DanMachi Light Novels Get New Manga Covering Deep Floors Arc
A second, arc-specific manga adaptation points to the franchise leaning on its light novel back catalog for print material while the main series and Sword Oratoria keep running.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Young Gangan's 19th issue announced that tawaketch will launch a new manga based on Fujino Omori and Suzuhito Yasuda's Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? light novels, covering the "Deep Floors" arc, in the magazine's next issue on October 2. Omori's main series has 21 volumes; the Sword Oratoria spinoff has 16. The franchise has over 20 million copies in circulation.
The announcement ran in the 19th issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan, with the launch set for the magazine's following issue on October 2. tawaketch is handling the art, working from the light novels by Fujino Omori with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda.
The new series covers the "Deep Floors" arc of the novels, material that sits later in the run than the anime has reached. The main light novel series stands at 21 volumes, and the Sword Oratoria spinoff at 16. The franchise has over 20 million copies in circulation.
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