Tokyo Revengers creator Ken Wakui will launch a new manga titled Negai no Astro in the 20th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, which will be released on April 15, 2024.

Negai no Astro is a supernatural delinquent manga, and it will be Wakui’s first work to be serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.

The plot of the manga is set during the succession war of the Yotsurugi-gumi yakuza clan. It follows two main characters: a young man who aims to become the strongest yakuza, and his friend who he wants to see as the next group leader.

Ken Wakui is a Japanese manga artist best known for his works Shinjuku Swan and Tokyo Revengers.

Wakui debuted with Shinjuku Swan in 2005 which became a notable commercial success and received multiple adaptations; the series concluded in 2013. His three shorter series, Abaddon, Budgerigar and Desert Eagle were released from 2010 to 2016.

Wakui’s most critically acclaimed work, Tokyo Revengers, was first published in 2017 and concluded in 2022; with more than 70 million copies in circulation, Tokyo Revengers has since become one of the best-selling manga of all time and it has been adapted into an anime series and several live-acton films.

Source: Comic Natalie