The Blue Box manga concluded its five-year serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 13, 2026, with the final chapter released in issue 33. The anime adaptation's second season is scheduled to premiere on October 4, 2026.
Kouji Miura's Blue Box manga ended its run in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 13, 2026, after a five-year serialization that began in April 2021. The final chapter appeared in issue 33, which sold out across Japan after scalpers targeted a bonus One Piece Card Game promotional card included with the magazine. Publisher Shueisha had increased the print run by 500,000 copies, but resellers bought multiple copies, leaving many readers unable to obtain a physical edition of the finale. The incident frustrated fans who wanted a keepsake, though the chapter remained available digitally.
The franchise had surpassed 10 million copies in circulation as of May 2026. Shueisha plans to release the 27th volume on October 2, 2026, and the 28th and final volume on December 4, 2026. Two novel adaptations shipped in December 2024, and a vertical full-color version launched on Jump TOON in December 2024. The anime adaptation by Telecom Animation Film aired its first season from October 2024 to March 2025, running for two consecutive cours. The second season is set to premiere on October 4, 2026, on TBS and other channels, and will stream on Netflix in October.
Blue Box volume 20 was part of Viz Media's May 2026 print lineup, and the series appeared in Oricon's Monthly Comic Ranking for May 2026. The manga follows Taiki Inomata, a badminton player, and Chinatsu Kano, a basketball player, as they navigate their relationship and sports ambitions.
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Yoshino Aoyama, known for Bocchi the Rock!, voices Yumeka Kido in Blue Box Season 2. She auditioned for Karen Moriya in Season 1 but lost the part. Aoyama channels her frustration from that rejection into Yumeka's resentment. She also reveals she roots for Hina in the love triangle.
The official website for the anime adaptation of Koji Miura's Blue Box manga unveiled the main promotional video and main visual for the second season on Wednesday, August 26. The trailer announces and previews the season's opening theme song "Anata no Hana no Iro" by singer-songwriter aiko and the ending theme song "blue in" by the duo elsewhere kikou. The season is set to premiere on TBS and 27 other channels on October 4, with streaming on Netflix in October. Yoshino Aoyama joins the cast as Yumeka Kido, a new character who appears before Taiki and Chinatsu. Daisuke Sako (Lupin Zero) takes over as director from Yuichiro Yano, and Electric Circus replaces Telecom Animation Film as the animation studio. Anri Ishii and Yumika Okazaki take over as art director and editor, respectively. The rest of the main staff, including series composer Yuko Kakihara and character designer Miho Tanino, retain their roles. The manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since April 2021, concluded on July 13, with the 28th and final volume shipping on December 4.
Anime Anime rounds up five fall 2026 sequel series, including The Apothecary Diaries Season 3, Blue Box Season 2, and Black Clover 2nd Season, with recaps of prior seasons to help viewers catch up before new episodes air in October. The article highlights key plot points and new cast details for each show.
The 33rd issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, which featured the final chapter of Blue Box and a One Piece Card Game card, sold out in stores after buyers allegedly purchased multiple copies to resell the card. Kōji Miura, the series' creator, and the magazine's editors issued apologies. A reprint without the card will be available, and the magazines will suspend including One Piece cards in future issues.
The 33rd issue of Weekly Shonen Jump sold out at bookstores and convenience stores across Japan after scalpers targeted its bonus One Piece Card Game promotional card, leaving many readers unable to purchase the magazine. Publisher Shueisha had increased the print run by 500,000 copies ahead of release in response to demand for the card, but the extra supply was quickly exhausted as resellers bought multiple copies. The shortage particularly frustrated fans of Blue Box, as the issue contained the manga's final chapter after a five-year serialization. While the chapter is available digitally, many readers wanted a physical copy as a keepsake. In an interview with Oricon, a university student admitted buying about 25 copies of the magazine within an hour, reselling the promotional cards for 800 to 1,000 yen each and earning roughly 18,000 yen in profit. When asked about the impact on other readers, he said, "You can read it digitally anyway. I understand why people want the physical copy, but I don't feel like I've done anything wrong." Convenience store employees described the release day rush as unusually intense, with one clerk telling Oricon that customers grabbed copies the moment they were placed on shelves, calling the atmosphere "a little scary."
Kouji Miura's Blue Box manga concluded its serialization on July 13, 2026, with the release of Weekly Shonen Jump issue 33. The series, which began in April 2021, ran for over five years and published 28 volumes. Shueisha will release the 27th volume on October 2 and the 28th and final volume on December 4. The franchise had surpassed 10 million copies in circulation as of May 2026. Two novel adaptations shipped in December 2024, and a vertical full-color version launched on Jump TOON in December 2024. The anime adaptation by Telecom Animation Film aired its first season from October 2024 to March 2025, running for two consecutive cours. The second season is scheduled to premiere on October 4, 2026, on TBS and other channels, and will stream on Netflix in October. The manga follows Taiki Inomata, a badminton player, and Chinatsu Kano, a basketball player, as they navigate their relationship and sports ambitions.
Oricon announced its Monthly Comic Ranking for May 2026 on June 4, covering estimated print sales from May 4 to May 31. The 79th volume of Yasuhisa Hara's Kingdom led the chart with 356,559 copies. The top 20 includes Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo, The Five Star Stories, Kagurabachi, and Blue Box.
The May 2026 print release slate adds two Boys' Love debuts alongside a wave of continuing volumes. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the third volume of the full-color webtoon Lost in the Cloud on May 5, the same day Tokyopop issues the second volume of Monster and Ghost in paperback and hardcover. WEBTOON Unscrolled collects the complete supernatural series The Reaper and The Waiting into a single graphic novel. Vertical Comics releases Voices in the Sea Foam, a one-shot BL manga from Magazine Be x Boy about a college student who recalls a past life as a mermaid. Yen Press moves A Long and Short Love Story to May 12. Viz Media has no BL titles in the window but ships Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi volume one, Blue Box volume 20, and Boruto: Two Blue Vortex volume 5. Square Enix Books puts out The Art of Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Rising Tide and the ninth Apothecary Diaries light novel. Kodansha Manga prints the Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition omnibus and Stella Must Die. Inklore continues Wet Sand with volume three. The dates were compiled from publisher listings and are subject to change.