Ryo Hanada (Devil’ Line) revealed on Twitter on Tuesday that her Blackguard manga will end with the fifth volume. She added that she is working on the draft for the final chapter of the manga.
The manga launched in Kodansha, in Morning two magazine in September 2019. The manga’s fourth compiled book volume was published in Japan on July 20.
A dark battle fantasy film that follows a man known as the Blackguard, who fights against the monster “Shо̄jо̄” in a floating city.
Hanada launched the dark fantasy manga series Devil ‘Line in Kodansha’s Monthly Morning two magazine in 2013 and ended it in December 2019. Hanada drew a five-part spinoff manga compiled into the fifth volume. 14, published in June 2019. Vertical Comics published the manga in English, and Kodansha Advanced Media released the manga digitally in North America. Vertical Comics and Kodansha Advanced Media released the manga’s 14th volume both in print and digitally in March 2020.
An anime adaptation of the manga premiered in Japan in April 2018. HIDIVE streamed the series with English subtitles as it aired. The company also streamed the English dub as the first of its “dubbed” initiative to stream the anime dub shortly after the movie premiered in Japan. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series for streaming and home family video. Hulu is also streaming the anime with English subtitles and English dubbing.