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Red Sprite

Alternative Titles

Japanese: レッドスプライト
English: Red Sprite
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 15
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 29, 2016 to Nov 28, 2016
Genres: Action Action, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors: Yagi, Tomohiro (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.111 (scored by 22832,283 users)
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Ranked: #189392
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Popularity: #5010
Members: 4,252
Favorites: 13
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Synopsis

Technology has advanced due to the discovery of an alternative source of fuel called "Thunder-Cores." This has changed civilization for the better due to the creation of longer lasting trains and cars, and a new form of transportation called Air-Ships!

The story follows Tatsu Frampt, a young boy who lives in an orphanage nowhere near the city, who dreams that one day he will be the captain of his own air-ship and travel around the world alongside his friends. He is told that he and his friends are being isolated from civilization due to a disease that makes iron grow in their bodies. However, the orphanage is attacked, and Tatsu is the sole survivor, and learns the dark truth of his "disease." Six years later, he embarks on a mission to save his friends, and kill those who stand in his way...

Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Red Sprite (pilot)

Background

As a part of the JUMP START initiative, the first three chapters of Red Sprite were published in English in VIZ Media's digital Weekly Shonen Jump on the same day as the Japanese release. After, the series was added to VIZ Media's Weekly Shonen Jump lineup. The volumes were published by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint on December 24, 2019.

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Reviews

Nov 6, 2016
This is more of a first reaction, rather than a full review. I will update it as the story progresses.

Red Sprite is a manga that started in SJ right after Bleach ended, yet it received close to zero hype, thus not many people have heard of it. The author, Yagi Tomohiro, is also relatively new to the manga industry, having only drawn one more series for SJ, which never took off and ended after 20 chapters. It's safe to assume that the expectations for this series are not set too high.

STORY: I was pleasantly surprised by the story. The mangaka has managed to create ...
Jun 20, 2021
Mixed Feelings
Red Sprite had a lot of potential, and sadly it got the ax like so many series all too soon.

What I really enjoyed about Red Sprite was the world. It had a clear steampunk WWII aesthetic going on... or would it be more appropriate to call it electropunk? Anyway, really cool setting where babies are experimented on to be, essentially, human batteries to power weapons. There was a clear and achievable goal from the get-go, which is for the main character, Tatsu, to find his brothers and sisters that were taken from the orphanage. It just so happened that taking down a dictatorship is the ...
Jul 9, 2017
Red Sprite - Sequel to Bleach (?)

Red Sprite (in Japanese, Redo Sprito) is a manga that started in Shonen Jump (SJ) right after Bleach ended, on August 29. By this, people had high hopes for this series and had hoped that Red Sprite (as a title) would become a regular series in the magazine. That didn't happen and so it ended in 15 chapters. Instead of a great/epic series (as main shonen series are supposed to be), what came to the readers was a series that was desperate for the spotlight and didn't realize its full potential.

The beginning of it all happens pretty much as ...

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Poll: Red Sprite Chapter 15 Discussion
iqbal1988 - Aug 28, 2023
0 repliesby iqbal1988 »»
Aug 28, 2023 5:48 AM
Red sprite is cancelled!
johnknight648 - Nov 21, 2016
39 repliesby hocinedz403 »»
Jul 18, 2022 8:17 AM
Poll: Red Sprite Chapter 14 Discussion
Stark700 - Nov 24, 2016
11 repliesby RalPrismriver »»
May 5, 2018 8:35 PM
Raw epilogue chapter of Red sprite from Vol 2 tankōbon
johnknight648 - Aug 29, 2017
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Aug 29, 2017 9:44 AM
Poll: Red Sprite Chapter 13 Discussion
Stark700 - Nov 17, 2016
5 repliesby KaitoKief »»
Nov 22, 2016 10:51 AM