This Hit Shonen Jump Series Will End Its Run This Month

The winner of MILLION DAY And Creator of the popular Shonen Jump+ manga Beat & movementNaoki Fujita, announced on the last page of Chapter 47 that the series would officially come to an end with the release of Chapter 48 on January 25, 2025. At the time of writing, the series has an anime adaptation in production, which has been licensed by Netflix as well as five anthologies.

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Considering the series was originally released on the service because Natsuki Fujita won the aforementioned reality series, it was absolutely incredible to see the series take off like it did – especially considering Shueisha was the winner had only promised at least one complete success anthology was released, guaranteeing the new mangaka only four chapters when Beat & movement began.

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Beat & movement is a beautifully illustrated debut manga about Tatsuhiko, a young man with a passion for the arts who wanted to become an animator in his childhood. After being pushed away from his passions, he turns to music instead and forms a short-lived band. After the band breaks up, Tatsuhiko withdraws socially and becomes cynical towards those around him. After loudly belittling his friends for their dreams and being reprimanded by a random drunk woman, Tatsuhiko suddenly feels inspired to animate again. Then he is contacted by an artist he has been a fan of for a long time, and the two begin to pursue their passion together.

Beat & movement Is a manga about passion, and Natsuki Fujita’s success proves its message

With some of Shonen Jump And Shonen Jump+The heaviest hitters come to an endShueisha desperately needed new faces. One of the biggest channels to discover these new talents lately is a reality show called “ MILLION DAYwhich describes itself as “A battle audition documentary series that follows the discovery of the next greatest comic artist.” When the show was originally released, six aspiring artists competed to win 5 million Japanese yen, an opportunity to have their work published in a series Shonen Jump+a physically published volume of this work, and an anime adaptation from Netflix.

Natsuki Fujita, the creator of Beat & movementwas the winner of the competition and has used this success to create a work that is a true love letter to creators who struggle to stay motivated in developing their natural talents and abilities. While it’s sad that the series is coming to an end, it ran brilliantly and did everything it needed to in terms of storytelling. There’s also an anime adaptation in the works – so it’s likely that anime and manga fans will be seeing a lot more of it Beat & movement in the future.

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