The manga adaptation ends at seven volumes with the seventh volume shipping October 27, while the original novel series continues and the anime adaptation, which premiered April 7, remains only months old.
Even a Replica Can Fall in Love is a property with three moving parts, and they are running on different clocks. The original novel by Harunadon won the grand prize at the 29th Dengeki Novel Prize in 2022. Momose Hanada's manga adaptation has run in Dengeki Maoh since April 2023, and its sixth collected volume shipped May 27. The anime adaptation premiered April 7.
That adaptation introduces Nao, a replica made as an identical copy of Sunao Aikawa, who attends school and lives in Sunao's place. Nao begins to form her own identity after connecting with classmate Shuyu Sanada. The premiere establishes that replicas are organic beings with the same DNA and personality as their originals, created to fill gaps in the original's life, and uses a visual effect that blurs the edges of Nao's existence when she acts as a replica rather than as a person. It does not fully explain why replicas exist in society, though it hints Nao's creation stems from childhood upset. The review from Anime Feminist called the episode intriguing rather than impressive and expressed cautious optimism about how far the series will go into its themes.
The manga's ending is a schedule point, not a signal that the property is winding down. Kadokawa lists the seventh collected volume as the final one, shipping October 27. The novel series is still running, and the anime is only months old.
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Kadokawa lists the seventh collected volume of Momose Hanada's manga adaptation of Harunadon's Even a Replica Can Fall in Love as the final one, shipping October 27. Hanada has run the adaptation in Dengeki Maoh since April 2023. The sixth volume shipped May 27. The original novel won the grand prize at the 29th Dengeki Novel Prize in 2022, and its anime adaptation debuted April 7.
The first episode of the anime adaptation of the light novel series "Even a Replica Can Fall in Love" premiered this spring season. The story follows Nao, a replica created to be an identical copy of Sunao Aikawa, who attends school and lives in Sunao's place. Nao begins to develop her own identity after forming a connection with classmate Shuyu Sanada. The episode establishes that replicas are organic beings with identical DNA and personality to their originals, created to fill gaps in the original's life. A visual effect blurs the edges of Nao's existence when she acts as a replica rather than as a person. The premiere does not fully explain why replicas exist in society, but hints that Nao's creation stems from childhood upset. The review from Anime Feminist describes the episode as intriguing rather than impressive, noting that the series raises questions about humanity and digital forms of adapted humanity. The reviewer expresses cautious optimism about the series' potential to explore deeper themes, while also acknowledging that anime adaptations sometimes do not go as deep as viewers hope.