Super Psychic Policeman Chojo

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| ja_kanji = 超巡！超条先輩

| ja_romaji = Chōjun! Chōjō Senpai

| image = Super Psychic Policeman Chojo volume 1 cover.jpg

| caption = First {{transl|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover

| genre = {{ubl|Buddy cop|Comedy}}

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{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Shun Numa

| publisher = Shueisha

| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Viz Media}}

| demographic = {{transl|ja|Shōnen}}

| imprint = Jump Comics

| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Jump

| first = February 13, 2024

| last =

| volumes = 4

| volume_list =

}}

{{nihongo|Super Psychic Policeman Chojo|超巡！超条先輩|Chōjun! Chōjō Senpai|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shun Numa. It began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in February 2024; as of February 2025, four volumes have been released.

Plot

Rookie police officer, Nao Ippongi, is assigned to the West Chinjuku Police Station. There, she is assigned to work with senior police officer Meguru Chojo, who can use super psychic powers but is despised by everyone in the station due to his lazy and self-centered personality, and the two of them start working together to keep the peace in the town and solve crimes.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Shun Numa, the series began publication as a one-shot, which was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on April 24, 2023.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「左門くん」の沼駿、「タイパラ」コンビが描く読み切りがジャンプに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/522003|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=April 24, 2023|access-date=June 22, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=August 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826115810/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/522003|url-status=live}} The one-shot was turned into a full series, which began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 13, 2024.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「左門くんはサモナー」の沼駿が描く、超能力ポリスコメディがジャンプで|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/560916|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=February 13, 2024|access-date=June 22, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=June 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604092254/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/560916|url-status=live}} As of February 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into four {{transl|ja|tankōbon}} volume.

Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.{{cite web|title=New Shonen Jump Series Is Super Psychic Policeman Chojo|url=https://www.siliconera.com/new-shonen-jump-series-is-super-psychic-policeman-chojo/|website=Siliconera|last=Lada|first=Jenni|date=February 12, 2024|access-date=June 22, 2024|archive-date=June 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620030835/https://www.siliconera.com/new-shonen-jump-series-is-super-psychic-policeman-chojo/|url-status=live}}

=Volumes=

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|VolumeNumber = 1

|OriginalRelDate = June 4, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:超巡！超条先輩 1|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884108-3|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=June 22, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=June 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604134748/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884108-3|url-status=live}}

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01. "The Psychic Senior Police Officer"
02. "The Cat-Hunting Senior Police Officer"
03. "The Senior Police Officer Duelist"
04. "The Gofer Senior Police Officer"

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05. "The Speed Demon Senior Police Officer"
06. "The Senior Police Officer Who Reads Texts but Doesn't Reply"
07. "The Quizzed Senior Police Officer"

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{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 2

|OriginalRelDate = September 4, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:超巡！超条先輩 2|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884172-4|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=July 17, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=July 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717153907/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884172-4|url-status=live}}

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08. "Tailing the Senior Police Officer"
09. "The Convenience Store Senior Police Officer"
10. "The Adolescent Senior Police Officer"
11. "The Off-Duty Senior Police Officer"
12. "The Food Stall-Guard Senior Police Officer"

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13. "The Festival Senior Police Officer"
14. "The Somchai Senior Police Officer"
15. "The Transforming Senior Police Officer"
16. "The Sunday Morning Senior Police Officer"

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{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 3

|OriginalRelDate = November 1, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:超巡！超条先輩 3|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884255-4|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=September 19, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=September 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919172426/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884255-4|url-status=live}}

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17. "The Noob-Hunting Senior Police Officer"
18. "The Senior Police Officer's Rival"
19. "The Alumni Senior Police Officer"
20. "Farewell, Senior Police Officer"
21. "The Watchdog Senior Police Officer"

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22. "Blaze On, Senior Police Officer!"
23. "The Spine-Tingling Senior Police Officer"
24. "The Flower-Peddling Senior Police Officer"
25. "The Suppressed Senior Police Officer"

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|VolumeNumber = 4

|OriginalRelDate = February 4, 2025{{cite web|script-title=ja:超巡！超条先輩 4|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884403-9|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=December 17, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=January 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127032350/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884403-9|url-status=live}}

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26. "The Bored Senior Police Officer"
27. "The True Story of the Police Officer"
28. "The Senior Police Officer in Love"
29. "The Family Court Senior Police Officer"
30. "A Veggie Senior Police Officer"

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31. "The Gorilla and the Senior Police Officer"
32. "The Idol Senior Police Officer"
33. "The Senior Police Officer Named Andre"
34. "The Unlucky Pervert Senior Police Officer"

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|VolumeNumber = 5

|OriginalRelDate = May 2, 2025{{cite web|script-title=ja:超巡！超条先輩 5|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884513-5|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=March 17, 2025|language=ja}}

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==Chapters not yet in ''tankōbon'' format==

35. "The Unsavory Senior Police Officer"
36. "The Senior Police Officer’s Video Letter"
37. "The Outbreak Senior Police Officer"
38. "Thank You For Being Born, Senior Police Officer"
39. "The Left-Behind Senior Police Officer"
40. "The Lewd Senior Police Officer"
41. "Senior Police Officer and Master Detective"
42. "The Curry-Loving Senior Police Officer"
43. "The Split-Up Senior Police Officer"
44. "The Senior Police Officer's BFF"
45. "The Senior Police Officer's Collaboration"
46. "The Cursed Senior Police Officer"
47. "The Solo Karaoke Senior Police Officer"
48. "The Senior Police Officer's Cool-Guy Transformation"
49. "The Previous Series' Main Character"
50. "The Personality Quiz and the Senior Police Officer"
51. "The Entertaining Senior Police Officer"
52. "The Snack-Loving Senior Police Officer"
53. "Dating the Senior Police Officer"
54. "The Senior Police Officer and His Peer"
55. "The Godkiller Senior Police Officer"
56. "The Five-Star Senior Police Officer"
57. "The Asparagus Senior Police Officer"
58. "The After-Party Senior Police Officer"
59. "The Senior Police Officer's Okizeme"

Reception

Brian Salvatore of Multiversity Comics praised the characters and story, though he felt the story can also be too "over the top".{{cite web|title=This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of February 11, 2024|url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news-columns/this-week-in-shonen-jump-021124/|website=Multiversity Comics|last=Salvatore|first=Brian|date=February 14, 2024|access-date=June 22, 2024}} Kittun Nozomi of Real Sound noted similarities in the characters and their interactions to Numa's previous works.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプ新連載『超巡！超条先輩』は令和らしさ全開？『左門くんはサモナー』作者が描き出す新たなヒロイン像|url=https://realsound.jp/book/2024/02/post-1576704.html|website=Real Sound|last=Nozomi|first=Kittun|date=February 19, 2024|access-date=June 22, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=June 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604113937/https://realsound.jp/book/2024/02/post-1576704.html|url-status=live}} The series was recommended by Jujutsu Kaisen creator Gege Akutami.{{cite web|title=Jujutsu Kaisen Creator Wants You to Read Super Psychic Policeman Chojo|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/jujutsu-kaisen-gege-akutami-super-psychic-policeman-chojo/|website=ComicBook.com|last=Peters|first=Megan|date=June 3, 2024|access-date=June 22, 2024|archive-date=June 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620030834/https://comicbook.com/anime/news/jujutsu-kaisen-gege-akutami-super-psychic-policeman-chojo/|url-status=live}} The series ranked sixth in the print category at the tenth Next Manga Awards in 2024.{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Kagurabachi Tops Print Category, Girl Meets Rock! Wins in Web Category of Next Manga Awards 2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-08-28/kagurabachi-tops-print-category-girl-meets-rock-wins-in-web-category-of-next-manga-awards-2024/.214760|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 2, 2024|date=August 28, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828134530/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-08-28/kagurabachi-tops-print-category-girl-meets-rock-wins-in-web-category-of-next-manga-awards-2024/.214760|url-status=live}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/chojo.html|Official website at Weekly Shōnen Jump}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{ANN|manga|32070|noparen=yes}}

Category:Anime and manga about law enforcement

Category:Comedy anime and manga

Category:Police comedies

Category:Shōnen manga

Category:Shueisha manga

Category:Viz Media manga