Fighting manga that launched in 2007 inspired live-action series in 2012

This year's 45th issue of Akita Shoten 's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine revealed on Thursday that Tetsuhiro Hirakawa is ending his Clover fighting manga in the magazine's next issue, which Akita Shoten will publish on October 15.

The manga's story follows three boys — Hayato, Tomoki, and Kenji — who were close friends in elementary school. Hayato transfered to another school, and the three drifted apart. Five years later, however, Hayato returns, and the three reunite by chance.