Bug Ego

Bug Ego (Japanese: バグエゴ, Hepburn: Bagu Ego) is a Japanese manga series written by One and illustrated by Kiyoto Shitara. First published for two chapters in Young Jump Dai Ichiwa—a supplement magazine of Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump—in April 2023 and January 2024, the manga began a regular serialization in the publisher's Ultra Jump magazine in October 2024.

Bug Ego
First tankōbon volume cover
バグエゴ (Bagu Ego)
Genre	Mystery[1]
Manga
Written by	One
Illustrated by	Kiyoto Shitara
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Magazine	Young Jump Dai Ichiwa (2023, 2024) Ultra Jump (2024–present)
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	April 27, 2023 – present
Volumes	2

Publication

Written by One and illustrated by Kiyoto Shitara, Bug Ego was first published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump's supplement magazine Young Jump Dai Ichiwa (Young Jump Chapter One) on April 27, 2023;^[2] the magazine features "first chapters" of potential manga series, allowing readers to vote on which ones should be serialized in the main magazine, and while Bug Ego was not part of that contest, a "first chapter" was published in the supplement magazine.^[3] A second chapter was published in the same magazine on January 18, 2024.^[3][4] The manga started a regular serialization in the publisher's Ultra Jump magazine on October 19, 2024.^[5][6] Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with its first two released on February 18, 2025.^[7][8]

In North America, Viz Media started publishing the manga digitally on its Shonen Jump service on November 18, 2024.^[9] In June 2025, Viz Media announced that it will start publishing the volumes in both physical and digital format starting in Q2 2026.^[10]

Volumes

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	February 18, 2025[7]	978-4-08-893610-9
2	February 18, 2025[8]	978-4-08-893611-6

See also

• Katagimodoshi, another manga series by Kiyoto Shitara