Nba!

Nba!
First tankōbon volume cover
んば!
GenreMystery, thriller
Manga
Written byUo Ayae
Published byShogakukan
ImprintBig Comics
MagazineBig Comic Original
Original runMay 2, 2024 – present
Volumes5

Nba! (んば!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Uo Ayae. It began serialization in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original in May 2024.

Synopsis

Momota is a 24-year-old man who lives his life by doing what he believes is the right thing according to what the law, his company's rules or his common sense say. One day, he is asked by his boss to guard a ranch of pigs from pests, he later meets a mysterious girl on the job, and his life begins to drastically change.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Uo Ayae, Nba! began serialization in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original on May 2, 2024. Its chapters have been collected in five tankōbon volumes as of September 2026.

No. Release date ISBN
1April 30, 2025978-4-09-863189-6
2August 29, 2025978-4-09-863543-6
3December 26, 2025978-4-09-863668-6
4April 30, 2026978-4-09-863889-5
5September 30, 2026978-4-09-864086-7

Reception

The series has been recommended by television producer Nobuyuki Sakuma and comedian Gunpi.

The series was ranked fifteenth in Da Vinci's 2025 Book of the Year ranking. The series, alongside RIOT, was ranked fourteenth in the 2026 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's list of best manga for male readers.