is a Japanese
manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
series written by
One
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...
and illustrated by Kiyoto Shitara. First published for two chapters in ''Young Jump Dai Ichiwa''—a supplement magazine of
Shueisha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...
's
manga magazine ''
Weekly Young Jump
is a Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's '' Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in volumes under the "Y ...
''—in April 2023 and January 2024, the manga began a regular serialization in the publisher's ''
Ultra Jump
is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of ''Weekly Young Jump'' which was first issued in 1995. On October 19, 1999, the special issue bec ...
'' magazine in October 2024.
Publication
Written by
One
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...
and illustrated by Kiyoto Shitara, ''Bug Ego'' was first published in
Shueisha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...
's ''
Weekly Young Jump
is a Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's '' Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in volumes under the "Y ...
''s supplement magazine ''Young Jump Dai Ichiwa'' (''Young Jump Chapter One'') on April 27, 2023; 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.
A second chapter was published in the same magazine on January 18, 2024.
The manga started a regular serialization in the publisher's ''
Ultra Jump
is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of ''Weekly Young Jump'' which was first issued in 1995. On October 19, 1999, the special issue bec ...
'' magazine on October 19, 2024. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual volumes, with its first two released on February 18, 2025.
In North America,
Viz Media
Viz Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series.
The company was founded in 1986 as Viz, ...
started publishing the manga digitally on its ''Shonen Jump'' service on November 18, 2024. In June 2025, Viz Media announced that it will start publishing the volumes in both physical and digital format starting in Q2 2026.
Volumes
See also
* ''
Katagimodoshi'', another manga series by Kiyoto Shitara
References
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Mystery anime and manga
Seinen manga
Shueisha manga
Viz Media manga
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