Phantom Busters
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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| image = Phantom Busters volume 1.png
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover
| ja_kanji = ファントムバスターズ
| ja_romaji = Fantomu Basutāzu
| genre = {{ubl|Comedy|Coming-of-age|Occult{{cite web|script-title=ja:ファントムバスターズ|url=https://mangapedia.com/ファントムバスターズ-esg8rfr6s|website={{ill|Mangapedia|ja|マンガペディア}}|publisher=Voyage Group|access-date=January 28, 2025|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128161738/https://mangapedia.com/ファントムバスターズ-esg8rfr6s|archive-date=January 28, 2025|url-status=live}}}}
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| type = manga
| author = Neoshoco
| publisher = Shueisha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Viz Media}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint = Jump Comics SQ.
| magazine = Jump Square
| first = August 4, 2023
| last =
| volumes = 4
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{{Nihongo|Phantom Busters|ファントムバスターズ|Fantomu Basutāzu|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Neoshoco. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga magazine Jump Square since August 2023.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Neoshoco, Phantom Busters was first published as a one-shot in Shueisha's Shōnen manga magazine Jump SQ.Rise on October 26, 2022.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプSQ. RISE 2022 AUTUMN|url=https://shonenjumpplus.com/magazine/316112896954597207|website=Shōnen Jump+|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=January 28, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250128155139/https://shonenjumpplus.com/magazine/316112896954597207|archive-date=January 28, 2025|language=ja|url-status=live}} It started its serialization in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine on August 4, 2023.{{cite web|script-title=ja:4人の男子高校生による悪霊退散青春コメディ「ファントムバスターズ」がSQ.で|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/535608|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 28, 2025|language=ja|date=August 4, 2023|archive-date=February 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202024454/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/535608|url-status=live}} Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, with the first one released on December 4, 2023.{{cite web|script-title=ja:4人の男子高校生が鎌倉を舞台に繰り広げる"悪霊退散青春コメディ"1巻|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/551676|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 28, 2025|language=ja|date=December 4, 2023}} As of December 4, 2024, four volumes have been released.
In North America, the manga has been licensed for English release by Viz Media, with the first volume set to be released in Q4 2025.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Viz Media Reveals 16 New Physical, Digital Releases for Fall 2025 Including Phantom Busters, Maid to Shine, More|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-24/viz-media-reveals-16-new-physical-digital-releases-for-fall-2025-including-phantom-busters-maid-to-/.220437|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 29, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125141917/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-24/viz-media-reveals-16-new-physical-digital-releases-for-fall-2025-including-phantom-busters-maid-to-/.220437|archive-date=January 25, 2025|date=January 24, 2025|url-status=live}}
=Volumes=
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| VolumeNumber = 1
| OriginalRelDate = December 4, 2023{{cite web|script-title=ja:【12月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/550828|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 28, 2025|language=ja|date=December 4, 2023|archive-date=December 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204105643/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/550828|url-status=live}}
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-883724-6
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| VolumeNumber = 2
| OriginalRelDate = April 4, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:【4月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/566791|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 28, 2025|language=ja|date=April 4, 2024|archive-date=April 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405182156/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/566791|url-status=live}}
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-883894-6
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| VolumeNumber = 3
| OriginalRelDate = August 2, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:【8月2日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/584216|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 28, 2025|language=ja|date=August 2, 2024|archive-date=September 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922224807/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/584216|url-status=live}}
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-884141-0
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| VolumeNumber = 4
| OriginalRelDate = December 4, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:【12月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/601142|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 28, 2025|language=ja|date=December 4, 2024|archive-date=December 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204164449/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/601142|url-status=live}}
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-884353-7
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| VolumeNumber = 5
| OriginalRelDate = June 4, 2025
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-884464-0
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Reception
The manga was nominated for the tenth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2024 and was ranked nineteenth.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「次にくるマンガ大賞 2024」1位に「カグラバチ」「ふつうの軽音部」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/588589|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=August 28, 2024|access-date=January 29, 2025|language=ja|archive-date=September 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901034535/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/588589|url-status=live}} The series was ranked second in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics list of 2025.{{cite web|script-title=ja:第1位はあの注目作品！記念すべき第20回「全国書店員が選んだおすすめコミック2025」ランキング発表|url=https://hon-hikidashi.jp/event/51345/|publisher=Nippon Shuppan Hanbai|access-date=March 18, 2025|date=January 30, 2025|language=ja}} The manga was also ranked fourth in AnimeJapan's "Manga We Want to See Animated" poll in 2025.{{cite web|last=Iikura-Gross|first=Ken|title=Nue's Exorcist Tops AnimeJapan's 'Manga We Want to See Animated' Poll|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2025-03-13/nue-exorcist-tops-animejapan-manga-we-want-to-see-animated-poll/.222313|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 13, 2025|date=March 13, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313141625/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2025-03-13/nue-exorcist-tops-animejapan-manga-we-want-to-see-animated-poll/.222313|archive-date=March 13, 2025|url-status=bot: unknown}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/rensai/phantombusters/|Official website at Jump Square}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|30940|noparen=true}}
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