Super Smartphone
Cover of the first tankōbon volume
すごいスマホ
(Sugoi Sumaho)
Genre
Manga
Written byHiroki Tomisawa
Illustrated byKentaro Hidano
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 9, 2022 – October 17, 2022
Volumes3

Super Smartphone (Japanese: すごいスマホ, Hepburn: Sugoi Sumaho) is a Japanese manga series written by Hiroki Tomisawa and illustrated by Kentaro Hidano. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from May to October 2022, with its chapters collected into three tankōbon volumes. The Manga is about the main character who finds a super smartphone with an app called guguo a knockoff of Google but it can search anything about the user or anything but evil forces will be trying to catch the phone for their own intentions.

Publication

Written by Hiroki Tomisawa and illustrated by Kentaro Hidano, the series was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 9 to October 17, 2022.[3][4][5] The chapters have been collected into three tankōbon volumes, published from September 2022 to January 2023.[6][7]

Viz Media and Manga Plus published chapters of the series in English simultaneously with the Japanese release.[2][8]

Volume list

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 2, 2022[6]978-4-08-883249-4February 27, 2024[9]978-1-9747-3693-5
  1. "Super Smartphone" (すごいスマホ, Sugoi Sumaho)
  2. "The Superphone's Pros and Cons" (スマホの功罪, Sumaho no Kōzai)
  3. "Superphone Battle" (スマホの戦い, Sumaho no Tatakai)
  4. "Two Culprits" (2人の犯人, Futari no Han'nin)
  1. "The Unidentified Invitation" (正体不明の招待状, Shōtai Fumei no Jōtaijō)
  2. "More Than One" (一人より, Hitori yori)
  3. "Three-Way Chat" (鼎談, Teidan)
2 December 2, 2022[10]978-4-08-883357-6February 27, 2024[11]978-1-9747-4479-4
  1. "The Second Group" (第二群, Dai ni-gun)
  2. "First Owner Search" (ファースト所有者サーチ, Fāsuto Shoyūsha Sāchi)
  3. "Moura on the First Day" (初日の藻浦, Shonichi no Moura)
  4. "First Owner Contact" (ファースト所有者コンタクト, Fāsuto Shoyūsha Kontakuto)
  5. "An Awesomely Awful Game of Tag" (すごい鬼ごっこ, Sugoi Oni Gokko)
  1. "Moura and Zenichiro" (藻浦と全一郎, Moura to Zenichirō)
  2. "The First Device" (1台目, Ichi Daime)
  3. "Revocation Penalty" (剥奪ペナルティ, Hakudatsu Penaruti)
  4. "Second Phase" (第2フェーズ, Daini Fēzu)
3 January 4, 2023[7]978-4-08-883407-8February 27, 2024[12]978-1-9747-4480-0
  1. "Boken's Evaluation" (ボーケンの値踏み, Bōken no Nebumi)
  2. "Card Game" (情報（カード）ゲーム, Kādo Gēmu)
  3. "Rei's Stylistic Standards" (レイの審美眼, Rei no Shinbigan)
  4. "Zenichiro" (全一郎, Zen'ichirō)
  1. "Entanglement" (因縁, In'nen)
  2. "Confrontation" (相対, Sōtai)
  3. "Continuation" (継続, Keizoku)
  4. "Destiny" (運命, Unmei)

Reception

Steven Blackburn from Screen Rant offered praise for the setup of the first chapter, though he was also concerned that the series may not be able to live up to it.[1]

The series was nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 Blackburn, Steven (May 11, 2022). "Shonen Jump's New Series Has an Impressive Start That'll Be Hard to Top". Screen Rant. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Hazra, Adriana (May 7, 2022). "Viz Media, Manga Plus Add Super Smartphone Manga on May 8 (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ 地球上のすべての情報を検索できるスマホをめぐるサスペンスがジャンプで. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 9, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 25, 2022). "Hiroki Tomisawa, Kentarō Hidano Launch Sugoi Smaho Manga in Shonen Jump on May 9". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 16, 2022). "Hiroki Tomisawa, Kentarō Hidano's Super Smartphone Manga Ends". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  6. 1 2 すごいスマホ 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  7. 1 2 すごいスマホ 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  8. ↑ Beveridge, Chris (May 7, 2022). "Viz Media Confirms 'Super Smartphone' Shonen Jump Manga Addition". The Fandom Post. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Super Smartphone, Vol. 1". VIZ Media. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  10. ↑ すごいスマホ 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Super Smartphone, Vol. 2". VIZ Media. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Super Smartphone, Vol. 3". VIZ Media. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  13. ↑ Morrissy, Kim (June 23, 2022). "Voting Opens for Next Manga Awards 2022". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
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