Fairy Tail Author to Publish One-Shot in Shonen Rival Next Month

Humberto Saabedra

Nishikaze to Taiyô

Following up, Fairy Tail and Rave Master author Hiro Mashima will be authoring a new one-shot story titled Nishikaze to Taiyô in Shonen Rival #5, publishing on April 3rd in Japan.

The story centers around two treasure hunters named Zephyr and Sol, in search of the treasure of the goddess. While they find the statue of the goddess, it contains a secret.

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