Marginal Operation
Edit
What would you like to edit?
 

Marginal Operation
Add to My List

Alternative Titles

Japanese: マージナル・オペレーション
English: Marginal Operation
More titles

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 16
Chapters: 88
Status: Finished
Published: May 25, 2013 to Jan 25, 2021
Genre: Action Action
Theme: Military Military
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Afternoon
Authors: Shibamura, Yuri (Story), Kimura, Daisuke (Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.461 (scored by 13881,388 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #32122
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #4204
Members: 5,256
Favorites: 42

Available At

Official Site

Resources

icon
Wikipedia
Top
  >  
Manga
  >  
Marginal Operation
7.46
Ranked #3212Popularity #4204Members 5,256
MangaAfternoonShibamura, Yuri (Story), Kimura, Daisuke (Art)
Add to My List
Volumes: /16
Chapters: /88

Edit
Synopsis

Our hero Ryouta Arata is an otaku who's just lost his job after the dissolution of his company. Unwilling to return to his old NEET ways, he applies online to a private military security company, thinking the benefits to be promising. After what appears to be a baffling test, he's assigned to be an "operator of operators" and begins his training in a foreign country.

Little does he know, the life of a private mercenary is far more grueling than he could have ever imagined!

(Source: J-Novel Club)

Edit
Background

Marginal Operation was published digitally in English by J-Novel Club from October 2, 2019 to January 4, 2023, and in print from December 3, 2019 to December 12, 2023. The series was also published digitally through K Manga.
Edit
Alternative Version:

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Watch "ConBiz!" ー a new Japanese business entertainment program
Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast - Trivia Giveaway
Weiß Schwarz Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Trivia Giveaway Underway!

More characters
Characters

Arata, Ryouta
Arata, Ryouta
Main
Jibril
Jibril
Main

Reviews

Write review
2 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
1 Not Recommended
All reviews (4)
Nov 22, 2023
darkpixelftw
Recommended
Trigger Warning
Graphic Depiction of Rape, graphic violence (including against children), sexualisation of children, “romance” between child and adult

TL:DR
Gritty and realistic military-focused manga with a plot that will have you binge reading to the final chapter, a real page turner. Great protagonist and interesting side characters, but their potential is wasted and the author can't write women. Despite that, I fully recommend this manga, If you can get past the laundry list of TWs above.

Story: 8/10
The description actually undersells how interesting the premise of the manga actually is. The manga primarily focuses on Arata and his band of mercenaries almost exclusively composed of children. If that ...
Read more
Open
Gift
Report
Jan 8, 2023
SpearShake
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (25/88 eps)
Reading this manga is almost like watching the news. In a country you've never heard of, women are kidnapped and sold. Children are trained to shoot guns and kill. And foreign people are fighting for financial gain. "The events recorded in this manga are based off of the state of the world in the time it was written."

Story: The protagonist works as a consultant at a mercenary company. He gives orders, and the fighters obey them. Honestly I thought it was gonna be boring. Because it's the real world, and in our time. But this story does a surprisingly good job by taking things ...
Read more
Open
Gift
Report
Aug 5, 2023
Beatnik
Not Recommended
This is a profoundly disappointing manga, exhibiting the worst traits of the medium, namely the sexual 'male gaze' of children, a nauseating relationship between a young teen and an adult double her age, and depiction of women as simple-minded folk obsessed with getting into the protagonist's pants.

It's disappointing because the manga's premise is bold and its themes highly compelling, exploring the suffering and injustice of children during wartime, and the predicament the protagonist finds himself in. Using children as soldiers is obscene, and yet the protagonist believes the alternative for them is even worse (prostitution, death, etc). Their justification is to somehow make enough money ...
Read more
Open
Gift
Report

More stacks

Interest Stacks
Killer Gap
by hidarslan
15 Entries · 25 Restacks
Assassins and martials arts [Part 5]
by SoloSoso
42 Entries · 4 Restacks
Girls With Guns 2
by MainBattleTanks
21 Entries · 15 Restacks

More recommendations
Recommendations


More news
Recent News

North American Anime & Manga Releases for June

North American Anime & Manga Releases for June

Here are the North American anime, manga, and light novel releases for June Week 1: June 1 - 7 Anime Releases Appare-Ranman! Blu-ray Black Clover Season 3 Part 4 Blu...read more

Jun 1, 2021 1:15 AM by ImperfectBlue | Discuss (13 comments)

North American Anime & Manga Releases for March

North American Anime & Manga Releases for March

Here are the North American anime & manga releases for March Week 1: March 3 - 9 Anime Releases Aria The Animation Complete Collection Blu-ray Black Clover Seaso...read more

Mar 2, 2020 1:33 PM by Sakana-san | Discuss (4 comments)


More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

is it true this manga changed genres or went to shit?
Neostorm-X - Oct 1, 2021		 4 repliesby Neostorm_Y »»
Aug 12, 2024 5:28 AM
Poll: Marginal Operation Chapter 88 Discussion
Juicyfruit_se - Feb 11, 2023		 3 repliesby Beatnik »»
Aug 5, 2023 7:31 AM
Poll: Marginal Operation Chapter 62 Discussion
Beatnik - Aug 3, 2023		 0 repliesby Beatnik »»
Aug 3, 2023 5:08 AM
Poll: Marginal Operation Chapter 50 Discussion
Beatnik - Jul 31, 2023		 0 repliesby Beatnik »»
Jul 31, 2023 6:56 AM
Poll: Marginal Operation Chapter 18 Discussion
Stark700 - Aug 8, 2017		 0 repliesby Stark700 »»
Aug 8, 2017 8:21 PM

MoreTop Anime

  1. 1 Sousou no Frieren
  2. 2 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
  3. 3 One Piece Fan Letter
  4. 4 Steins;Gate
  5. 5 Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2

MoreTop Airing Anime

  1. 1 Ore dake Level Up na Ken Season 2: Arise from the Shadow
  2. 2 Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 2nd Season
  3. 3 One Piece
  4. 4 Shiguang Dailiren: Yingdu Pian
  5. 5 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season

MoreMost Popular Characters

  1. 1 Lamperouge, Lelouch
  2. 2 Levi
  3. 3 Monkey D., Luffy
  4. 4 Lawliet, L
  5. 5 Roronoa, Zoro