Run on Your New Legs Manga: All 5 Volumes Guide

Run on Your New Legs is a completed manga that runs exactly 5 volumes — a short, self-contained sports drama about blade running that’s ready to read from start to finish. If you’ve been looking for a complete manga series that tells a full story without demanding dozens of volumes of commitment, this one by Wataru Midori deserves a spot on your radar.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Run on Your New Legs manga volumes, what each one brings to the table, and how to get the full set on your shelf.

Run on Your New Legs Manga Volumes: Complete Series at a Glance

Run on Your New Legs (新しい足で駆け抜けろ。— the original Japanese title) is a completed manga written and illustrated by Wataru Midori. The series was originally published chapter by chapter in Weekly Big Comic Spirits, a manga magazine in Japan put out by the publisher Shogakukan, and wrapped up in 2020.

The English edition is published by Yen Press, one of the major companies that translates and releases manga in English for Western readers. Yen Press rates the series T (Teen) — that’s the publisher’s own age rating, similar to a PG-13 movie rating — making it accessible to a wide age range.

Genre-wise, this one sits at the intersection of sports, drama, and human interest storytelling. The sports hook here is blade running — competitive sprinting with running prosthetics. It’s a subject that doesn’t get much attention in manga (or fiction in general), and Midori uses it as the foundation for a deeply personal story about identity, determination, and what it means to move forward after life-altering loss.

The protagonist, Kikuzato, is at the heart of that story. He’s a young man grappling with the loss of his leg and discovering a new sense of purpose through parasport — specifically, learning to sprint on a blade-style running prosthetic. His journey from loss to competition to self-understanding drives every volume.

The big selling point for collectors: this is a finished, self-contained series. Five volumes, one story, beginning to end. No spinoffs, no sequel series, no “part two” announcements. You can buy all five and own the complete thing.

How to Build a Complete Set

Building a complete set of Run on Your New Legs is about as straightforward as manga collecting gets.

Format Options

Yen Press offers the English edition in two formats:

• Paperback — standard manga size, great for shelf display
• Digital — available through digital platforms such as Kindle, Bookwalker, and other major retailers that sell manga digitally

If you want the series immediately and don’t care about physical copies, digital is the fastest route. Every volume is available right now with no out-of-stock worries. For collectors who want that satisfying row of spines on a bookshelf, paperback is the way to go. As of this writing, all five physical volumes are in print and generally available through major retailers without difficulty — none of the volumes are particularly hard to find.

Total Investment

At only 5 volumes, this is one of the most affordable complete manga sets you can pick up. Yen Press lists each paperback volume of this series at $15, so the full set represents a modest total investment. Compare that to a 20- or 30-volume series where building a full collection means a serious financial commitment. Here, you’re looking at a compact stack that won’t strain your budget or your shelf space.

All five English volumes have already been released, so there’s no waiting for future installments. You can go from zero to complete collection in a single purchase.

Getting the Final Volume

Volume 5 wraps up the entire story and brings the series to its conclusion. If you’ve been reading along and haven’t grabbed the finale yet — or if you’re picking up the set and want to make sure you have the ending — this is the one that ties everything together. It brings Kikuzato’s story to a deliberate, satisfying close.

What Each Volume Covers

The reading order for Run on Your New Legs is simple: Volume 1 through Volume 5, in numerical order. No alternate reading paths, no side stories to slot in, no companion volumes. Straight through.

For readers unfamiliar with how manga works: each volume collects several individual chapters into a single book. You read volumes in order, and the story flows continuously from one to the next.

Here’s a non-spoiler sense of how the story flows across all five volumes:

Volume 1 — The Starting Line

This is where everything begins. Volume 1 introduces Kikuzato and establishes the world of blade running. You’ll learn what happened to him, what he’s lost, and how he first encounters the possibility of competitive sprinting with a prosthetic blade. The emotional foundation of the series is laid here — his grief, his uncertainty, and the first sparks of something new pulling him forward. If you read one volume to decide whether the series is for you, this is it.

Volume 2 — Finding Footing

The story deepens as Kikuzato starts navigating the practical and emotional realities of training with a blade prosthetic. Midori builds out the people around him — coaches, fellow athletes, and the relationships that start to reshape his world. The personal conflicts that make this more than just a sports story really start to emerge here, particularly around how others perceive his disability and how he perceives himself.

Volume 3 — Building Momentum

By the midpoint of the series, the stakes are clearer and Kikuzato’s growth as both an athlete and a person hits its stride. The blend of athletic challenge and personal reckoning is in full swing. Relationships and rivalries develop in ways that feel earned rather than manufactured, and the specific details of parasport competition — the technicalities of blade fitting, race strategy, the parasport community — give the story texture that sets it apart from other sports manga.

Volume 4 — The Push

Things intensify. Volume 4 moves the story toward its climax, raising the emotional and competitive tension. The groundwork laid in earlier volumes starts paying off as Kikuzato faces his biggest challenges yet — on the track and off it. The questions the series has been circling around identity and self-worth come into sharper focus.

Volume 5 — The Finish Line

The final volume brings the series to a deliberate, planned conclusion. This isn’t a cancellation or a rushed ending — Midori wrote a story with a clear destination, and Volume 5 reaches it. Without spoiling anything, the resolution addresses the core themes the series has been building since page one: what it means to lose something fundamental, and what it means to find a new way to run.

There are no side stories, spinoffs, or alternate editions to track down. What you see is what you get: five volumes, one complete narrative.

A Finished Set That Stays Finished

One of the quiet anxieties of manga collecting is buying into a series only to discover it’s been cancelled mid-story, left on an indefinite hiatus, or extended with sequel series that change the tone. Run on Your New Legs has none of those problems.

The series completed in 2020. Both the Japanese and English editions stand at 5 volumes as the definitive, final count. The story was planned with an ending in mind and reached that ending on its own terms.

For collectors, this means:

• No risk of surprise continuations — you won’t wake up to an announcement that Volume 6 is coming and your “complete” set is suddenly incomplete
• No unresolved cliffhangers — the narrative wraps up
• No chasing new releases — everything that exists is already out there

This matters more than people sometimes realize. If you’ve ever been burned by a series that got axed at a weird point or dragged on past its natural ending, a tidy five-volume set with a proper conclusion feels refreshing. You buy it, you read it, you’re done. The story is whole.

Who Should Collect Run on Your New Legs

Not every manga is for every reader, and that’s fine. Here’s who will get the most out of this series:

Great Fit For:

• Sports manga fans — especially if you’re interested in a sport that rarely shows up in fiction. Blade running is a compelling hook, and Midori treats it with research and respect rather than using it as window dressing.
• Readers who value parasport representation — the series centers Kikuzato navigating life and competition with a prosthetic leg. It handles the subject with care and specificity.
• Human drama enthusiasts — the athletic competition is the framework, but the emotional core is what makes this series stick. If you gravitate toward character-driven stories about resilience and identity, this delivers.
• Short-series collectors — five volumes is a perfect entry if you like owning complete sets without dedicating an entire shelf. It looks clean, it’s affordable, and it’s done.
• Manga beginners — the Teen rating, short length, and self-contained story make this an approachable starting point if you’re new to manga and don’t want to commit to something enormous. Manga are Japanese comics that read right to left, and this series is a gentle entry point into the format.

Maybe Skip If:

• You want long-running action series — this is five volumes of grounded drama, not a sprawling battle series with hundreds of chapters and escalating showdowns. Different kind of manga entirely.
• You want supernatural or fantasy elements — Run on Your New Legs is rooted in reality. No magic, no monsters, no alternate worlds. The drama comes from real human stakes.
• You need constant high-octane pacing — this is a series that takes time with its characters and their inner lives. It’s thoughtful rather than relentless.

If you’re on the fence, grabbing Volume 1 is a low-risk way to find out. It sets up the premise, Kikuzato’s situation, and the tone clearly enough that you’ll know by the end whether you want the remaining four.

Run on Your New Legs is the kind of manga that reminds you a story doesn’t need to be long to be meaningful. Five volumes, a complete story from beginning to end, and a subject you won’t find anywhere else in manga. Happy reading.