HARELUYA The Prologue to BOY Haruto Umezawa, Volume 1 Published as a one-shot in the "Shonen Jump Summer Special" (Shueisha) special edition of Weekly Shonen Jump in July 1991 (under the name "Hayato Umezawa"). Subsequently serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from issue 26 to issue 35 in 1992. Complete in 1 volume. Initially, the series did not gain popularity and was slated for cancellation, but popularity increased as it transitioned into a delinquent manga towards the end. After the conclusion of this work, it was re-launched as "HARELUYA II BØY" and became a long-running series. Many of the characters' settings were slightly altered and appeared in the next work, "BØY." The story of Haruya, the fun-loving son of God, who falls to the human world, meets humans to love, awakens to human love, and learns the meaning of God (himself).