History Manga / ChoujinX

''Choujin X'' is an ongoing manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was published in Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website on May 10, 2021, and then later in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine on October 14, 2021. The series has also been simultaneously released by Viz Media and Manga Plus.

* Greed: Due to his nature as a Nue Chimera who can collect other Choujin's powers, the pharmacist always wants powers. He needs to remind himself to not overindulge in it.

* Depower: [[spoiler: Chandra]] ends up losing his Choujin's powers after being [[spoiler: absorbed by Ely]].

* CainAndAbdel: Sandek is an heroic member of Yamato Mori. His brother [[spoiler: Batista aka the Pharmacist]] is a villainous member of Tower of Mourning, who are WellIntentionedExtremist. Naturally, when the two groups clashed, they fought agaisnt each other.

* GravityMaster: By hitting things with an object (melee or thrown), Shiozaki can concentrate a massive amount of gravity upon it, making it sink. He's shown to have good control over his targeting as befits a former baseball pitcher. In Chaos mode, he apparently puts a massive gravity field around himself as well.

* SuperSmoke: Both Chandra and Ely can create super-heated smoke, used either to burn people, fly or hide in it.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Zora is willing to kill hundreds of people for a small chance to save Yamato. This also extend to people working directly for her (like Chandra or the pharmacist).

** Tokio in Full Beastification can fly as well, due to being a vulture Choujin.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:

* TattooedCrook: Yubiko, one of the Choujin send against the heroes on Beast Island, has a large tatto on her back.

* VibrationManipulation: In top his SuperScream, Mori can uses vibrations to feel the space around himself. This allows him to know everything that is happening on Beast Island.

* PeersonalityPowers: A Choujin's power depends of their personality and greatest desire.

* Necromancer: Mori Hiroto, as a Death Growl Choujin, can animate the deads with his screams.

* VibrationMaster: In top his SuperScream, Mori can uses vibrations to feel the space around himself. This allows him to know everything that is happening on Beast Island.
* YourMindMakesItReal: The Choujin-making drug apparently alters you according to your psyche/greatest desire.

* VibrationMaster: In top his SuperScream, Mori can uses vibrations to feel the space around himself. This allows him to know everything that his happening on Beast Island.

* SuperScream: Mori Hiroto, as a Death Growl Choujin, can shout loud enough to knock Ely from the sky. His screams are also loud enough to wake Ely and Monoma, despite being quite far away.

* IKnowWhatYouFear: As a Dread Choujin, Ricardo can takes the appearence of what his targets fear the most.

** Ely's smoke powers let her do this, though she's lacking in control.
** Tokio in Full Beastification can do this as well.

* GravityMaster: By hitting things with an object (melee or thrown), Shiozaki can concentrate a massive amount of gravity upon it, making it sink. He's shown to have good control over his targeting as befits a former baseball pitcher. In full beastification form, he apparently puts a massive gravity field around himself as well.

* SnakesAreSinister: Nari is a Snake Choujin who can turn herself into a serpent and she is hired by the masked man to capture or kill Tokio.

* SuperStrength: Monoma is a Strength Choujin, and so has this. She's a little shy about using her powers in front of people when not on a case, though.

* SnakesAreSinister: Nari is a Snake Choujin who can turn herself into serpent and she is hired by the masked man to capture or kill Tokio.

* RubberMan: Johnny Kiyoshi Takeyama gets powers like this after being injected with a Choujin-making substance.

* SuperSmoke: Both Chandra and Ely have these powers.

* BlatantLies: After Ely and Tokio catch Shiozaki illegally using his Choujin powers to destroy a vending machine that wouldn't take his money, he claims that he has a Class-A registration and that he was doing an investigation on soda pop that he can't explain to them. Neither believe him, though it does get Ely interested in getting a Class-A license for the money she'd make on investigations.

** Money also motivates Shiozaki, who wants to get himself and his brothers out of the bad side of town. He wanted to do that with baseball, but his Choujin powers awakened during a match and (besides apparently killing the batter he was pitching to) Choujin aren't allowed to play sports against regular people, so he had to resort to crime.

* BlatantLies: After Ely and Tokio catch Shiozaki illegally using his Choujin powers to destryo a vending machine that wouldn't take his money, he claims that he has a Class-A registration and that he was doing an investigation on soda pop that he can't explain to them. Neither believe him, though it does get Ely interested in getting a Class-A license for the money she'd make on investigations.

** Ely's a good person, but her primary interests lie in getting a ton of money (via farming at first) so she can use it to help her family out with their farm...and to buy a mansion and a big dog and snag a hot husband. After she accidentally gets a kid by an evil Choujin user, her motivations shift toward getting a lot of money by collecting the bounty on bad guys.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: By injuring themselves badly and then using their willpower to force themselves to live, a Choujin can get a huge temporary boost in their power and regeneration abilities.

** Ely's HeroStoleMyBikeMoment above causes the villain chasing her to kill the boy she snatched it from, which she only finds out after the fact. When she's about to head back home to the country from Yamato, she sees a wanted poster for Chandra and decides to stay instead and get her Class-A license so she can hunt him down.

** Handheld technology has advanced to the point that smartphones are cards in size and shape, much further than the real world had in 1998.

** It's unclear if Tokio's Full Beastification

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Johnny Takeyama briefly goes insane with the rush of power after turning into a Choujin, and in his instability, kills his two best friends. After coming to his senses, he's horrified. In order to make up for what he's done he refuses to give out Azuma and Tokio's names when the mysterious man who gave him the Coujin-making drug demands to know what happened to the other two syringes he received. It helps that he knew he was going to be killed anyway.

** Handheld technology had advanced to the point that smartphones are cards in size and shape now.

* HeroicSacrifice:
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Johnny Takeyama briefly goes insane with the rush of power after turning into a Choujin, and in his instability, kills his two best friends. After coming to his senses, he's horrified. In order to make up for what he's done he refuses to give out Azuma and Tokio's names when the mysterious man who gave him the Coujin-making drug demands to know what happened to the other two syringes he received. It helps that he knew he was going to die anyway.
* PowerUpgradingDeformation: After being injected with the Choujin drug, Tokio takes on the form of a vulture-person, and has to hide his true face and form until learning how to shift out of it.

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Tokio is able to understand what birds say after becoming a Vulture Choujin.
* SuperSmoke: Both Chandra and Ely have these powers.

* AlternateHistory: Tokio's and Ely's Choujin registration card shows they were issued on Showa 73 (1998). In real life however, the showa era ended in 1989 due to the emperor's passing.

* SceneryGorn: The backdrop of the series is abundant with dilapidated buildings and crumbling structures.

Over 50 years have passed since the establishment of autonomous regions begin within the world's nations, an outcome initiated from the resulting chaos brought about by "Choujin," individuals with supernatural powers. The current year is 1998; a rather unremarkable high school student by the name of Tokio Kurohara plays sidekick to his much more accomplished and popular childhood friend, Azuma Higashi, as the two participate in local heroic endeavors. Unfortunately for Tokio's case, participation generally involves him sitting out on the sidelines as support for Azuma and his talents. Despite this, Tokio still finds fulfillment living vicariously through his bestfriend.

One day, a plane with black smoke billowing out is seen crashing behind the hills. Reports claim the crash to be a terrorist attack possibly caused by a Choujin. However, the plane itself is hardly damaged and 200 passengers managed to survive the ordeal. After volunteering to help with the accident, Tokio and Azuma head back home when they're suddenly attack by a delinquent whom they've dealt with days prior, the only problem—this person happens to be a Choujn now and is out for blood. In a desperate decision, the two resolve themselves to becoming Choujin; their only chance at survival. Armed with new found powers, Tokio is now brought to the forefront of action as he attempts to navigate the world of Choujin.