PPPPPP (manga)

PPPPPP is a Japanese musical manga series written and illustrated by Mapollo 3. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 2021 to February 2023, with its chapters collected into eight volumes as of May 2023. The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.

Synopsis
Lucky Otogami is one of seven children who all love the piano. However, after a divorce, Lucky was left with only his mother while his father took his siblings. They became the prodigies known as the "Otogami Sextuplet Pianists", while Lucky was forced to live an abusive life in a relative's home after his mother fell into a coma. When his mother wakes up, he believes everything is right with the world, until he discovers she only has one year to live. Lucky decides to become a professional pianist so his mother can see him perform with his siblings.

Publication
Written and illustrated by Mapollo 3, PPPPPP was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 18, 2021,  to February 27, 2023. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on January 4, 2022. As of May 2, 2023, eight volumes have been released.

PPPPPP has been licensed for simultaneous publication in North America as it is released in Japan, with its chapters being digitally launched by Viz Media on its Shonen Jump website. Shueisha also simulpublishes the series in English for free on the Manga Plus app and website.

Reception
Reviewing the first chapter of PPPPPP, Steven Blackburn of Screen Rant wrote that the conflicts seen in the manga are characteristic of successful series like Yūki Tabata's Black Clover and Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto, while commenting that there are other factors that "further hint at PPPPPP's likelihood of success", such as the incorporation of supernatural elements; Blackburn also stated, "In true -like fashion, this new [Weekly] Shōnen Jump manga doesn't rely on the reader's imagination to capture the power of music. Maporo 3-Gō makes it so that a moving melody can cause people to have visions."

The series was nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award in the print manga category and placed fifth out of 50 nominees. It ranked tenth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023.