Bungo

• Name — Bungo • Genre — Sports

• Type — manga • Author — Yūji Ninomiya • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Young Jump Comics • Magazine — Weekly Young Jump • First — December 18, 2014 • Last — December 26, 2024 • Volumes — 41

• Type — manga • Title — Bungo: Unreal • Author — Yūji Ninomiya • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Young Jump Comics • Magazine — Weekly Young Jump • First — October 9, 2025 • Volumes — 3

• Portal — yes Bungo (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Yūji Ninomiya. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from December 2014 to December 2024, with its chapters collected in 41 tankōbon volumes. A second series, Bungo: Unreal, started in October 2025.

In a remote town in Shizuoka Prefecture, where soccer is the ingrained popular sport, the young boy Bungo Ishihama discovers the joy of baseball after playing catch with his father. However, because there is no Little League in his area, he is forced to practice by throwing against a wall at home. Three years after he began wall practice, as he was about to enter middle school, he was pitching at a local baseball field when he was challenged by Yukio Noda, a prodigy hitter the same age as him, and a member of Japan's national youth baseball team. Though Bungo threw a fastball that was unbelievable for an elementary school student, Yukio easily hit a home run on the third pitch. Approximately two weeks later, Bungo reunites with Yukio at the same middle school and joins the baseball team, to which Yukio belongs, for the sake of challenging him again. Aiming for the top of middle school baseball, they engage in fierce battles. He is soon noticed by Hiroto Mizushima, a third-year student who is just recovering from an injury, and Bungo is now challenged to a match against him. However, midway through the match, Bungo's older sister, Kaori Ishihama, appears and reveals that Bungo, who has always thrown right-handed, is actually left-handed. Despite his poor pitching form, his very first left-handed pitch displays a velocity that cannot be compared to his right-handed throw. As time passes, Bungo and Yukio move on to high school, setting their sights on achieving "five consecutive Koshien championships", once again striving for the top.

Written and illustrated by Yūji Ninomiya, Bungo was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from December 18, 2014, to December 26, 2024. Shueisha collected its chapters in 41 tankōbon volumes, released from July 17, 2015, to April 17, 2025. A sequel, Bungo: Unreal, started in Weekly Young Jump on October 9, 2025. Shueisha is simultaneously publishing the manga digitally on its Manga Plus platform. Shueisha released its first volume on March 18, 2026. Three volumes have been released as of September 17, 2026.