Futari Bus
- Creator
- Sakane Toyobayashi
- Date
- 2026
- Publisher
- Shogakukan
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- romantic comedy anime and manga
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It is recorded as the work of Sakane Toyobayashi. Publication is recorded by Shogakukan. The recorded date of publication is 2026. Recorded constituent parts are Futari Bus, Volume 1 and Futari Bus, Volume 2. It is associated with Japan. Recorded genres are romantic comedy anime and manga.
Key facts
Key facts
• Ja Kanji — ふたりバス • Ja Romaji — Futari Basu • Genre — Romantic comedy
Key facts
Key facts
• Author — Sakane Toyobayashi • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — Weekly Shōnen Sunday • Imprint — Shōnen Sunday Comics • First — November 5, 2025 • Volumes — 3 Futari Bus is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakane Toyobayashi. It began serialization in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine in November 2025, and has been compiled into three volumes as of August 2026.
Plot
Plot
Shunpei Hinoki is a junior high school student from Azeno, a small town of around 3,000 people. He and his elementary classmate An Takayagawa had known each other since pre-school but were now going to different schools, with their only recent interactions being taking the same bus to school. One day, the two discover that a vending machine that their bus regularly passed by had disappeared, leading to the two speaking to the each other for the first time in a long time. With the two now reconnected, the two begin to re-establish their relationship and make up for lost time.
Characters
Characters
• Shunpei Hinoki • A junior high school student who commutes on the same bus as An every day. The two were classmates in pre-school and elementary, but drifted apart after they went to different junior high schools. He initially finds their re-encounter awkward, but later reconnects with An. • An Takayagawa • A junior high school who studies at a private academy. She was known for her intelligence in elementary and was a close friend to Shunpei, but lately the two were not close. • Luluca Muta • Shunpei's classmate, who was close friends with An in elementary. Despite the two now going to different schools, the two remain friends.
Publication
Publication
The series is written and illustrated by Sakane Toyobayashi, who had previously published the oneshot Ponytail ni Yureru in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 2023. The series is serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday, with the first three chapters being released on November 5, 2025. The first volume was released on February 18, 2026. Three volumes have been released as of August 18, 2026.
Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.
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Futari Bus is associated with Japan.
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Reception
The series was ranked second in the print category at the 12th Next Manga Awards in 2026.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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