Parashoppers

Parashoppers (Japanese: パラショッパーズ, Hepburn: Parashoppāzu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsubasa Fukuchi. It began serialization in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in January 2025.

Parashoppers
First tankōbon volume cover
パラショッパーズ (Parashoppāzu)
Genre	Action[1] Supernatural[1]
Manga
Written by	Tsubasa Fukuchi
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	January 22, 2025 – present
Volumes	3

Publication

Written and illustrated by Tsubasa Fukuchi, Parashoppers began serialization in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday on January 22, 2025.^[2][3] Its chapters have been collected into three tankōbon volumes as of November 2025.^[4]

The series' chapters are simultaneously published in English on Viz Media's Viz Manga app.^[5]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	May 16, 2025[6]	978-4-09-854117-1
"Mitsusada Amaragi Sees the Bright Side" (天良木光定は肯定する, Amaragi Mitsusada wa Kōteisuru) "Yatagarasu Zen" (八咫烏のゼン, Yatagarasu no Zen) "Straw and Fire" (藁と火, Wara to Hi) "Raise the Value!" (価値を上げろ, Kachi o Agero) "Rio Onizuka" (鬼塚莉央, Onizuka Rio) "The Hattori Brothers" (服部兄弟（ブラザーズ）, Hattori Burazāzu) "Parashoppers" (パラショッパーズ, Parashoppāzu)
2	August 18, 2025[7]	978-4-09-854211-6
"Team Up? Or Not?" (組む？組まない？, Kumu? Kumanai?) "Kaoru Saito" (斎藤馨, Saitō Kaoru) "Hammer of Dead Spirits" (死霊の槌, Shiryō no Tsuchi) "Tower of Babel Death Macho" (バベルズタワーデスマッチョ, Baberuzu Tawā Desu Matcho) "The Sage's Rope" (賢者のロープ, Kenja no Rōpu) "Qualification" (資格, Shikaku) "Climber, Climber" (クライマークライマー, Kuraimā Kuraimā) "The Killing Blow" (決定打, Ketteida) "No Mere Game" (ゲームなんかじゃない, Gēmu Nanka ja Nai)
3	November 18, 2025[4]	978-4-09-854330-4
"Awards and Choices" (褒賞と選択, Hōshō to Sentaku) "Department Store Z" (Z（ゼット）デパート, Zetto Depāto) "So Many Z" (いっぱいいるZ（ゼット）, Ippai Iru Zetto) "Pao Hekiyama" (碧山羽凰, Hekiyama Pao) "To the Other Building!" (別館へ行こう, Bekkan e Ikō) "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" (ハーメルンの笛吹き, Hāmerun no Fuefuki) "Hell or High Water" (鬼が出るか蛇が出るか, Oni ga Deru ka, Ja ga Deru ka) "Saito-chan" (斎藤ちゃん, Saitō-chan) "Goto" (後藤, Gotō) "Message Received" (わかってるっス, Wakatterussu)

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

27. "Onizuka and Hekiyama" (鬼塚と碧山, Onizuka to Hekiyama)
28. "Eyes Only For Me" (俺だけを見ろ, Ore dake o Miro)
29. "The Ant and the Elephant" (蟻と象, Ari to Zō)
30. "Specialist" (専門家, Senmonka)
31. "Scramble" (争奪戦, Sōdatsusen)
32. "Who Will Remain?" (誰が残る？, Dare ga Nokoru?)
33. "Not Alone" (孤独じゃない, Kodoku ja Nai)
34. "Interspecies Horse Racing" (異種競馬, Ishu Keiba)
35. "Job Offer" (仕事依頼, Shigoto Irai)
36. "Lawless Zone" (無法地帯, Muhō Chitai)
37. "Infomercials Are Tricky" (インフォマーシャルは難しい, Infomāsharu wa Muzukashii)
38. "Onizuka vs. Rice" (鬼塚vs.お米, Onizuka vs. O-kome)
39. "The Executive Producer" (制作総指揮の男, Seisaku Sōshiki no Otoko)
40. "Death Horse" (デスホース, Desu Hōsu)

Reception

The series was nominated for the eleventh Next Manga Awards in 2025 in the print category.^[8]