Fiery football action started in Weekly Shonen Jump this week with the launch of Embers in the magazine, as well as in English on the Shonen Jump app and MANGA Plus. Embers is the first manga by writer Kei Kurumazaki and artist Sotaro Nishii, who previously was an assistant on the popular soccer manga BLUE LOCK.To celebrate the publication of Embers’ first chapter, the Japanese Shonen Jump YouTube channel released a video introducing the series’ lead characters.
Embers Manga Trailer
Embers is available to read in English from VIZ media and MANGA Plus. The series is described as such:
Middle school brawler Noboru Haitani has never lost a fight. But the bitter taste of a soccer defeat gradually warms him up to the sport, until one day Haitani finds himself in a match against a team featuring middle school soccer prodigy Takami. An outlaw fights his way into the world of soccer!
Source: Shonen Jump on X (formerly Twitter)
