© Kōji Miura, Shueisha
This year's 47th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Kōji Miura's Blue Box manga will have a novel adaptation titled Ao no Hako Prologue (Blue Box Prologue), scheduled for release. released on December 4. Miura and Nanao are writing the novel, which will include stories about the characters preceding the main story of the manga.
Miura first published the story as a one-volume manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2020. The magazine began publishing the manga serialized in April 2021. Shueisha published the 17th compiled book volume of the series. manga on October 4. Viz Media published the manga's 12th compiled book volume on October 1. The manga has over 5 million copies in circulation.
Shueisha's MANGA Plus Services publishes the manga in English digitally and describes the story:
Taiki Inomata is on the men's badminton team at powerhouse sports school Eimei Junior and Senior High. He falls in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, an older girl he practices with every morning in the gym. One spring day, their relationship takes a major turn… And thus begins a brand new series about love, sports and youth!
The anime adaptation of the manga premiered in Japan on October 3. Netflix streams the anime as it airs. The series will be broadcast in two consecutive installments (first quarter of the year).
Source: Weekly Shonen Jump issue 47, Shueisha