is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakane Toyobayashi. It began serialization in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine in November 2025, and has been compiled into three volumes as of August 2026.
Plot Shunpei Hinoki is a junior high school student from Azeno, a small town of around 3,000 people. He and his elementary classmate An Takayagawa had known each other since pre-school but were now going to different schools, with their only recent interactions being taking the same bus to school. One day, the two discover that a vending machine that their bus regularly passed by had disappeared, leading to the two speaking to the each other for the first time in a long time. With the two now reconnected, the two begin to re-establish their relationship and make up for lost time.
Characters
A junior high school student who commutes on the same bus as An every day. The two were classmates in pre-school and elementary, but drifted apart after they went to different junior high schools. He initially finds their re-encounter awkward, but later reconnects with An.
A junior high school who studies at a private academy. She was known for her intelligence in elementary and was a close friend to Shunpei, but lately the two were not close.
Shunpei's classmate, who was close friends with An in elementary. Despite the two now going to different schools, the two remain friends.
Publication The series is written and illustrated by Sakane Toyobayashi, who had previously published the oneshot Ponytail ni Yureru in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 2023. The series is serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday, with the first three chapters being released on November 5, 2025. The first volume was released on February 18, 2026. Three volumes have been released as of August 18, 2026.
Chapters not yet in tankōbon format These chapters have yet to be published in a volume.
Reception The series was ranked second in the print category at the 12th Next Manga Awards in 2026.
References
External links Manga official website