Blitz Vol. 02

Blitz Vol. 02, as seen in the pages of Shonen Jump, BLITZ is a new shonen manga exploring the elite world of chess!

Immerse yourself deep into the chess world, where intuition and mental agility are precious assets on the way to victory!

After the incident with Caïssa, Tom’s chess level has improved considerably. Back at school, he reunites with Harmony, Laurent, Saori, as well as Anne, Marius and Zhang. These seven chess club members of the International School of Shibuya must now battle each other to determine who will qualify for the prestigious roles of school representatives to compete in the Kantô region Junior High School Tournament.

Facing skilled opponents, our heroes’ abilities and characters will be put to the test… Memories, rivalries, unexpected reunions… Can the young ISS team come out victorious?

Biographical Notes:

Cedric Biscay is the creator of the Blitz universe and co-writer of the manga, Cédric Biscay is the producer behind the triumphant return of the Shenmue saga in 2019 on PS4 and PC awarded by 3 World Records in the Guinness book. Also, the producer of the multi-award-winning documentary Sad Hill Unearthed, available on Netflix around the world, and the future series Astroboy Reboot, he is the recipient of this year Certificate of Honor from the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Daitaro Nishihara started as a mangaka in the magazine Monthly Shônen Jump. From 2001, several of his series were pre-published in the magazine Korokoro Comic (Shôgakukan), notably Pokémon 6 – Jirachi the genius of wishes.

Title Notes:

As Bonus Material included in each volume, chess games are explained move by move to allow you to better understand the strategy. To facilitate further understanding, a chess lexicon and annotations are included.

More details on Cedric Biscay & Daitaro Nishihara:

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