title: Tengai Retrogical
text: # Tengai Retrogical
  
  Tengai Retrogical (Japanese: 天外レトロジカル, Hepburn: Tengai Retorojikaru, subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crisis") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Rin Asano. The manga was licensed in the US by ADV Manga. As of March 2007, Mag Garden has released 7 bound volumes of the manga.
  
  ## Volume listing
  
  | No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | November 9, 2002 | 978-4-90-192617-1 | December 14, 2004 | 978-1-41-390208-2 |
  | 2 | March 10, 2003 | 978-4-90-192649-2 | May 10, 2005 | — |
  | 3 | January 10, 2004 | 978-4-86-127007-9 | — | — |
  | 4 | November 10, 2004 | 978-4-86-127089-5 | — | — |
  | 5 | December 10, 2005 | 978-4-86-127221-9 | — | — |
  | 6 | September 9, 2006 | 978-4-86-127309-4 | — | — |
  | 7 | March 10, 2007 | 978-4-86-127382-7 | — | — |
  
  ## Reception
  
  Mania.com's Mike Dungan described the manga as "a very enjoyable story that is equal parts action, horror, fantasy, science fiction, historical drama, and comedy." He commended the manga's characterisation, stating there was an "air of confidence in both the art and the storytelling".
  
  