This year's 32nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced on Monday that manga creator Masahiro Hirakata ( Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san ) will launch a new sports manga series titled Best Blue in the magazine's next issue, which Shueisha will publish on July 13. Hirakata previously published a one-shot manga with the same title in Shueisha's seasonal Jump Next!! magazine in February last year. The manga will have a color opening page, and it will also adorn the issue's cover. The magazine teases:

Swim through the center of youth! A blue summer comes to Jump! Aim for the legend! A boy swims alone on a remote island. But he will have a destined meeting in Aono!