Robō no Fujii(路傍のフジイ; lit.'Passerby Fujii') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kurao Nabe. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits since May 2023.

Plot

Tanaka is an office worker who is single and likes to compare himself to others since he feels anxious about his future. He eventually notices Fujii, a colleague who is 40-years-old, single, and has a dull appearance. Tanaka initially thinks that he is better than Fujii, but after getting to know him, he begins to realize that there may be more to him than his dull appearance.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Kurao Nabe, Robō no Fujii started in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits on May 15, 2023. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first one released on October 30, 2023. As of February 27, 2026, six volumes have been released.

Volumes

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBN
1October 30, 2023978-4-09-862542-0
2February 29, 2024978-4-09-862708-0
3August 30, 2024978-4-09-863020-2
4February 28, 2025978-4-09-863203-9
5August 29, 2025978-4-09-863585-6
6February 27, 2026978-4-09-863781-2

Reception

The series ranked 17th in the print category at the tenth Next Manga Awards in 2024. It ranked eleventh on the 2024 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine; it ranked eighth on the 2025 list. It ranked fifth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2025 for male readers. It was ranked second in the 18th Manga Taishō in 2025; it ranked seventh in the 19th edition in 2026.

Further reading

  • Nobunaga, Minami (November 24, 2023). . Good Life with Books (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. from the original on May 1, 2024.
  • Ito, Kazuhiro (May 14, 2024). . Good Life with Books (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. from the original on June 5, 2024.
  • Kobayashi, Yasushi (November 24, 2023). . Da Vinci News (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. from the original on June 30, 2024.

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