This year’s 19th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter on Monday of Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro’s Build King manga. The manga’s second volume will ship on June 4, and the third volume will ship on September 3. The third volume will include content that did not appear in the magazine.
Viz Media and MANGA Plus are both publishing the manga in English. MANGA Plus describes the manga:
Tonkachi and Renge live on the mysterious Hammer Island, a place where no human can survive. The two are carpenters who build houses for the islanders, but what is their special power? And what are their dreams? Construction will soon begin on this super-construction of a battle fantasy story!
Shimabukuro launched the “architecture battles” manga in the 50th issue of Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump on the 16th. The compilation was published on April 2.
Shimabukuro published the one-shot also titled “Build King” in Weekly Shonen Jump in April 2018. Viz Media published the one-shot in English.
Shimabukuro Toriko’s gourmet fighting manga launched in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2008 and ended in November 2016. Viz Media published the manga in North America. The manga inspired a 147-episode television anime series in 2011-2014. Crunchyroll streamed the series, and Funimation released part of the series on DVD. The series has had several anime specials and crossover specials, and an animated film in 2013.
