and Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday, it is aimed at late teens and people in early twenties.

Shōnen Rival was a replacement of the Comic BomBom, which ended in December 2007 due to decline in interest.

Shōnen Rival followed the same fate and due to decline in interest the final issue was released on June 4, 2014.

Kodansha noted that it was reassessing its manga magazine lineup to aim for more growth, in seek of other success titles like Attack on Titan.

To that end, it stop publication on Monthly Shōnen Rival and conducted research for the new magazine that would replace it.