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CREATOR

Name: VIZ Media (Japanese comics corporation based in the USA).
Personal dates: Founded 1986 in California by Japanese born Seiji Horibuchi. Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under VIZ in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation publishes Manga stories and uses a variety of logos; the one to the left is one of many.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 2010. Ongoing.

Due to a traumatic experience in his childhood Utsuho Azako has decided to lead a life of lighthearted mischief and deception. He travels through Japan with a number of companions, but eventually Azako sees that he can also help people in need using his lying streak. A few of the most often recurring characters are Neya Muito, Hikae Nibyou, Pochi, Uzume, Koshiro Yakuma, and Iwashi Yashima.
The series' title is a special Japanese term for a successful and artful thief and swindler.