Thunder 3 (manga)

Thunder 3 (サンダー3) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Ikeda. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine since May 2022.

Publication
Written and illustrated by Yuki Ikeda, Thunder 3 started in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine on May 6, 2022. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on October 17, 2022. As of May 16, 2024, six volumes have been released.

In March 2024, Kodansha USA announced that they had licensed the manga for print release, with the first volume set to be published in November of the same year.

Reception
The series was nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award in the print manga category. It was nominated for the eBook Initiative Japan Manga Award 2023. It ranked fourth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2024 for male readers.

Writing for the Real Sound (website), Reiichi Narima praised the series for its premise and realistic and detailed artwork, comparing it to Hiroya Oku's Gantz and Inio Asano's Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction. Chanmei from the same website included the series on her top 10 manga series of 2022, calling it "definitely the most shocking and surprising work of the year."