{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e50d6c3c2f714e2c8f4ebc58","clusterId":"c_df3ce98c23c34e8e80d97c0d","slug":"my-friend-s-little-sister-manga-adaptation-to-end-with-12th-volume","model":"deepseek-v4-pro","headline":"My Friend's Little Sister Has It in for Me Manga Ends in Fall","summary":"The manga adaptation of Ghost Mikawa's light novel series My Friend's Little Sister Has It in for Me! will conclude with its 12th volume. The 11th volume, released in Japan, carried the announcement on Thursday. Square Enix will publish the final book in early fall. Hira Hiraoka has drawn the adaptation since it began serialization on the Manga UP! website in December 2019. The story follows Akiteru, a young man whose game-development ambitions get tangled with a fake relationship after his uncle sets a condition. The original light novels, illustrated by tomari, started in April 2019 under SB Creative's GA Bunko imprint. J-Novel Club releases the novels in English. The manga is available in English digitally through Manga UP! Global and Comikey. A television anime produced by Studio Blade aired last fall on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation block, with Crunchyroll streaming the series.","whyItMatters":"The manga ends roughly a year after the anime adaptation finished airing, closing the main illustrated run while the light novel series remains ongoing.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe manga adaptation launched in December 2019 and will end after roughly seven years of serialization. The 11th volume, which carried the announcement, went on sale in Japan on Thursday. Square Enix will publish the 12th and final volume in early fall, though no exact date has been set.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudio Blade produced the television anime that aired last fall. The studio previously worked on \u003ccite\u003eHokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable\u003c/cite\u003e. The anime premiered on October 4 on TV Asahi and 23 other affiliate channels inside the NUMAnimation block. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGhost Mikawa, who writes the original light novels, is also the author of the \u003ccite\u003eDays with My Stepsister\u003c/cite\u003e series. The light novels continue under SB Creative's GA Bunko imprint, with the 11th volume released in March 2025. J-Novel Club handles the English editions in both print and ePub formats. The manga is available in English digitally through Manga UP! Global and Comikey.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The My Friend's Little Sister Has It in for Me! manga will end with volume 12 this fall, the 11th volume confirmed. Hira Hiraoka's adaptation ran for seven years.","twitterPost":"The My Friend's Little Sister Has It in for Me! manga ends at volume 12 this fall. The light novel series is still ongoing. Did the anime adaptation last October give the manga a natural stopping point?","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"The manga adaptation of Ghost Mikawa's light novel series My Friend's Little Sister Has It in for Me! will conclude with its 12th volume. The 11th volume, released in Japan, carried the announcement on Thursday. Square Enix will publish the final book in early fall. Hira Hiraoka has drawn the adaptation since it began serialization on the Manga UP! website in December 2019. The story follows Akiteru, a young man whose game-development ambitions get tangled with a fake relationship after his uncle sets a condition. The original light novels, illustrated by tomari, started in April 2019 under SB Creative's GA Bunko imprint. J-Novel Club releases the novels in English. The manga is available in English digitally through Manga UP! Global and Comikey. 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