ZIPMAN!!

A manga about a young man who zips into a special suit that houses his dead twin brother’s consciousness in order to battle against an evil organization.

We’ve discussed this on an older episode.

ZIPMAN!! is not Yusaku Shibata first foray into the highly competitive battleground known as Weekly Shonen Jump. His previous series Yoakemono was also canceled due to lack of popularity. But while Yoakemono failed to make an impression on me, I thought ZIPMAN!! had some fantastic action scenes that grabbed my eye. Unfortunately I think this manga suffered from the overly complicated backstory with it’s main characters. Twin brother storylines are overly complex and splits the focus for the reader, even if the story focused primarily on Kaname. Double Taisei also suffered from the same problem. And while the focus is here is more on sentai heroes, you can see some overlap with My Hero Academia.

Yusaku Shibata is a talented artist so I really hope he’ll eventually make a series that works for him, whether it be in Weekly Shonen Jump or not. You can still read this on Manga Plus for now.

~dakazu