Samurai Eight: Hachimaruden (サムライ
History
Kishimoto's new works was teased during Jump Festa 2018's Boruto: Naruto Next Generations stage panel in December 2017. The panel teased several layout art sequences that Kishimoto drew for the new work. A year later, in December 2018, during Jump Festa 2019, the new work was fully revealed with a promotional video and artwork with publication starting in Spring 2019.
A Samurai Eight: Hachimaruden Preview (「サムライ8 八丸伝」予告編 Samurai Eito: Hachimaruden Yokokuhen?), is a four-page preview of Samurai Eight: Hachimaruden published on April 27, 2019 in Weekly Shonen Jump 2019 No. 22-23. It depicts Hachimaru and Hayataro making a fateful wish on a shooting star.
As part of the promotions leading up to the debut of the series, a Countdown Comic (カウントダウン
Plot
The galaxy is headed towards the end of its existence: It can’t withstand any longer than for another century. A Samurai was given the mission to try and save all of the scattered planets and their respective inhabitants by finding ‘Pandora’s Box’. The God of Warriors, Fudo Myo-o, sealed a secret that will save the entire world inside of ‘Pandora’s Box’. In order to open it, someone will need to find the seven keys first. Hachimaru, a feeble boy who’s required medical assistance since birth, might just be one of them![2]
He can't run! He can't eat hard food. You can't get any weaker than the boy named Hachimaru. But his dream is to become a samurai. For a boy who can't even survive without the help of his father, that dream seemed impossible. But when a samurai cat appears before him, his whole life will change!
Chapters
Main article: Volumes and Chapters