Kagurabachi Volume 1 Will Come Out in Japan Soon

Volume 1 of Kagurabachi will come out in Japan on February 2, 2024. Protagonist Chihiro appears on the cover. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

Shueisha is the publisher, and the volume will cost 550 JPY, which equates to around $3.70. It’ll be available as a physical copy in most bookstores, and you can order it online. For those who don’t want a physical book, you can also get a digital copy. Viz Media has licensed the series for English. However, they have not made a statement yet regarding when overseas readers can expect Volume 1 of Kagurabachi.

Kagurabachi is a Weekly Shonen Jump series that started serialization in September 2023. Takeru Hokazono is both the writer and the illustrator. It’s an action-fantasy battle manga revolving around Chihiro pursuing a group of sorcerers after they killed his father. In the story, the protagonist wields an enchanted sword that his father, a renowned blacksmith, made. One of Chihiro’s goals is to retrieve the other enchanted swords, which the sorcerers had taken away.

Kagurabachi is available to read in Weekly Shonen Jump. Volume 1 of Kagurabachi will come out in Japan on February 2, 2024, and there is no information on a release date for the English version.