would be after him, he turned himself in for illegally possessing a gun (chapter 92-169).

Orion

A black market organ seller in Chechnya from 3 years ago before Mamoru lost his sight. He harvests organs from poor children. He thinks the Element Network is a fairy tale. He was captured by Jesus in chapter 109.

Antagonists

The Republic of Galboa

Edge Turus (エジー・トゥルス, Ejī Turusu)

Galboan ambassador to Japan. Had plans to kidnap Haruka due to her precognitive abilities as well as the EX-SOLID biochip. Was disabled by Mamoru when he sliced his right arm after Alpha led 'The Wall' commandos to storm a freighter he used to meet with Mamoru (chapter 22). Later on, Mamoru cut off his left arm (chapter 74). After the incident, Komura took over Edge's position. He currently hospitalized (chapter 100 and after). Gene gave him the prosthetic arm that was stolen (chapter 100).

Fang (牙(ファング), Fangu)

An assassin hired by Edge. He has a strong interest in Mamoru. He uses portable, computerized mini helicopters armed with turrets to fight Mamoru. However, Igawa sees through it and was able to find him. It is later revealed that he is Edge's half-brother. He is killed by acquaintances in the end, as per his wishes, escaping his nightmares of being killed by Mamoru or other assassins (chapter 42).

Duhana Semi-State

Gene

He is Edge's younger "brother" and works for Plunder. He is from the Duhana semi-state and is the leader of its special forces, particularly the "Trump" group, which consists of seven members. He was the one responsible for stealing Aegis's arm as a gift for Edge (chapter 100). He wears a headset connected to a PDA.

Trump (The Black Unit)

Zelm

He is one of the members of "Trump". He is known as “Death Instructor Zelm”. Whether as a soldier or as an instructor, he’s the best. He has a talent for devising new methods of murder. All of Trump’s soldiers are his students.

Sidabra

He is the sniper of "Trump".

Dega

He is one of the members of "Trump". He is using a ball made of special high-tech material during his fight with Jesus (chapter 121).

Wau

He is one of the members of "Trump". He fights with hardened ceramic knuckles (chapter 121).

N'Sinh

He is one of the members of "Trump". He fights with nearly invisible boomerangs (chapter 125).

Gara

He is very tall member of "Trump". He uses chemicals, one which creates hard foam on contact while the other freezes the foam into ice. Both of them combined create a MDS (Mobility Denial System) weapon. The gel is a non-lethal weapon, originally conceived to stop vehicles, creating an adhesion coefficient of the ice (chapter 132).

Tebor

He is one of the members of "Trump". He uses a Geometric Optics cloak to be invisible (chapter 118).

24

Kaiser

He is the operating unit Night Gaunts. He is presumably the platoon leader of 24. He is the sniper with the alias Jouji Kaieda at the school Jesus works at.

Ragi

She is one of the members of 24. She is the sniper with the alias Naomi Ragi at the school Jesus works at.

Ash

She is one of the members of 24. She is the sniper with the alias Ashford Manami at the school Jesus works at. She is the disciple of a woman name Tiger.

Yijian Liu

He is one of the members of 24. He is the assassin with the alias Kensuke Itou at the school Jesus works at. He is the head of the Chinese mafia “Dragon Gate”, even recognized as the organization’s top assassin.

Others

Mister Wiseman

To the general public, he is Thomas Jefferson (トーマス・ジェファーソン, Tōmasu Jefāson), a former college professor and expert on crime, but he is actually a renowned and respected criminal in disguise. He is known as Mr. Wiseman, the man who taught Edge (chapter 44).
His financial power is best described as frightening as he looks down on the 100 million dollar bounty, calling it "mundane".

Komura (古村, Komura)

The Kakuhōkai Yakuza clan's waka gashira, an overseer and the second in command. He was present during Mamoru's raid of the Kakuhōkai's Tokyo branch and vowed to take revenge on the swordsman down ever since. He was allied with Edge Turus and Mister Wiseman and replaced Edge's position. He sometimes goes by the name "Professor".
In recent chapters, he was found by Mamoru and nearly killed, but Aegis was hired by Daiba Tatsumi to prevent Mamoru from killing him. After Aegis told him to go to jail or both of them would be after him, he turned himself in for illegally possessing a gun (chapter 92).

Orion

A black market organ seller in Chechnya from 3 years ago before Mamoru lost his sight. He harvests organs from poor children. He thinks the Element Network is a fairy tale. He was captured by Jesus in chapter 109.

Antagonists

The Republic of Galboa

Edge Turus (エジー・トゥルス, Ejī Turusu)

Galboan ambassador to Japan. Had plans to kidnap Haruka due to her precognitive abilities as well as the EX-SOLID biochip. Was disabled by Mamoru when he sliced his right arm after Alpha led 'The Wall' commandos to storm a freighter he used to meet with Mamoru (chapter 22). Later on, Mamoru cut off his left arm (chapter 74). After the incident, Komura took over Edge's position. He currently hospitalized (chapter 100 and after). Gene gave him the prosthetic arm that was stolen (chapter 100).

Fang (牙(ファング), Fangu)

An assassin hired by Edge. He has a strong interest in Mamoru. He uses portable, computerized mini helicopters armed with turrets to fight Mamoru. However, Igawa sees through it and was able to find him. It is later revealed that he is Edge's half-brother. He is killed by acquaintances in the end, as per his wishes, escaping his nightmares of being killed by Mamoru or other assassins (chapter 42).

Duhana Semi-State

Gene

He is Edge's younger "brother" and works for Plunder. He is from the Duhana semi-state and is the leader of its special forces, particularly the "Trump" group, which consists of seven members. He was the one responsible for stealing Aegis's arm as a gift for Edge (chapter 100). He wears a headset connected to a PDA.

Trump (The Black Unit)

Zelm

He is one of the members of "Trump".

Sidabra

He is the sniper of "Trump".

Dega

He is one of the members of "Trump". He is using a ball made of special high-tech material during his fight with Jesus.

Wau

He is one of the members of "Trump". He fights with hardened ceramic knuckles.

N'Sinh

He is one of the members of "Trump". He fights with nearly invisible boomerangs.

Gara

He is one of the members of "Trump".

Tebor

He is one of the members of "Trump". He uses a Geometric Optics cloak to be invisible.

Others

Mister Wiseman

To the general public, he is Thomas Jefferson (トーマス・ジェファーソン, Tōmasu Jefāson), a former college professor and expert on crime, but he is actually a renowned and respected criminal in disguise. He is known as Mr. Wiseman, the man who taught Edge (chapter 44).
His financial power is best described as frightening as he looks down on the 100 million dollar bounty, calling it "mundane".

Komura (古村, Komura)

The Kakuhōkai Yakuza clan's waka gashira, an overseer and the second in command. He was present during Mamoru's raid of the Kakuhōkai's Tokyo branch and vowed to take revenge on the swordsman down ever since. He was allied with Edge Turus and Mister Wiseman and replaced Edge's position. He sometimes goes by the name "Professor".
In recent chapters, he was found by Mamoru and nearly killed, but Aegis was hired by Daiba Tatsumi to prevent Mamoru from killing him. After Aegis told him to go to jail or both of them would be after him, he turned himself in for illegally possessing a gun (chapter 92).

Orion

A black market organ seller in Chechnya from 3 years ago before Mamoru lost his sight. He harvests organs from poor children. He thinks the Element Network is a fairy tale. He was captured by Jesus in chapter 109.

Organizations

Element Network (エレメンツ・ネットワーク, Erementsu Nettowāku): A covert vigilante group formed by crime victims and their families who exchange information and mobilize to intervene directly to "hunt criminals". Information exchange, evaluation and monitoring of actual mobilization, and all other organizational activities can be done anonymously via the Internet, although willing parties may work directly with other members in curbing crime. Since the purpose of the organization is to prevent crime, the killing of criminals is prohibited. However, it seems that the organization has plans of hiring criminals to deal with other criminals. Currently, the organization is only scarcely discussed about in some online communities.

Blade (ブレード, Burēdo): A team consisting of Mamoru and Igawa that deals with large-scale city crimes. However, since Mamoru's usually the only one fighting at the scene, the term Blade is more often used as Mamoru's codename.

The Wall (THE WALL(ザ・ウォール), Za Uōru): An international anti-crime unit led by Alpha. Its members are codenamed according to the Phonetic Alphabet. Owing to EN policy as to avoid killing criminals unless in dire situations, Wall commandos use non-lethal weapons and techniques to apprehend criminals instead of killing them.

Plunder (強奪者(プランダー), Purandā): Codename of an unknown terrorist(s) responsible for stealing intellectual properties from various corporations. He was the one that stole the new artificial arm that was made for Aegis.

TPC: An organ harvesting organization that was active in Chechnya led by Orion. Under it is a mercenary force called Canes Venatici.

Canes Venatici: An elite mercenary force operating under Orion and Luna's command; they are known to be proficient with knives and using small arms with guerrilla tactics. Mamoru first encounters them in Chechnya when his squad was nearly wiped out. The group also uses enhanced soldiers via body modifications. The name means "Hunting Dogs" in Latin.

Publication

Until Death Do Us Part has been published in Japan with 24 volumes by Square Enix^[4] after it was initially serialized on Young Gangan's December 2005 issue.^[2] In France and in French-speaking countries and territories, it is being published by Editions Ki-oon under the title Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare^[5] with its 1st volume published on March 27, 2008.^[6] In South Korea, it is published under Haksan.^[7] It is published in Taiwan under Tong Li.^[8] It is published in Hong Kong by Jade Dynasty.^[9] It is published in Indonesia by Elex Media.^[10] It is published in Italy by J-Pop.^[11] It has been licensed for English language release by Yen Press,^[12] who released the series in a 2-in-1 omnibus format.^[13]

Volume list

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	December 24, 2005^[14]	ISBN 978-4-7575-1594-9	May 29, 2012^[15]	ISBN 9780316213905
2	June 24, 2006^[16]	ISBN 978-4-7575-1685-4	May 29, 2012^[15]	ISBN 9780316213905
3	October 25, 2006^[17]	ISBN 978-4-7575-1802-5	September 25, 2012^[18]	ISBN 9780316217088
4	February 23, 2007^[19]	ISBN 978-4-7575-1836-0	September 25, 2012^[18]	ISBN 9780316217088
5	June 25, 2007^[20]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2030-1	February 26, 2013^[21]	ISBN 9780316217101
6	October 25, 2007^[22]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2150-6	February 26, 2013^[21]	ISBN 9780316217101
7	May 24, 2008^[23]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2280-0	July 23, 2013^[24]	ISBN 9780316224284
8	November 25, 2008^[25]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2431-6	July 23, 2013^[24]	ISBN 9780316224284
9	March 25, 2009^[26]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2686-0	December 17, 2013^[27]	ISBN 9780316224291
10	September 25, 2009^[28]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2684-6	December 17, 2013^[27]	ISBN 9780316224291
11	February 27, 2010^[29]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2810-9	May 27, 2014^[30]	ISBN 9780316224307
12	June 25, 2010^[31]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2912-0	May 27, 2014^[30]	ISBN 9780316224307
13	November 25, 2010^[32]	ISBN 978-4-7575-3036-2	September 23, 2014^[33]	ISBN 9780316224314
14	March 25, 2011^[34]	ISBN 978-4-7575-3172-7	September 23, 2014^[33]	ISBN 9780316224314
15	July 25, 2011^[35]	ISBN 978-4-7575-3296-0	January 20, 2015^[36]	ISBN 9780316259347
16	January 25, 2012^[37]	ISBN 978-4-7575-3485-8	January 20, 2015^[36]	ISBN 9780316259347
17	April 25, 2012^[38]	ISBN 978-4-7575-3573-2	May 19, 2015^[39]	ISBN 9780316340212
18	September 25, 2012^[40]	ISBN 978-4-7575-3739-2	May 19, 2015^[39]	ISBN 9780316340212
19	January 25, 2013^[41]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2018-9	September 22, 2015^[42]	ISBN 9780316340229
20	May 25, 2013^[43]	ISBN 978-4-7575-3975-4	September 22, 2015^[42]	ISBN 9780316340229
21	September 25, 2013^[44]	ISBN 978-4-7575-4082-8	January 26, 2016^[45]	ISBN 9780316340236
22	January 25, 2014^[46]	ISBN 978-4-7575-4210-5	January 26, 2016^[45]	ISBN 9780316340236
23	June 25, 2014^[47]	ISBN 978-4-7575-4341-6	May 24, 2016^[48]	ISBN 9780316272162
24	November 25, 2014^[49]	ISBN 978-4-7575-4477-2	May 24, 2016^[48]	ISBN 9780316272162
25	July 25, 2015^[50]	ISBN 978-4-7575-4622-6	—	—

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1 2 "No.23【2009.12.4号】" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
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↑ "Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare, Volume 1" (in French). Editions Ki-oon. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
↑ 죽음이 두 사람을 갈라놓을 때까지 (in Korean). Haksan. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
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↑ 直至死亡將我們分開 (in Chinese). Jade Dynasty. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
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↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで (3) (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 7巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 8巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 9巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 11巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 12巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 13巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 7". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 14巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 15巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 17巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 18巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 19巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 10". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 20巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 21巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 11". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 22巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 23巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
1 2 "Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 12". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 24巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
↑ 死がふたりを分かつまで 25巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

External links

Until Death Do Us Part (manga) (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Young Gangan "Until Death Do Us Part" Introduction Page (Japanese)
Hiroshi Takashige's Reading Samples Page (Japanese)

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