Join master detective Rock Yodogawa, his fearless partner June, and their companions—Liu, Mutsuki, and eccentric Professor Hex—in two back-to-back manga adventures bursting with mystery, danger, and brain-teasing challenges. From chasing the elusive Phantom Thief Kubrick to navigating the perilous Serpent River and breaking ancient curses, every twist demands sharp thinking and essential math skills.

Manga Quest Mathematics: Math Adventures with Integers, Ratios, and More! has a story by Shunji Kurosawa and art by Tōru Hasebe. English translation is done by David Bove and lettering by Vibrant Publishing Studio. Published by Tokyopop (March 26, 2026). Rated 10+.

Erica Friedman
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Workbooks for school are the stuff of nightmares for children of nearly every generation. There have always been attempts to make practicing school lessons fun. This third of Tokyopop's educational manga series is likely to be fun for students who already enjoy math. I was one of those students, all the way through the 7th grade, until a series of criminally incompetent teachers beat it out of me. But I'm pretty sure that 7th grade me would probably have enjoyed this book. Me now? Not so much.

We are initially introduced to a series of characters and, for a few pages, I was hopeful that this book would follow a story format, leading us through a series of problem-solving skills to a greater end. It tries to be that, but ultimately ends up just being a character explaining what the next method is, then launching into practice. Not much different than the workbooks of my youth with pictures.

It's not terrible, if you already like math and are familiar with Common Core methods of teaching. Several of the teaching methods were alien enough from my learning that I found myself humming Tom Lehrer's New Math (a snarky song about the how I learned to do math, how ironic), and skipping the problem. I'm not the student I was, for sure.

While I don't think you could teach math to a struggling student with this book, if you know a child who enjoys math for math's sake, this could be a fun workbook.