Shinrin Ōja Moriking

• Ja Kanji — 森林王者モリキング • Ja Romaji — Shinrin Ōja Morikingu • Genre — * Adventure • Fantasy comedy

• Type — manga • Author — Tomohiro Hasegawa • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Jump Comics • Magazine — Weekly Shōnen Jump • First — April 13, 2020 • Last — January 18, 2021 • Volumes — 4

• Portal — yes "King of the Forest Moriking" is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomohiro Hasegawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from April 2020 to January 2021.

Third-year elementary school student Shota Aikawa's pet Japanese rhinoceros beetle, named Moriking, finally metamorphoses into an adult, but for some strange reason he looks like a male human. Aside from the horn on his head and wings on his back, he looks perfectly human but maintains his beetle traits, like walking on walls and flying. As an Insect King, which are said to be born once every one hundred million years, Moriking announces that he is destined to be King of the Forest and rule over all insects. To prove their worth would-be kings must leave their homes and survive in the world beyond, this is how Moriking came into Shota's possession and becomes a member of the Aikawa family. However, he is but one of five insects competing to become King of the Forest.

Written and illustrated by Tomohiro Hasegawa, Moriking was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from April 13, 2020, to January 18, 2021. Shueisha collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from August 4, 2020, to April 2, 2021. In North America, the series is digitally published in English by Viz Media and by Shueisha on their Manga Plus website and application. Viz Media also started publishing the volumes digitally on May 25, 2021.