The action manga debuted in April 2018
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© Tetsuya Tashiro, Square Enix
Akame ga KILL! Manga creator Tetsuya Tashiro revealed on Twitter Tuesday that his Slasher Maidens (Kaijin Reijō) manga is entering its final battle with the release of volume 11.
Yen Press publishes the manga in English and describes the story:
Around the world, a phenomenon is observed where people under peak mental stress turn into monsters called “Kaijin” and succumb to murderous impulses. Such supernatural events have absolutely nothing to do with proud pervert Asuma Sudo, but after transferring to an all-girls school while pursuing the girl of his dreams, he discovers that this school is actually is actually a front for a special anti-Kaijin agency!
Tashiro launched the manga in Square Enix’s monthly Gangan Joker magazine in April 2018. Square Enix published volume 11 on November 21. Yen Press published volume 8 on August 22. Volume 9 published on December 12.
Tashiro and Takahiro finished Akame ga KILL! manga in December 2016. The manga launched in 2010 in the monthly Gangan Joker magazine. Square Enix has published 15 volumes of the manga. It inspired a television anime that premiered in Japan in July 2014. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and Sentai Filmworks licensed and released the series on Blu-ray discs and DVDs. The anime began airing on Adult Swim’s Toonami block starting in August 2015.
Source: Tetsuya Tashiro’s Twitter account
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