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Futari Bus

Futari Bus
First tankōbon volume cover
ふたりバス
(Futari Basu)
GenreRomantic comedy
Manga
Written bySakane Toyobayashi
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
Original runNovember 5, 2025 – present
Volumes1

Futari Bus (ふたりバス, Futari Basu; lit. "A Bus for Two") 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 a single volume as of February 2026.

Plot

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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 being to re-establish their relationship and make up for lost time.

Characters

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Shunpei Hinoki (桧木 春平, Hinoki Shunpei)
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.
An Takayagawa (高屋川 あん, Takayagawa 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.
Luluca Muta (牟田 ルルカ, Muta Ruruka)
Shunpei's classmate, who was close friends with An in elementary. Despite the two now going to different schools, the two remain friends.

Publication

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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.[1] The first volume was released on February 18, 2026.[2][3]

No. Release date ISBN
1February 18, 2026[3]978-4-09-854455-4
  1. Haru no Michi (はるのみち)
  2. Asa Nebō (あさねぼう)
  3. Tonari Basu (となりバス)
  4. Tama Musobi (たまむすび)
  5. Hana ga Saku (はながさく)
  6. Kami Oroshi (かみおろし)
  1. Muta Ruruka (むたるるか)
  2. Sukina Hito (すきなひと)
  3. Nichiyōbi (にちようび)
  4. Tokubetsu na (とくべつな)
  5. Somaru Iro (そまるいろ)

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

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These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.

  1. Dai Ippo (だいいっぽ)
  2. Matsuno-san (まつのさん)
  3. Takaku Tobu (たかくとぶ)
  4. Honki Dasu (ほんきだす)
  5. Ganbatte (がんばって)
  6. Issho ni (いっしょに)
  7. Mokumokuto (もくもくと)
  8. Sukina Koto (すきなこと)

References

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  1. ^ "バスで始まる少年少女の淡い関係描く新連載　来週の少年サンデーはあだち充の特別号". Natasha, Inc. November 5, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2026.
  2. ^ "疎遠だった少年少女がバスに揺られて通学するラブ未満コメディ「ふたりバス」1巻". Natalie (website) (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 18, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "ふたりバス １". Shogakukan. Retrieved March 5, 2026.
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