Rai Rai Rai
Japanese manga series
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Rai Rai Rai (雷雷雷; lit. 'Lightning Lightning Lightning') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiaki. It began serialization in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday manga website and MangaONE app in August 2023.
| Rai Rai Rai | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 雷雷雷 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yoshiaki |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Ura Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine |
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| Original run | August 18, 2023 – present |
| Volumes | 6 |
Plot
Rai Rai Rai takes place in a post apocalyptic future 50 years after an alien invasion has wiped out much of humanity, leaving monsters called varmints. Sumire Ichigaya, a young woman who works for a varmint-hunting company, is abducted by aliens and then ends up mutated, with an alien taking over her body. After the alien is defeated, Sumire is mutated in a way that allows her to transform into an alien while stressed, and then captured by the Raiden Corporation, who plans to use her to hunt varmints.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Yoshiaki, Rai Rai Rai began serialization on Shogakukan's Ura Sunday manga website and MangaONE app on August 18, 2023.[2][3] Its chapters were collected into six tankōbon volumes as of January 2026.[4]
In October 2024, Viz Media announced that they had licensed the series for English publication beginning in Q3 2025.[5]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 17, 2023[6] | 978-4-09-853001-4 | August 12, 2025[7] | 978-1-9747-5603-2 |
| 2 | April 18, 2024[8] | 978-4-09-853214-8 | November 11, 2025[9] | 978-1-9747-5899-9 |
| 3 | September 11, 2024[10] | 978-4-09-853587-3 | February 10, 2026[11] | 978-1-9747-6126-5 |
| 4 | January 17, 2025[12] | 978-4-09-853802-7 | May 12, 2026[13] | 978-1-9747-6294-1 |
| 5 | June 12, 2025[14] | 978-4-09-854146-1 | — | — |
| 6 | January 9, 2026[4] | 978-4-09-854309-0 | — | — |
Reception
The series was nominated for the tenth Next Manga Awards in the web category in 2024.[15] The series was ranked seventh in the 2025 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's list of the best manga for male readers.[16] The series was also ranked twelfth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics list of 2025.[17] The series won the Rakuten Kobo Special Award at the 3rd Rakuten Kobo E-book Awards.[18]