Quit Laughing Shijima Horror One-Shot by My Hero Academia Creator Kohei Horikoshi Released

My Hero Academia creator Kohei Horikoshi officially returned Weekly Shonen Jump with a brand-new one-shot manga titled Quit Laughing Shijima (Warawanaide yo Shijima-san). The one-shot was published in the magazine’s combined Issue #37/38, which went on sale in Japan on August 10. It is also available on MANGA Plus by Shueisha website.

The 61-page one-shot features a center color page and is described as a “boy-meets-girl horror” story. VIZ describes the story:

Everyone in this strange town seems to admire Shijima, but beneath the surface lies a sinister secret…

The new work marks Horikoshi’s first manga published in Weekly Shonen Jump since the conclusion of My Hero Academia in August 2024. The superhero series ran for ten years after debuting in 2014, becoming one of the magazine’s flagship titles with over 100 million copies in circulation worldwide. It also inspired multiple anime seasons, films, spin-offs, and games. Another new anime, a short focused on Eri, which premiered last week.

The same issue of Weekly Shonen Jump is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of Osamu Akimoto’s KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops (Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo). As part of the commemorative feature, horror novelist Settsu, known for works including About a Certain Place in the Kinki Region and The Mouth Survey, supervised a special KochiKame feature article.

Source: MANGA Plus by Shueisha Official Website
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