Summary
- Kagurabachi's rapid rise to success has led to it receiving a physical release in Fall 2024.
- The relatively short gap between the Japanese and English releases of Kagurabachi is among the shortest of any Weekly Shonen Jump manga.
- Kagurabachi's unique premise and well-crafted storytelling have propelled it to become one of the best new series in recent years.
Kagurabachi’s brief history in Weekly Shonen Jump has been wild. The manga was mocked even before its debut for its cliché and edgy premise, and while the first few chapters exacerbated that idea, it quickly found its footing and is generally seen as one of the best new manga to debut in Weekly Shonen Jump in the past few years.
Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi is an astounding success, and that’s showing even more with the most recent news surrounding it. In a recent tweet from Viz Media, it was announced that Kagurabachi would be receiving a physical release in the fall of 2024, less than a year after volume #1's publication in Japan.
That's an incredibly fast rate for a Shonen Jump manga to receive a physical English release, especially compared to other manga, and the fact that it’s happening at all shows just how popular Kagurabachi has become in such a short amount of time.
Kagurabachi's Physical Release Is Incredibly Fast For Shonen Jump Standards
Kagurabachi is created by Takeru Hokazono
Kagurabachi getting a physical release in English is great on its own, but what makes it especially great is how it compares to the physical releases of other Shonen Jump manga. With Kagurabachi volume #1 simply having a fall 2024 release window for now, that means there will likely be a seven to nine-month gap between the English and Japanese releases. That's incredibly significant because most Shonen Jump manga don’t receive physical releases in English until a year after the Japanese release, so Kagurabachi being released as quickly as it is truly shows how quickly it's become a hit.
Kagurabachi's release calendar is even great when viewing the wider history of Shonen Jump manga. Two of the only Shonen Jump manga to get faster English physical releases are Kohei Horikoshi's Barrage and Masashi Kishimoto's Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru, both being released five months after their Japanese releases, but the former was done to tie into Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha and the latter had the same creator as Naruto. By comparison, Kagurabachi's quick release came without any promotion or prior success from the author, so it stands out far more than even the manga is being released faster.
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Kagurabachi's quick physical release is a testament to its popularity in Shonen Jump, and it's easy to see why that is. While its popularity initially stemmed from memes people made about its story, Kagurabachi's interesting character writing and stellar fight choreography all served to make it worth reading beyond the memes, and that's made it a big hit both in and out of Japan. If Kagurabachi maintains this level of quality, it could easily become one of Weekly Shonen Jump's biggest manga in years, and the quickness of its English physical release is sure to help move that process right along.
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