Robot × LaserBeam

Robot × LaserBeam (stylized as ROBOT×LASERBEAM) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It tells the story of an eccentric high school student nicknamed "Robot" who encounters golf for the first time. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from March 2017 to June 2018, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. In North America, it has been licensed by Viz Media, which published it on their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and published the seven volumes digitally in September 2020.

Robot × LaserBeam
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Robato Hatohara
Genre	Sports
Manga
Written by	Tadatoshi Fujimaki
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine	NA: Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run	March 18, 2017 – June 25, 2018
Volumes	7

Characters

Robota Hatohara (鳩原 呂羽人, Hatohara Robato)

A talented golfer with no interest in the game until "winning" a game against Youzan. His shots are considered by friends and opponents to be like Lasers. He is brutally honest and often has a blank expression on his face. His orange hair comes from his mom, who is Scottish.

Youzan Miura (三浦 鷹山, Miura Yōzan)

Robota's Rival. A former Kendo player. He loves golf, and is always looking for a challenge. When he swings his clubs, they are considered to be similar to Iai slashes.

Publication

Robot × LaserBeam is written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. The series ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from March 18, 2017, to June 25, 2018.^[1][2][3] Shueisha collected its chapters into seven tankōbon volumes, released from July 4, 2017, to September 4, 2018.^[4][5]

In North America, Viz Media published the series on their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.^[6][7] Viz Media announced the English digital release of the manga in November 2019.^[8] The seven volumes were published on September 22, 2020.^[9][10]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	July 4, 2017[4]	978-4-08-881185-7	September 22, 2020 (digital)[9]	978-1-9747-1364-6
01. "I'm Not Going to Play Golf" 02. "Morning Robo" 03. "Golf Course Debut" 04. "Yozan × Robo" 05. "Uncomfortable" 06. "Conclusion" 07. "Joining the Club"
2	October 4, 2017[11]	978-4-08-881217-5	September 22, 2020 (digital)[12]	978-1-9747-1743-9
08. "Robot × Rion" 09. "Snake" 10. "Learning" 11. "The Secret of the Laser Beam" 12. "Motivation" 13. "Contact" 14. "Declare War" 15. "Declaration of War" 16. "Robo Offense"
3	December 4, 2017[13]	978-4-08-881282-3	September 22, 2020 (digital)[14]	978-1-9747-2271-6
17. "Powerful Rival" 18. "Group 2 and Group 5" 19. "Emergency" 20. "The Second Half Begins" 21. "Strategy" 22. "Counterattack" 23. "Groups 1-4 Hole Out" 24. "Resolution" 25. "Post-Golf Bath"
4	March 2, 2018[15]	978-4-08-881359-2	September 22, 2020 (digital)[16]	978-1-9747-2272-3
26. "Robo and Fried Dough" 27. "The World of Pros" 28. "Reunion" 29. "Yozan's Strength" 30. "Resolution" 31. "Debut Match" 32. "Daizon Open Preliminary Round, Part 1" 33. "Daizon Open Preliminary Round, Part 2" 34. "Daizon Open Preliminary Round, Part 3"
5	May 2, 2018[17]	978-4-08-881409-4	September 22, 2020 (digital)[18]	978-1-9747-2273-0
35. "Last Day of the Daizon Open, Part 1" 36. "Last Day of the Daizon Open, Part 2" 37. "Last Day of the Daizon Open, Part 3" 38. "Last Day of the Daizon Open, Part 4" 39. "Last Day of the Daizon Open, Part 5" 40. "Last Day of the Daizon Open, Part 6" 41. "Last Day of the Daizon Open, Part 7" 42. "Last Day of the Daizon Open, Part 8" 43. "Last Day of the Daizon Open, Part 9 (End of the Match)"
6	July 4, 2018[19]	978-4-08-881514-5	September 22, 2020 (digital)[20]	978-1-9747-2274-7
44. "Time for the Post-Golf Game Bath" 45. "Ginro × Robo" 46. "Robo Fever" 47. "Here Comes the Star Performer" 48. "Rival × Rival" 49. "The Curtain Rises" 50. "The Wolf's Sense of Smell" 51. "Don Traps" 52. "Robo Breaks Down"
7	September 4, 2018[5]	978-4-08-881568-8	September 22, 2020 (digital)[10]	978-1-9747-2275-4
53. "Breaking the Don's Traps" 54. "One-in-a-Million Chance" 55. "On the Brink" 56. "Robo 200%" 57. "Catching Up" 58. "The Game is Up" 59. "The Destination of the Approach" 60. "Final Hole" 61. "Last Shot" 62. "Promised Land"

Reception

The manga had 460,000 copies in circulation by December 2017.^[21] By May 2018, the manga had 700,000 copies in circulation.^[22]