Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shounen magazine confirmed this week that Ohtaka Shinobu’s Orient manga will end in its November 2024 issue, which will be available for sale on October 9th, 2024.
Ohtaka (Magi, Sumomomo Momomo—Chijou Saikyou no Yome) started the manga in May 2018 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shounen magazine, and in February 2021, it moved to Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shounen magazine. Kodansha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in August 2018 and the 21st volume in May 2024. The manga is also published in English by Kodansha USA Publishing, which released its 19th volume in April 2024.
Due to its popularity, the Orient manga was adapted into a TV anime in January 2022, with the second cours debuting in July 2022. All 24 episodes can be streamed on Crunchyroll.
At age 10, best friends Musashi and Kojiro sat in excited silence as Kojiro’s father spun tales of evil demons who preyed on the innocent and the warriors who defeated them. Practicing swordplay, the two swear an oath to become the strongest in the world, but as they grow up, Kojiro turns cynical, and Musashi comes to the realization that he can’t overturn 150 years of demon rule on his own. He’s being called a prodigy with a pickaxe, and he’s almost ready to settle into a life of labor. Yet he can’t shake the feeling that he is still has a responsibility to act… and soon, the injustices of his world will force his hand…
