Shuriken Rantō Cryptoverse, literally Throwing Star Brawl Cryptoverse, is a Japanese manga series created by Fujima Kunisada. Since its debut on February 6, 2021, new chapters are released every Saturday in Japanese.
Shuriken Rantō Cryptoverse follows around the 12-year-old boy named Koji Kiyoshi, and works with Roakijushiku, his Crystal Monster, to achieve his dream into becoming a Master Champion of the League, and some plot points revolve among his friends, who are also Crystal Brawlers, like him, and Crystal Monsters. The series also revolves on fusion, where people called Crystal Brawlers fuses with creatures called Crystal Monsters in order to gain a fused form. When they are fused, they usually engage in combat and training, and they could both defuse anytime, unless they are in the weak state.
The original Japanese version can be read here
, and on Pixiv.
This Manga provides examples of:
- All Men Are Perverts: Saburo Shinchiro is a shameless pervert throughout the series.
- Calling Your Attacks: Majority of the characters does this when attacking.
- Crush Blush: Especially in her debut, Aoha Atashino does this when speaking to Koji sometimes.
- Combination Attack: The duo move is performed when the Crystal Brawlers attack at the same time.
- Elemental Powers: There are 20 elemental types of Crystal Monsters in this series: Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Ice, Steel, Shuriken, Physical, Ground, Ghost, Dark, Dragon, Flying, Rock, Toxic, Rainbow, Fairy, Music, Psychic, Spell
- Fusion Dance: One of the main tropes of the series, where a lot of characters fuse with Crystal Monsters in order to work together to fight with supernatural powers. In order for a fusion to work, the Crystal Brawler must raise his fist, where the Crystalrist is, in the air, and say "Merge" in order for it to work.
- Kid Hero: Majority of the cast, which are students as well, are stated to be 12-13 years old.
- Superhero School: One of the main settings of the series, it is called Crystal Brawlers Junior High, a junior high school where students are able to merge with Crystal Monsters to get superpowers.
- Power Dyes Your Hair: The majority of Crystal Brawlers experience a change in hair color whenever they merge with a Crystal Monster or transform, depending on the type of Crystal Monster they merge with.
- Anime Hair: Koji, Saburo, and some other characters with hair "rising up".
- Super Wrist-Gadget: Every Crystal Brawler uses a Crystalrist * , and yells out "Merge!" to activate the fusion.
- Elemental Rivalry: Koji Kiyoshi (Shuriken), and Shinju Kumiko (Dark).
- Our Monsters Are Weird: Many of the Crystal Monsters are based on real-life animals, in which in case they have weird features. For an example, Roaracryst is a spider with 4 legs instead of 8.
- Childhood Friends: Natsumi Aihara and Aoha Atashino, since kindergarten.
- From Zero to Hero: At first, Koji doesn't have any elements. Not until he met Roaracryst to take down Darkslash.
- Rescue Introduction: In her first appearance, during the school's simulation, Sora Nijiko was very low on power, but Koji eliminated an enemy for her.
- Love Bubbles: This is constantly used whenever two characters have a romantic moment together, or one character has a crush on another. An example: Aoha when she sees Koji.
- Say It with Hearts: Aoha does this occasionally to Koji.
- That Was Not a Dream: Whatever happens in Koji's dream including Marc happens in the real world.
