The Tokyo Ravens light novel series by author Azano Kouhei and illustrator Sumihei will end with the release of its 18th novel. The author confirmed the news within the 17th novel, which was released on March 19th, 2025.
Kadokawa’s Fujimi Fantasia Bunko published Azano’s first novel with illustrations by Sumihei in May 2010, and the 16th novel in the series was released in October 2018.
Suzumi Atsushi adapted the novel series into a manga in 2010 in Kadokawa’s Monthly Shounen Ace magazine. Kadokawa published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in December 2010 and the 15th and final volume in September 2017.
Other manga adaptations of the light novels include Tokyo Ravens: Tokyo Fox by COMTA, Tokyo Ravens: Sword of Song by Kuze Ran, Tokyo Ravens: Red and White by Mochizuki Azumi, Tokyo Ravens: ANOTHER×holiday by Tsukigase Yurino, and Tokyo Ravens: Girls Photograph by Yokoyama Kouzi.
The light novel series was also adapted into a TV anime in 2013, which contained 24 episodes. The anime’s story is described below:
Onmyoudou magic was once a powerful technique used by the Japanese during the Second World War in order for them to gain the upper hand and establish their nation as a formidable force. But Japan was quickly defeated after the revered onmyouji Yakou Tsuchimikado caused the “Great Spiritual Disaster,” an event which plagues Tokyo to this very day. As a result of this mishap, the Onmyou Agency was established in order to exorcise further spiritual disasters and combat the demons that would make their way into the world.
Now, Onmyoudou has become far more modern, simplified, and refined for use in a wide variety of applications such as medicine and technology. However, not everyone is able to utilize the magic, as is the case with Harutora, a member of the Tsuchimikado’s branch family. Despite an old promise to protect Natsume, the heir of the Tsuchimikado’s main family and Yakou’s supposed reincarnation, as her familiar, Harutora has no talent and chooses to live a normal life instead. But when a prominent member of the Onmyou Agency attempts to recreate the same experiment which led to Japan’s downfall, he decides to make good on his word and fight by Natsume’s side.
