VIZ Media announced on Wednesday that the Kagurabachi manga will be released in print in English starting fall 2024. The ongoing manga currently has 23 chapters with new chapters released every Sunday on the app. Official Shonen Jump and Manga Plus app.
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Kagurabachi is a battle-shounen manga written and illustrated by Takeru Hokazono that began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump on September 19, 2023. It received unprecedented hype upon its launch and now fans are picking up copies of the series in bookstores in Japan to find out. so much so that the official account had to release a statement asking fans to be patient with the reprint of the first volume, which finally came out on February 27, 2024.
Since its debut, Kagurabachi has received a cover and six color pages, most recently in the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump for chapter 23, and a blurb from My Hero Academia author Kohei Horikoshi. Fans can check out the recent coloring page below:
Background by Takeru Hokazono
Hokazono’s success has been quietly building in recent years. In 2020, the author won the 100th Tezuka Manga Award for their one-shot Enten, which was later published in Jump GIGA in spring 2021 along with their other one-shots Farewell! Cherry boy! and then CHAIN during the summer.
Hokazono later published a new one-shot titled Madogiwa de Amu in Weekly Shonen Jump #19 in April 2022 and another, more popular one-shot titled Roku no Meiyaku in Weekly Shonen Jump #35 -36. Now, nearly two years later, Hokazono’s hard work has paid off as Kagurabachi makes his grand debut!
Kagurabachi summary via MANGA Plus: Young Chihiro spends his days practicing under the guidance of his famous swordsmith father. One day he hopes to become a great swordsmith. The silly father and the serious son – they thought these days would last forever. But suddenly, tragedy struck. A dark and bloody day. Chihiro and his blade now live only for revenge. Epic fencing action!
According to VIZ Media, the English print version of the Kagurabachi manga will be released in fall 2024.
Source: Official X (formerly Twitter), VIZ MediaKAGURABACHI © Takeru Hokazono/SHUEISHA Inc.
