Ban-Ō
Japanese manga series
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Ban-Ō (バンオウ-盤王-) is a Japanese manga series written by Toshiya Watabiki and illustrated by Garaku Akinai. It was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service from December 2022 to June 2024.
Media
Manga
Written by Toshiya Watabiki and illustrated by Garaku Akinai, Ban-Ō was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service from December 16, 2022,[1] to June 7, 2024. Its chapters were collected into eight tankōbon volumes from April 4, 2023, to July 4, 2024.[2][3]
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 4, 2023[2] | 978-4-08-883489-4 |
| 2 | July 4, 2023[4] | 978-4-08-883620-1 |
| 3 | September 4, 2023[5] | 978-4-08-883707-9 |
| 4 | November 2, 2023[6] | 978-4-08-883774-1 |
| 5 | February 2, 2024[7] | 978-4-08-883868-7 |
| 6 | April 4, 2024[8] | 978-4-08-884062-8 |
| 7 | June 4, 2024[9] | 978-4-08-884057-4 |
| 8 | July 4, 2024[3] | 978-4-08-884096-3 |
Other
The series had a collaboration with the Shogi Wars mobile video game from October 13 to November 13, 2023.[10]
Reception
The series was nominated for the ninth Next Manga Awards in the web category in 2023, it was ranked 10th out of 61 nominees and won the U-NEXT Award.[11] The series was ranked 2nd in the 2023 Manga Numa Awards hosted by comedians Akira Kawashima and Kenji Yamauchi.[12]