is a Japanese

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series written and illustrated by

Sui Ishida is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his dark fantasy manga series ''Tokyo Ghoul'' and '' Choujin X''. Career history Sui Ishida is best known for his dark fantasy series ''Tokyo Ghoul'', a story about a young man named Ken Kaneki w ...

. It has been irregularly serialized on

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

's ''Tonari no Young Jump'' website since May 2021 and in ''

Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' v ...

'' from October 2021 to February 2022.

Synopsis

has great fighting skills as well as a strong sense of justice, and also always gets good grades in his class. His friend 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 Choujins, 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 Choujins themselves.

Publication

''Choujin X'', written and illustrated by

, was first announced in November 2020. With an irregular serialization, with chapters released according to Ishida's own schedule, ''Choujin X'' began serialization on

's ''Tonari no Young Jump'' website on May 10, 2021. It was also serialized in ''

'' from October 14, 2021, to February 4, 2022, only continuing its serialization on the website. Shueisha released its first two ''

tankōbon is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or cultur ...

'' volume on December 17, 2021. The series is simultaneously published on

Viz Media VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ M ...

's website in English, and Shueisha's ''

Manga Plus ''Manga Plus'' (stylized as ''MANGA Plus'') is an online manga platform and smartphone app owned by Shueisha that was launched on January 28, 2019. It is available worldwide except in Japan, China, and South Korea which already have their own se ...

'' online platform in English, Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian.

Volume list

Chapters not yet in ''tankōbon'' format

These chapters have yet to be published in a ''

'' volume.

Reception

The first and second volumes sold 33,113 and 29,852 copies (respectively) in their first week; they sold 40,141 and 36,085 copies (respectively) in their second week.

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