MF Ghost (MFゴースト "MF Gōsuto") is a Japanese legal street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno that ran from 2017 to 2025. The manga consists of 275 chapters compiled into 23 tankōbon volumes. The manga was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine. It is the official sequel to Initial D.
On January 4, 2022, an anime adaption was announced and premiered from October 1st to December 18th, 2023. Following the airing of the Turn12, a second season was announced. Season 2 of the anime picked up right where the last season left off at, and aired from October 6th to December 22nd, 2024. A third season of the anime was later confirmed not long after the airing of Turn24, and will begin airing in 2026.
Story Arcs
For the sake of making the series easier to break down, the MF Ghost Wiki splits the series into 6 main arcs. These are defined as:
- Round 1 Qualification and Race Arc (Chapter 001 - Chapter 044, Volume 01 - mid Volume 04, Turn01 - Turn09)
- Round 2 Qualification and Race Arc (Chapter 045 - mid Chapter 092, mid Volume 04 - late Volume 08 , Turn10 - Mid Turn20)
- Round 3 Qualification and Race Arc (mid Chapter 092 - Chapter 142, late Volume 08 - Volume 12, Mid Turn20 - TBA)
- MFG Summer Break Arc (Chapter 142 - mid Chapter 157, Volume 13 - early Volume 14)
- Round 4 Qualification and Race Arc (mid Chapter 157 - Chapter 208, early Volume 14 - mid Volume 18)
- Round 5 Qualification and Race Arc (Chapter 209 - Chapter 275, mid Volume 18 - Volume 23)
Synopsis
In the year 202X, self-driving cars has replaced internal combustion cars for everyday use. An organization named MFG, formed by the mysterious Ryo Takahashi, organizes sanctioned street races for cars of any power. Hailing from the United Kingdom, a half-Japanese half-British individual named Kanata Rivington participates in the fourth year of MFG competitions under the name Kanata Katagiri, driving a unique Toyota 86 GT passed down by a former contestant. He came to Japan with one goal in mind: to search for his lost father.
Information
Unlike author's previous works, MF Ghost is fully digital. He is using CLIP STUDIO PAINT and Mobile Studio Pro. [1]
As of June 2023, the manga had over 5 million copies in circulation. [2]
Releases
The manga has released 21 volumes as of 4th of October 2024.
| Volume | Original (Japanese) |
Kodansha USA (English) |
Siam Inter (Thai) |
Haksan (Korean) |
Tong Li (Chinese) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 01 | January 5th 2018 |
January 10th 2022 |
October 15th 2020 |
December 12th 2020 |
December 20th 2018 |
| Volume 02 | May 7th 2018 |
March 2nd 2021 |
February 23rd 2021 |
January 9th 2020 | |
| Volume 03 | September 6th 2018 |
April 20th 2021 |
February 14th 2020 | ||
| Volume 04 | January 4th 2019 |
October 6th 2021 |
August 25th 2021 |
September 21st 2020 | |
| Volume 05 | May 7th 2019 |
October 14th 2021 |
February 18th 2021 | ||
| Volume 06 | September 6th 2019 |
December 16th 2021 |
December 24th 2021 |
March 26th 2021 | |
| Volume 07 | January 7th 2020 |
March 21st 2022 |
September 16th 2021 | ||
| Volume 08 | May 7th 2020 |
April 4th 2022 |
May 24st 2022 |
August 5th 2022 | |
| Volume 09 | September 4th 2020 |
July 28th 2022 |
August 10th 2022 |
January 10th 2023 | |
| Volume 10 | January 6th 2021 |
August 21st 2022 |
September 22nd 2022 |
September 4th 2023 | |
| Volume 11 | May 6th 2021 |
March 7th 2023 |
April 18th 2023 |
October 24th 2022 |
February 19th 2024 |
| Volume 12 | September 6th 2021 |
April 4th 2023 |
December 22nd 2022 |
Yet to be released | |
| Volume 13 | January 6th 2022 |
May 2nd 2023 |
May 15th 2023 | ||
| Volume 14 | May 6th 2022 |
June 6th 2023 |
May 12th 2023 |
August 25th 2023 | |
| Volume 15 | September 6th 2022 |
July 4th 2023 |
June 19th 2023 |
October 24th 2023 | |
| Volume 16 | February 6th 2023 |
August 1st 2023 |
November 28th 2023 |
February 1st 2024 | |
| Volume 17 | June 6th 2023 |
October 3rd 2023 |
February 23rd 2024 |
May 9th 2024 | |
| Volume 18 | October 5th 2023 |
March 5th 2024 |
May 3rd 2024 |
Yet to be released | |
| Volume 19 | February 6th 2024 |
July 9th 2024 |
Yet to be released | ||
| Volume 20 | June 6th 2024 |
January 21st 2025 | |||
| Volume 21 | October 4th 2024 |
Yet to be released | |||
| Volume 22 | Feburary 6th 2025 |
Yet to be released |
Gallery
Japanese Covers
Cover design by Tadashi Hisamochi (Hive&Co. ltd.) [3]
Japanese Reverse Covers
Kodansha USA Covers
Trivia
- MF Ghost's catchphrase is "The New Legend of the Fastest on Public Roads" after Initial D's "Legend of the Fastest on the Public Roads".
References
- ↑ https://x.com/clip_celsys/status/915511690543849472?s=20
- ↑ As stated on Cover of Chapter 246
- ↑ Written on volume covers as well as Hive&Co website.