{"rewrite":{"id":"r_285b383eddbd20a40b73485e","clusterId":"c_860a8d430f9299574bebc60b","slug":"moscow-2160-manga-ends-with-fifth-volume-in-december","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Moscow 2160 Manga Ends with Fifth Volume in December","summary":"Amazon Japan lists the fifth collected volume of Kumo Kagyu and artist Koutarou Sekine's Moscow 2160 as the series' final book. The volume ships on December 25. Sekine and Kagyu launched the manga in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan in December 2022, with Noboru Kannatsuki on character design. Square Enix shipped the fourth volume in December 2025. SB Creative released a light novel adaptation by Kagyu in June 2023.","whyItMatters":"A five-volume run ending on a retailer listing leaves Kagyu's Soviet-steampunk premise as a short, contained series, with Yen Press still carrying the English editions.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe end date comes from a retailer listing rather than a magazine announcement: Amazon Japan marks the fifth volume as the last. The series ran in Square Enix\u0026#39;s Monthly Big Gangan since December 2022, with Noboru Kannatsuki credited for character design. The gap between volumes is long. Square Enix shipped volume four in December 2025, and the fifth arrives a year later, on December 25.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKagyu\u0026#39;s light novel version, released by SB Creative in June 2023, sits alongside a busy schedule: his Blade \u0026amp; Bastard series gets an anime in 2027, while Goblin Slayer! continues in both novel and manga form. Moscow 2160 is the shortest of those projects to reach a conclusion.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Moscow 2160 ends at five volumes while its light novel adaptation, which Kumo Kagyu wrote himself, already exists as a second version of the same story. The manga was the adaptation, not the source.","twitterPost":"Moscow 2160 ends at five volumes, with Kumo Kagyu's own light novel already serving as the story's other version.","threadsPost":"Moscow 2160 closes at five volumes in December, but the manga was never the only version. Kumo Kagyu wrote the light novel adaptation himself in June 2023, making the manga a visual take on his own prose rather than the origin point.","newsletterBlurb":"Moscow 2160 is set to close with its fifth volume, per an Amazon Japan listing. The Kumo Kagyu and Koutarou Sekine manga has run in Monthly Big Gangan since December 2022, and the final book ships on December 25. Yen Press publishes the English editions.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-22/kumo-kagyu-moscow-2160-manga-listed-to-end-with-5th-volume/.243081\",\"title\":\"Kumo Kagyu's Moscow 2160 Manga Listed to End With 5th Volume\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4481,"outputTokens":611,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792711329,"createdAt":"2026-10-22T23:16:22.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T23:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T23:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_860a8d430f9299574bebc60b","canonicalTitle":"News\nKumo Kagyu's Moscow 2160 Manga Listed to End With 5th Volume","representativeArticleId":"a_a3582ff0c7bac0ef85d5c765","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Moscow 2160\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kumo Kagyu\",\"Koutarou Sekine\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-22T22:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-22T22:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T23:21:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-22/kumo-kagyu-moscow-2160-manga-listed-to-end-with-5th-volume/.243081","title":"News\nKumo Kagyu's Moscow 2160 Manga Listed to End With 5th Volume"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Moscow 2160"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Kumo Kagyu","Koutarou Sekine"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}