Battle in 5 Seconds Manga Resumes
Miyakokasiwa's Battle in 5 Seconds (Deatte 5-byō de Battle) manga (a remake of Saizō Harawata's original series) resumed on Thursday. Shogakukan had posted the previous chapter on June 11, and the author announced the hiatus on August 13.
The manga went on hiatus due to Miyakokasiwa struggling with poor health.
The manga previously went on hiatus in October 2024, and Miyakokasiwa had noted health and personal issues since the start of 2024. The author added at the time that the series was approaching its end. The manga resumed serialization in January 2025.
Comikey publishes the series in English and describes the story:
Akira Shiroyanagi is a high schooler who loves challenging games and Konpeito candy. One day, while heading to school, he encounters an enigmatic woman called Mi on.
After that, Akira and a host of other individuals are kidnapped and forced to become test pilots for a mysterious organization. They are given unique abilities and pitted against each other.
Armed with his newfound, special ability, Akira becomes determined to take down this sinister group and beat their game. He has to rely on his guile to overcome all sorts of obstacles in a captivating battle of wits!
Harawata posted the original manga online before artist Miyakokasiwa launched a "remake" of the manga with new art in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday web comic service in 2015. The manga is also on Shogakukan's Manga ONE app. Shogakukan published the manga's 31st compiled book volume on July 10.
The series inspired an anime adaptation in 2021. Crunchyroll released an English dub for the series.
KioskNews shows a cleaned-up reading view extracted from the publisher’s page — the original always lives on their site, not ours.