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Ruka Tōdō's Jigoku Kura Yami Hana mo Naki Manga Ends on April 4 (Updated)
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Manga adaptation of Yoru Michio's light novel series launched in 2020
© Yoru Michio, Ruka Tōdō, Kadokawa
Tōdō launched the manga adaptation in Young Ace in 2020. Kadokawa published the manga's ninth compiled book volume on February 2.
Yen Press licensed Michio's original light novel series, and will release the first volume on August 20. Yen Press describes the story:
Seiji Tohno sometimes sees the people around him as monsters. It is a curse that had driven him to a life of despair, living out of internet cafés with nowhere to call home...but all that changes one twilit evening when he stumbles across a huge European mansion. There, Seiji meets a bewitchingly beautiful boy dressed in a kimono with a white peony motif on the shoulder, who introduces himself as Shiroshi Saijou. This mysterious young man seems to know more about Seiji than he does himself, and before he knows it, Seiji has agreed to become Shiroshi's assistant in exchange for room and board. Little does he know, however, this “proxy service,”' as Shiroshi puts it, is none other than outsourced death! Sending monster-possessed sinners to Hell, will bring Seiji face-to-face with terrifying new creatures each and every day!
Kadokawa published the first volume of Michio's novels in May 2018, and the sixth volume in June 2021.
Update: The manga did not end on April 4 as April issue of Young Ace originally indicated, but instead ended one month later on May 2. The manga's 10th and final volume will ship on June 4. Source: Young Ace June issue
Source: Young Ace April issue
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