Choujin X

Choujin X
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Tokio Kurohara
超人X
(Chōjin Ekkusu)
Genre
Manga
Written bySui Ishida
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
Magazine
  • Tonari no Young Jump
  • Weekly Young Jump (October 14, 2021 – February 4, 2022)
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 10, 2021 – present
Volumes10

Choujin X (Japanese: 超人X, Hepburn: Chōjin Ekkusu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It has been irregularly serialized on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website since May 2021 and in Weekly Young Jump from October 2021 to February 2022.

Synopsis

Azuma Higashi (東 アズマ, Higashi Azuma) has great fighting skills as well as a strong sense of justice, and also always gets good grades in his class. His friend Tokio Kurohara (黒原 トキオ, Kurohara Tokio) is the complete opposite of Azuma: he does not listen in class, and is a bystander when Azuma fights. Different as they might be, their bond is very strong nevertheless. They live in Yamato Prefecture, where the district has almost been destroyed by Choujin, humans with supernatural abilities. When the two are returning home, they encounter a Choujin who threatens to kill them. With no other way of escaping, the two decided to become Choujin themselves. The story centers around their adventures and struggles as they try to navigate the chaotic and often dangerous life of a Choujin.

Publication

Choujin X, written and illustrated by Sui Ishida, was first announced in November 2020.[3] With an irregular serialization, with chapters released according to Ishida's own schedule,[4][1] Choujin X began serialization on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website on May 10, 2021.[1] It was also serialized in Weekly Young Jump from October 14, 2021,[5][4] to February 4, 2022, only continuing its serialization on the website.[6] Shueisha released its first two tankōbon volume on December 17, 2021.[7]

The series is simultaneously published on Viz Media's website in English,[1] and Shueisha's Manga Plus online platform in English, Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish,[8] and Russian.[9]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 December 17, 2021[10]978-4-08-892166-2February 21, 2023[11]978-1-9747-3669-0
  1. "Behold the Man"
  2. "Uncrossed Paths! Two Choujin" (交わらず！ふたりの超人, Majiwarazu! Futari no Chōjin)
  3. "Stand by the West"
  1. "6/14 Innocent World" (6月14日 / innocent world, Rokugatsu Jūyon-nichi / Innocent World)
  2. "44"
  3. "First Apostasy"
2 December 17, 2021[12]978-4-08-892167-9May 16, 2023[13]978-1-9747-3687-4
  1. "Broiler"
  2. "My Benefit"
  3. "Sinker, Part 1–Grounder Boy" (Sinker ① Goro)
  4. "Sinker, Part 2–Dead Ball" (Sinker ② Dead Ball)
  5. "Sinker, Part 3–Night Game" (Sinker ③ Night Game)
  1. "Sinker, Part 4–Benchwarmer"" (Sinker ④ Bench Warmer)
  2. "Sinker, Part 5–Pitch Hitter" (Sinker ⑤ Pinch Hitter)
  3. "Sinker, Part 6–Sayonara" (Sinker ⑥ Sayonara)
  4. "Fly"
3 May 18, 2022[14]978-4-08-892318-5August 15, 2023[15]978-1-9747-3759-8
  1. "Chicken and Dog"
  2. "Pack! Pack!"
  3. "Hip Hip Hooray and Heave-Ho" (ヤンヤヤンヤでドッコイショ, Yan'yayan'ya de Dokkoisho)
  1. "Paper Trip"
  2. "Moon Beast" (ムーンビースト, Mūn Bīsuto)
  3. "A Cloaker"
4 September 16, 2022[16]978-4-08-892458-8November 21, 2023[17]978-1-9747-4074-1
  1. "Arm Wrestling" (うでずもう, Udezumō)
  2. "Q.E.F."
  3. "exceeds"
  1. "Vision"
  2. "Summer on Beast Island" (夏の獣島, Natsu no Kemono Shima)
  3. "Branch Training" (ブランチトレーニング, Buranchi Torēningu)
5 January 19, 2023[18]978-4-08-892573-8February 20, 2024[19]978-1-9747-4303-2
  1. "Black Show Introduction" (ブラックショー・イントロダクション, Burakku Shō Intorodakushon)
  2. "Chaosy" (混沌化, Konton-ka)
  3. "Spiral/Rasen" (螺旋/Rasen)
  1. "Festivo"
  2. "Tower of Mourning" (弔いの塔, Tomurai no Tō)
  3. "zora"
6 May 19, 2023[20]978-4-08-892691-9May 21, 2024[21]978-1-9747-4555-5
  1. "I Got 2 know"
  2. "High School, Second Year" (高２, Kō 2)
  1. "Who are you?"
7 September 19, 2023[22]978-4-08-892792-3September 17, 2024[23]978-1-9747-4873-0
  1. "On the turn"
  2. "Opium" (阿片, Ahen)
  1. "As you sleep" (あなたが眠るころに, Anata ga Nemuru Koro ni)
  2. "Dose me, dose me"
8 December 19, 2023[24]978-4-08-893018-3February 18, 2025[25]978-1-9747-5178-5
  1. "Hyena" (ハイエナ, Haiena)
  2. "Closed System" (閉鎖空間, Heisa Kūkan)
  1. "Nude" (裸, Ratai)
9 April 18, 2024[26]978-4-08-893219-4——
  1. "Blessing of blood" (血の祝福, Chi no Shukufuku)
  2. "The world of work" (しごのせかい, Shi go Nose Kai)
  3. "Playing Cards" (プレイング・カード, Pureingu Kādo)
  1. "Our Risks" (わたしたちのリスク, Watashi-tachi no Risuku)
  2. "Harvester"
  3. "The Matters Leading Up to August 1999" (1999年八月までのこと, 1999-Nen Hachigatsu Made no Koto)
10 July 18, 2024[27]978-4-08-893269-9——
  1. "The Events Following December 1999" (1999年十二月からのこと, 1999-Nen Jūnigatsu Kara no Koto)
  2. "Fragment" (フラグメント, Furagumento)
  1. "Zora's Elimination -Barricade-" (ゾラ討伐 〜廓〜, Zora Tōbatsu 〜Kuruwa〜)
11 November 19, 2024[28]978-4-08-893428-0——

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.

  1. "Zen/Then" (膳／then, Zen／then)
  2. "Zora's Elimination -Outpost-" (ゾラ討伐〜前哨〜, Zora Tōbatsu 〜Zenshō〜)
  3. "Mist,I" (靄／I, Moya/I)
  4. "Zora's Elimination -Stone Wall-" (ゾラ討伐 〜石垣〜, Zora Tōbatsu 〜 Ishigaki 〜)
  5. "Zora's Elimination -Drybridge-" (ゾラ討伐 〜桔橋〜, Zora Tōbatsu 〜Hanebashi〜)
  6. "Request/cue" (ゾ求/cue, Motome/cue)
This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.

Reception

The first and second volumes sold 33,113 and 29,852 copies (respectively) in their first week;[29][30] they sold 40,141 and 36,085 copies (respectively) in their second week.[31] By December 2022, the manga had sold over 1 million copies.[32]

The series ranked 13th in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023.[33] The manga placed sixth in Rakuten Kobo's second E-book Award in the "I Want to Deliver It to the World! Top Recommended Manga" category in 2024.[34]

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