Light Novel released in 2023
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© Tarō Hitsuji, Kurone Mishima, Kadokawa
The July issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age magazine announced on June 7 that Tarō Hitsuji's Kore ga Mahoutsukai no Kirifuda (This is the Sorcerer's Last Card, or This is the Wizard's Trump Card) will adapted into a manga by Keishu Kuroe in the magazine's August issue.
The story is about master swordsman Rikusu, who fakes his death in battle. He enrolls in a magic school hoping to change his life but realizes he has no talent for it.
Hitsuji's Kore ga Mahoutsukai no Kirifuda light novel launched on the Kakuyomu website on November 7. Kadokawa began publishing the series. light novel with illustrations by Kurone Mishima last December and published the second volume on March 19.
Hitsuji launched the Danzai no Majutsu-gari (Magician Hunt of Condemnation) manga with art by Mahiru Sukuya in Kodansha's monthly magazine Shonen Magazine in February 2023.
Hitsuji's original Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor (Roku de Nashi Majutsu Kōshi to Akashic Records) light novel series, with illustrations by Kurone Mishima, launched its first volume in July 2014. The series is ongoing continuing, with 24 volumes and 10 short story collections. The light novel inspired an anime television adaptation in April 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the anime and Funimation streamed it with an English dub. Funimation released the anime on Blu-ray disc in 2018. Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga adaptation of the novel by Aosa Tsunemi.
Hitsuji launched the light novel Magic Knight of the Old Ways (Furuki Okite no Mahō Kishi) series with illustrations by Asagi Tōsaka in December 2020. The fifth volume was published in September 2022. J Club -Novel licensed the light novels and published the fifth volume digitally on July 6.
Yoshihiro Kawabata launched a manga adaptation of the light novel in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Alive magazine in July 2021. Kadokawa published the manga's third compilation volume on September 23.
Hitsuji also wrote the Last Round Arthurs light novel series that Yen Press is publishing. Yen Press is also releasing a manga adaptation.
Source: Dragon Age July issue
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