Serving as a sequel to the 2016 Shutoko SPL manga series, the first volume of Shutoko SPL Zero arrived on April 18th, 2025, with the artwork to the right. The previous series ran for twelve volumes before moving onto this one in 2024. It comes from creator Michiharu Kusunoki as serialized in Weekly Young Magazine.
Kusunoki made their debut in 192 with Aitsu to Lullaby and have fourteen properties to their name in total.
Weekly Young Magazine is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine started on June 16, 1980, and is targeted at the adult male demographic. It was published bimonthly, on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, until switching to a weekly publication in 1989.
Plot Concept: The series is a sequel to the original “Shutoko SPL” set in 1994, following the protagonist as a 19-year-old young man stepping into the world of tuning and racing with a GT-R.
[Source: MangaMoguraRE]
