Spacewalking with You
Japanese manga series
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Spacewalking with You (Japanese: 君と宇宙を歩くために, Hepburn: Kimi to Uchū o Aruku Tame ni) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Inuhiko Doronoda. It began serialization on Kodansha's &Sofa manga website in June 2023.
| Spacewalking with You | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Keisuke Uno (left) and Yamato Kobayashi (right) | |
| 君と宇宙を歩くために (Kimi to Uchū o Aruku Tame ni) | |
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| Genre | Slice of life[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Inuhiko Doronoda |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Afternoon KC |
| Magazine | &Sofa |
| Original run | June 26, 2023 – present |
| Volumes | 6 |
In 2024, the series won the 17th Manga Taishō.
Synopsis
Yamato Kobayashi is a yankī who struggles with school and holding a part-time job, and is on the verge of becoming a delinquent. His life begins to change after he becomes friends with Keisuke Uno, an eccentric transfer student.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Inuhiko Doronoda, Spacewalking with You has been serialized on Kodansha's &Sofa website since June 26, 2023.[2][3] Its first chapter was published in the August 2023 issue of Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon, released three days earlier on June 23.[3][4] The series' chapters have been collected into six tankōbon volumes as of May 2026.[5]
At Anime Expo 2024, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[6] The first volume was released on May 27, 2025.[7]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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| 1 | November 22, 2023[8] | 978-4-06-533487-4 | May 27, 2025[7] | 979-8-88877-438-0 | ||
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| 2 | May 22, 2024[9] | 978-4-06-535388-2 | November 25, 2025[10] | 979-8-88877-439-7 | ||
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| 3 | October 22, 2024[11] | 978-4-06-537200-5 | July 7, 2026[12] | 979-8-88877-530-1 | ||
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| 4 | April 23, 2025[13] | 978-4-06-539152-5 | November 10, 2026[14] | 979-8-88877-686-5 | ||
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| 5 | October 23, 2025[15] | 978-4-06-541165-0 | February 23, 2027[16] | 979-8-88877-921-7 | ||
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| 6 | May 22, 2026[5] | 978-4-06-543386-7 | — | — | ||
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Reception
The series won the 17th Manga Taishō in 2024.[17] It ranked sixth at the 3rd Late Night Manga Awards in 2024 hosted by Bungeishunjū's Crea magazine.[18] It topped the 2025 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's list of the best manga for male readers.[19] The series ranked third in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics list of 2025.[20] It was nominated for the 49th Kodansha Manga Award in 2025 in the general category;[21] It was also nominated for the 50th edition in the same category in 2026.[22] It was also nominated at the Japan Society and Anime NYC's second American Manga Awards for Best New Manga in 2025.[23] The series, alongside Host to Shachiku, won the Men's Comic Prize at the 2026 Digital Comic Awards.[24] The series has been nominated for the 30th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2026.[25]