Hotaru The Hyper Swindler Series Vol 4 -

The standout chapter in Vol 4 (Chapter 27: “The Gift That Keeps on Taking”) features Hotaru pulling a con on another con artist. A low-level scammer tries to sell her fake “exit plans” for criminals. Instead of turning him in, she spends 20 pages systematically dismantling his entire operation—reimbursing his victims, framing him for a crime he didn’t commit, and then offering him a job.

It’s absurd. It’s brilliant. And it perfectly encapsulates the series’ thesis: The best way to fight a broken system is to break it better.

Without venturing into outright spoilers, the final five pages of Volume 4 are a masterclass in sequel bait. Hotaru, stripped of her fortune, crew, and sister, is found washed up on a beach by a gang of street kids. One of them—a girl with a familiar glint in her eye—offers her a half-eaten apple and says: "Teach us. We want to take everything from the people who took everything from you." hotaru the hyper swindler series vol 4

Hotaru smiles. It’s not a happy smile. It’s the smile of a predator realizing the hunt is just beginning.

Volume 5 will likely explore:

The English translation by the Nibley sisters is superb. Japanese honorifics are preserved where necessary (“Nezu-san” carries weight), but idioms are smartly localized. When Hotaru says, “I’m not a fox. I’m the whole henhouse,” it lands perfectly. The one critique? A few of the hacking terms feel slightly dated (a reference to “tapping fiber optics” instead of more modern exploits), but given the series’ timeline is deliberately ambiguous, it’s forgivable.

Given the ending of Vol 4 (no spoilers, but it involves a fire, a flash drive, and a confession that changes everything), Volume 5 will likely be the penultimate chapter of the series. Fukunaga has hinted in a recent Weekly Morning interview that the story was always planned as a six-volume arc. Expect more Kurokami, a deeper dive into The Auditor’s past, and—hopefully—the return of Nezu. The standout chapter in Vol 4 (Chapter 27:

But in this series, hope is just another variable to be manipulated.

About the Author: Hotaru the Hyper Swindler is serialized in Weekly Morning magazine since 2022. It has won the Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga (2024) and has a live-action adaptation in development at TBS. About the Author: Hotaru the Hyper Swindler is

Have you read Vol 4? Share your theories about the final page twist in the comments below. And remember: trust no one. Not even the page numbers.

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