Akita Publishing’s Bessatsu Young Champion magazine has confirmed that the Jaa, Kimi no Kawari ni Korosou ka? (Well, shall I murder instead of you?/ じゃあ、君の代わりに殺そうか？) manga by Kurando Yukiaki and Sakakibara Sousou will end in two chapters. The news was revealed in the magazine’s October 2025 issue.
Kurando and Sakakibara started the mystery manga in November 2018 in Akita Publishing’s Bessatsu Young Champion magazine, and Akita Shoten published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in August 2019. The manga’s 11th volume was released on August 20th, 2025.
The manga centres on Yuma Fujikura, who is a constantly bullied first-year student in high school. When a classmate named Ryo Ameri, nicknamed “Amelie,” helps him out one day, Yuma tells him not to get any more involved, or else the bullies will target Amelie too. In response to this, Amelie only tells Yuma that he would commit murder for him if Yuma wanted.
The manga received a prequel manga titled Jaa, Kimi no Kawari ni Korosou ka? -Prequel- (じゃあ、君の代わりに殺そうか？～プリクエル【前日譚】～) by Kurando and Sakakibara. The prequel manga began in August 2021 on Akita Publishing’s Dokodemo Young Champion magazine, and Akita Shoten published the manga’s first volume in February 2022 and the sixth volume in March 2025. The manga’s seventh volume is scheduled for release on September 19th, 2025.
