Rai Rai Rai

Rai Rai Rai
First tankōbon volume cover
雷雷雷
Genre
Manga
Written byYoshiaki
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintUra Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine
  • Ura Sunday
  • MangaONE
Original runAugust 18, 2023 – present
Volumes6

Rai Rai Rai (雷雷雷; lit. "Lightning Lightning Lightning") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiaki. It began serialization in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday manga website and MangaONE app in August 2023.

Plot

Rai Rai Rai takes place in a post apocalyptic future 50 years after an alien invasion has wiped out much of humanity, leaving monsters called varmints. Sumire Ichigaya, a young woman who works for a varmint-hunting company, is abducted by aliens and then ends up mutated, with an alien taking over her body. After the alien is defeated, Sumire is mutated in a way that allows her to transform into an alien while stressed, and then captured by the Raiden Corporation, who plans to use her to hunt varmints.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Yoshiaki, Rai Rai Rai began serialization on Shogakukan's Ura Sunday manga website and MangaONE app on August 18, 2023.[2][3] Its chapters were collected into six tankōbon volumes as of January 2026.[4]

In October 2024, Viz Media announced that they had licensed the series for English publication beginning in Q3 2025.[5]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1November 17, 2023[6]978-4-09-853001-4August 12, 2025[7]978-1-9747-5603-2
2April 18, 2024[8]978-4-09-853214-8November 11, 2025[9]978-1-9747-5899-9
3September 11, 2024[10]978-4-09-853587-3February 10, 2026[11]978-1-9747-6126-5
4January 17, 2025[12]978-4-09-853802-7May 12, 2026[13]978-1-9747-6294-1
5June 12, 2025[14]978-4-09-854146-1——
6January 9, 2026[4]978-4-09-854309-0——

Reception

The series was nominated for the tenth Next Manga Awards in the web category in 2024.[15] The series was ranked seventh in the 2025 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's list of the best manga for male readers.[16] The series was also ranked twelfth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics list of 2025.[17] The series won the Rakuten Kobo Special Award at the 3rd Rakuten Kobo E-book Awards.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b 人類とエイリアンとの戦争から50年…働く少女とエイリアンのSFアクションコメディ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 17, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  2. ^ 第1話 コンタクト. Ura Sunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  3. ^ ブーム到来？　「怪獣マンガ」続々と連載スタート　『怪獣8号』に続くヒットはどの作品になる？. Real Sound (in Japanese). Blueprint Inc. March 29, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  4. ^ a b 雷雷雷 ６ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  5. ^ Mateo, Alex (October 4, 2024). "Viz Media Licenses Steel Ball Run, Astro Royale, Tenmaku Cinema, More Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  6. ^ 雷雷雷 １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  7. ^ "Rai Rai Rai, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  8. ^ 雷雷雷 ２ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  9. ^ "Rai Rai Rai, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  10. ^ 雷雷雷 ３ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  11. ^ "Rai Rai Rai, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
  12. ^ 雷雷雷 ４ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  13. ^ "Rai Rai Rai, Vol. 4". Viz Media. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  14. ^ 雷雷雷 ５ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
  15. ^ Mateo, Alex (June 25, 2024). "Voting Opens for Next Manga Awards 2024". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  16. ^ Cayanan, Joanna (December 12, 2024). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil Full List of Top 2025 Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  17. ^ 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 (in Japanese). Nippon Shuppan Hanbai. January 30, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  18. ^ 楽天Kobo電子書籍Award 2025 受賞作品発表！ (in Japanese). Rakuten Kobo. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
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