MF Ghost

MF Ghost (Japanese: MFゴースト, Hepburn: MF Gōsuto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine since September 2017, with its chapters collected into nine tankōbon volumes as of September 2020.

MF Ghost
MFゴースト
(MF Gōsuto)
Manga
Written byShuichi Shigeno
Published byKodansha
MagazineWeekly Young Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 4, 2017 – present
Volumes10

As of January 2019, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.

Plot

The series takes place in the 2020s, where self-driving electric cars have replaced internal combustion ones. However, in Japan, there is a large organization called MFG, founded by Ryosuke Takahashi (from the Initial D series), who does street racing with internal combustion cars. A new rookie, Kanata Livington (カナタ・リヴィントン, Kanata Rivu~inton) who is competing with the pseudonym Kanata Katagiri (片桐 夏向, Katagiri Kanata), a 19 year old Japanese-British young man, has showed up on the scene driving a Toyota 86, and beating European top-tier cars, such as the Lamborghini Huracan Performante, Ferrari 488 GTB, Lotus Exige, Alfa Romeo 4C, Lexus LC500 and Porsche 911 Carrera. Kanata has been trained by legendary downhill and rally racer Takumi Fujiwara at the Royal Donington Racing School in the UK and is a Formula 4 world champion. He has only one motive: to find his long-lost father.

Publication

MF Ghost is written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. The manga began in the 40th 2017 issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine, published on September 4, 2017.[1][2][3] The series is connected to Shigeno's previous work Initial D.[4][5] In October 2018, Shigeno stated that the manga is 1/5 finished.[6] Kodansha has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on January 5, 2018.[7] As of September 4, 2020, nine volumes have been published.[8]

Volume list
No. Release date ISBN
1 January 5, 2018[7]978-4-06-510707-2
2 May 7, 2018[9]978-4-06-511451-3
3 September 6, 2018[10][11]978-4-06-512819-0
978-4-06-513567-9 (LE)
4 January 4, 2019[12][13]978-4-06-514160-1
978-4-06-514770-2 (LE)
5 May 7, 2019[14][15]978-4-06-515459-5
978-4-06-515460-1 (LE)
6 September 6, 2019[16][17]978-4-06-516937-7
978-4-06-516990-2 (LE)
7 January 6, 2020[18]978-4-06-518212-3
8 May 7, 2020[19][20]978-4-06-519539-0
978-4-06-519540-6 (LE)
9 September 4, 2020[8]978-4-06-520686-7
10 January 6, 2021[21]978-4-06-522013-9

Reception

As of January 2019, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.[22]

References
  1. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 28, 2017). "Shuuichi Shigeno's MF Ghost Manga Launches on September 4, Reveals New Visual". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. 週刊ヤングマガジン40号. magazine.yanmaga.jp. Kodansha. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 4, 2017). "Shuuichi Shigeno's MF Ghost Manga's Story, 1st Page Previewed". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  4. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 9, 2018). "MF Ghost Manga Hints Connection to Initial D's Takumi". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  5. Sherman, Jennifer (September 8, 2018). "Initial D's Keisuke Appears in MF Ghost Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. Ressler, Karen (October 8, 2018). "MF Ghost Manga by Initial D's Shigeno is 1/5 Finished". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. ＭＦゴースト（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. ＭＦゴースト（９） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. ＭＦゴースト（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  10. ＭＦゴースト（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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  12. ＭＦゴースト（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  13. ＭＦゴースト（４）特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  14. ＭＦゴースト（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  15. ＭＦゴースト（５）特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  16. ＭＦゴースト（６） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  17. ＭＦゴースト（６）特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  18. ＭＦゴースト（７） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  19. ＭＦゴースト（８） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  20. ＭＦゴースト（８）特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  21. ＭＦゴースト（１０） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  22. Loveridge, Lynzee (January 8, 2019). "Initial D Creator's MF Ghost Inspires Limited Edition Hachiroku". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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