Aozakura

Aozakura
First tankōbon volume cover
あおざくら 防衛大学校物語
GenreComing-of-age
Manga
Written byHikaru Nikaidō
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 27, 2016 – present
Volumes36
Television drama
Directed byKatsuri Hirabayashi
Written by
  • Erika Yoshida
  • Takeshi Miyamoto
Original networkMBS
Original run October 31, 2019 November 28, 2019
Episodes5

Aozakura: Bōei Daigakukō Monogatari (あおざくら 防衛大学校物語; lit.'Aozakura: The Story of National Defense Academy') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hikaru Nikaidō. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since April 2016, with its chapters collected in 36 tankōbon volumes as of April 2025. It was adapted into a five-episode Japanese television drama broadcast on MBS from October to November 2019.