▁food . ▁Unfortunately , ▁clos eness ▁can ▁sometimes ▁bre ed ▁feelings ▁of ▁affection , ▁which ▁K ō s aku ▁begins ▁to ▁develop . ▁Even ▁worse , ▁Sister ▁Ang ela ▁real izes ▁she ▁is ▁beginning ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁same ▁problems ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Media ▁ ▁M anga ▁ ▁Writ ten ▁and ▁illustrated ▁by ▁Rum iko ▁Tak ah ashi , ▁chap ters ▁of ▁One - p ound ▁G ospel ▁were ▁sp or ad ically ▁published ▁in ▁Week ly ▁Young ▁Sunday ▁between ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁The ▁chap ters ▁were ▁collected ▁and ▁published ▁into ▁four ▁tank ō bon ▁volumes ▁by ▁Sh og ak uk an ▁from ▁July ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁to ▁March ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁It ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁North ▁America ▁by ▁V iz ▁Media , ▁adapted ▁into ▁English ▁by ▁Ger ard ▁Jones , ▁with ▁some ▁chap ters ▁serial ized ▁in ▁An imer ica ▁. ▁It ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁both ▁a ▁month ly ▁com ic ▁book ▁format ▁and ▁as ▁three ▁volumes ▁mirror ing ▁the ▁Japanese ▁tank ō bon ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁The ▁volumes ▁were ▁re - pub lished ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁to ▁include ▁the ▁final ▁fourth ▁volume . ▁ ▁Volume ▁list ▁ ▁Other ▁media ▁One - p ound ▁G ospel ▁was ▁adapted ▁into ▁a ▁single ▁ 5 5 ▁minute ▁an ime ▁original ▁video ▁animation ▁by ▁Studio ▁Gal lop . ▁Direct ed ▁by