Trillion Game #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeTrillion Game Vol. 3 is part of the first-ever North American print edition of a series that pairs two of Japan's most credentialed manga talents — Riichiro Inagaki (Dr. Stone, Eyeshield 21) and Ryoichi Ikegami (Crying Freeman, Sanctuary) — on a genre-defying seinen business thriller. The volume arrives on the leading edge of the English-language rollout, which Viz launched in September 2024, just as the 26-episode Madhouse anime adaptation was airing in Japan, making the print release an entry point into a multimedia moment for Western readers. The series itself won the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award (2024), confirming its standing in Japanese critical circles, and this volume marks the narrative's pivot from street-level hustles — including a comedic conquest of Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district — into the higher-stakes world of mobile gaming, signaling the escalating corporate ambition that defines the rest of the run. As the third installment in Viz's rollout of a complete seinen title by two living masters of the form, it represents a meaningful expansion of what the Western manga market makes available in print.
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Trillion Game began serialization in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior on December 11, 2020, representing Riichiro Inagaki's first work in a seinen magazine after his career in Shonen Jump titles. The pairing of Inagaki with Ryoichi Ikegami was not a cold collaboration — the two had worked together on at least one prior one-shot (Kobushi Zamurai, 2015) before committing to the full series. According to Anibase, the story's core scenario had roots in an idea Inagaki conceived during his middle school years, reworked decades later with a contemporary startup backdrop; real investors and tech founders were reportedly consulted to lend authenticity to the business schemes. Viz Media announced its North American license in February 2024 and shipped the English Vol. 1 on September 17, 2024, with Vol. 3 following on January 21, 2025, translated by Stephen Paul.
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- Written by Riichiro Inagaki (Eyeshield 21, Dr. Stone) and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami (Crying Freeman, Sanctuary); cover art also by Ikegami.
- English-language Vol. 3 published by Viz Media on January 21, 2025 (in shops January 22); ISBN 9781974751723; 200 pages; rated Mature Readers.
- Translated by Stephen Paul — the same translator who handled Vol. 1 and later volumes in the English edition.
- Story arc in this volume: Haru and Gaku must infiltrate and win over the Kabukicho nightlife district to offload their 'not-so-AI-powered' flower-vending business, then pivot toward a mobile gaming venture — the first major tech-sector expansion in the narrative.
- The parent manga series serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior beginning December 11, 2020, and concluded in approximately 87 chapters (December 2025), collected in eleven Japanese tankōbon volumes.
- The series won the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award (2024), sharing the honor with Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and The Elusive Samurai.
- Vol. 3 arrived mid-stream during the 26-episode anime adaptation (Madhouse, October 2024 – March 2025), streamed on Crunchyroll outside Asia with an English dub premiering October 17, 2024.
- A live-action TBS drama adaptation (2023, starring Ren Meguro of Snow Man as Haru) streamed globally on Netflix from October 2023; a sequel live-action film premiered February 14, 2025 — releasing the same month as Vol. 3's distributor ship date, concentrating multiple adaptation touchpoints around this English volume.
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