# Yu Yagami

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**Yu Yagami** (矢上 裕, **Yagami Yū**, born July 11, 1969 in [Amagasaki](/source/Amagasaki), [Hyōgo Prefecture](/source/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture), [Japan](/source/Japan)[1]) is a Japanese [manga artist](/source/Mangaka). He is best known for the [manga](/source/Manga) *[Those Who Hunt Elves](/source/Those_Who_Hunt_Elves)*, which was adapted as an [anime](/source/Anime) series. His works *Those Who Hunt Elves*, *[Dokkoida?!](/source/Dokkoida%3F!)*, *[Go West!](/source/Go_West!)*, and *[Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify](/source/Hikkatsu!_Strike_a_Blow_to_Vivify)* have been licensed in English.

Yagami's works are predominantly [comedy](/source/Comedy) [shōnen](/source/Sh%C5%8Dnen) manga with [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction) or [high fantasy](/source/High_fantasy) settings—for example, *Dokkoida?!* is a [superhero](/source/Superhero) parody series and *Go West!* a [western](/source/Western_(genre)) parody.[2] Many feature protagonists that use [martial arts](/source/Martial_arts), usually some form of [karate](/source/Karate), such as Junpei in *Those Who Hunt Elves* and Shota in *Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify*). Yagami himself is a karate aficionado, and is a member of the [Kendokai Karate-do](/source/Kendokai_Karate-do).[1] Most of his works are published by [MediaWorks](/source/MediaWorks_(publisher)) and serialized in their *[Dengeki Comic Gao!](/source/Dengeki_Comic_Gao!)* magazine.

## Works

### Manga

Title Serialized in Volumes Years Notes Those Who Hunt Elves (Erufu wo karu mono-tachi) Dengeki Comic Gao! 21 1994–2002 Adapted as an anime by Group TAC. Published in English by ADV Manga. Concerning That Adventurer Kiken (Sono bōkensha Kiken ni tsuki) Dengeki Comic Gao! 1 1997 Short story collection Yagamiland Daily Special (Higawari Yagami-rando) Dengeki Comic Gao! 1 1998 Short story collection Dokkoida?! (Sumeba miyako no kosumosu-sō · suttoko taisen dokkoidā) Dengeki AniMaga (2000–2001) Dengeki Comic Gao! (2001–2004) 4 2000–2004 Written by Taro Achi, adapting the light novels. Adapted as an anime by Ufotable. Published in English by CMX.[2] Go West! Dengeki Comic Gao! 4 2002–2004 Published in English by CMX.[2] Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify (Hikkatsu!) Dengeki Comic Gao! 3 2005–2006 Published in English by Go! Comi. Red Lightning (Akai inazuma) Weekly Shōnen Champion 2007 Short run Those Who Hunt Elves Returns (Erufu wo karu mono-tachi ritānzu) Dengeki Comic Gao! 1 2007–2008 Those Who Chase the Butterfly (Ageha o Ou Monotachi) Young Ace (Kadokawa Shoten) 4 2009- Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Mubō-hen (Majutsushi Ōfen Mubō-hen) 2018 Adaptation of the novels written by Yoshinobu Akita.[3]

### Illustrations

Yagami did the illustrations for *[Dokkoida?!](/source/Dokkoida%3F!)* (住めば都のコスモス荘・すっとこ大戦ドッコイダー, *Sumeba miyako no kosumosu-sō · suttoko taisen dokkoidā*), a series of six light novels by [Taro Achi](/source/Taro_Achi) published by [MediaWorks](/source/MediaWorks_(publisher)) in the [Dengeki Bunko](/source/Dengeki_Bunko) imprint between 1999 and 2003.

## Style

Yagami's work in *Those Who Hunt Elves* is featured prominently in Volume 2 of the popular manga drawing instructional series *[How to Draw Manga](/source/How_to_Draw_Manga)*, “Compiling Techniques”. Several frames from the manga are held up as examples of good use of [screentones](/source/Screentone).[4]

## References

1. ["Go! Comi - Hikkatsu - Creator Bio"](http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=creator_bio&s_id=22). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090907171414/http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=creator_bio&s_id=22) September 7, 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-11-20.

1. ["CMX Adds 2 Yagami Manga, Confirms First 2 Flex Titles"](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-19/cmx-adds-2-yagami-manga-confirms-first-2-flex-titles). [Anime News Network](/source/Anime_News_Network). 2007-09-19. Retrieved 2008-09-30.

1. ["Those Who Hunt Elves' Yu Yagami Launches Manga of Orphen's Comedy Spinoff Novels"](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-14/those-who-hunt-elves-yu-yagami-launches-manga-of-orphen-comedy-spinoff-novels/.135460). *Anime News Network*. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

1. [*Compiling Techniques*](https://archive.org/details/howtodrawmangavo02soci/page/7). Vol. 2. [How to Draw Manga](/source/How_to_Draw_Manga). 2000. pp. [7, 77, 94–95](https://archive.org/details/howtodrawmangavo02soci/page/7). ISBN 4-88996-044-9.

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