The second volume will be published on January 28
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Kadokawa is listing the second compiled book volume of Hiroshi Mishima's Synduality: Ellie spinoff manga as the final volume. The second volume will be published on January 28.
The series follows Ellie, who falls in love with her childhood friend Kanata. However, her friend is surrounded by many women and meiga, much to her dismay.
Mishima launched the series in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Alive magazine in July 2023.
The manga series was novelized under the direction of Kadokawa MF Bunko J label. The franchise also has a separate novelty “photo story” spin-off titled Synduality: Kaleido, which debuted in Hobby Japan magazine Hobby Japan monthly in July.
Bandai Namco Entertainment's Synduality Echo of Ada will launch on January 24, 2025 (January 23 in Japan) for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
Sony describes the game:
The year is 2222. Many years have passed since Tears of the New Moon, a mysterious rain fell and wiped out almost all of humanity. The poisonous rain gave birth to deformed creatures that ate humans, and humanity fled from danger. As a means of survival, humans then built an underground shelter; Amasia. In this newly built dark city, in their pursuit of maintaining their existence, they come across an Artificial Intelligence named Magus. Not knowing how things will turn out between them, the story of how Human and AI coincided and tried to find out their truth begins.
The game had a closed beta that ran from March 28 to April 1 and a closed net test that ran from September 13 to 16. The closed net test featured enhanced, multi-part gameplay More customization, AI Magus companion, upgraded combat abilities, balance changes, etc
The game is part of Bandai Namco Filmworks and Bandai Spirits' Synduality project. includes a television cartoon. The second season (a quarter year) premiered on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido and TV Q Kyushuu on January 8. Disney+ exclusively streams the second season starting from January 9 in Japan. The first seasons of the anime premiered in July 2023. Disney+ streamed the anime exclusively worldwide while it aired in Japan. Hulu already streams the anime in the United States
While the game is set in the year 2222, the anime is set 20 years later in 2242.
Source: Kadokawa
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