It has been revealed that a new, official sequel to Hiroshi Takahashi's popular delinquent manga series "Crows" and "Worst" will begin serialization in the third issue of 2026 of the manga magazine "Young Champion" (Akita Shoten), which will be released on January 13, 2026. This new series, which Takahashi will be both the original author and illustrator of, will be the first in about 13 years since "Worst," which concluded in 2013. This legendary delinquent manga, which represents the Heisei era, will be revived in the Reiwa era.
The start of the new series was announced in the 24th issue of the magazine, which went on sale on November 25th, and a special website and teaser movie were released. It is suggested that the new series will be set at Suzuran Boys' High School, just like the "Crows" and "Worst" series.
"Crows" is a monumental delinquent manga that was serialized in "Monthly Shonen Champion" (published by the same publisher) from 1990 to 1998. The story begins when blond, pompadour-haired boy Harumichi Bouya transfers to Suzuran Boys' High School, also known as "The School of Crows," a school of delinquents that even crying children will be silenced by. The story follows a group of men who clash with powerful enemies such as Housen Academy, the Kurotaki Alliance, and the Armed Front, and sometimes come to terms with each other and grow as men. It has also been adapted into live-action and stage plays, and the total number of copies of the comics published, including the sequel "WORST" and related works such as spin-offs, has exceeded 90 million.
