{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e9addaefc88ba871c98b07d5","clusterId":"c_60707b6d2edac9037eb41ae7","slug":"record-of-lodoss-war-the-crown-of-the-covenant-novels-resume-with-manuscript-posting","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant Novels Resume With Manuscript Posting","summary":"Kadokawa's Sneaker Bunko imprint announced Friday that Ryo Mizuno's Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant novel series is resuming. Volume 2 will take more time, so the imprint will publish part of the manuscript on Kakuyomu on October 22 at 5:00 p.m. JST. Kadokawa published volume 1 in September 2019 with illustrations by Hidari.","whyItMatters":"A novel series left unfinished since its 2019 first volume is coming back in partial form rather than as a finished book, which keeps the Mizuno line alive while the wider Record of Lodoss War franchise expands through the Queen of Death webtoon.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSneaker Bunko\u0026#39;s announcement names a date and a venue but no volume. Part of the manuscript goes up on Kakuyomu on October 22 at 5:00 p.m. JST, which is 4:00 a.m. EDT, while the imprint says volume 2 still needs time. The first volume arrived from Kadokawa in September 2019 with illustrations by Hidari, and Atsushi Suzumi\u0026#39;s manga adaptation followed in October 2019, later released in English in three volumes by Udon Entertainment. The franchise also runs in another direction: Queen of Death, a webtoon from Studio White, launched globally in August 2025 after a South Korean launch in May 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Serializing the manuscript on Kakuyomu rather than waiting for volume 2 moves Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant partly off the bookstore clock and onto a free reading platform. Volume 1 shipped in September 2019.","twitterPost":"Publishing Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant's manuscript on Kakuyomu puts the series on a web platform while volume 2 stays unready.","threadsPost":"Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant returns on Kakuyomu on October 22, not in bookstores. Volume 1 shipped in September 2019 with Hidari illustrations, so the manuscript posting keeps the series moving while volume 2 stays unfinished.","newsletterBlurb":"Sneaker Bunko says Ryo Mizuno's Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant novel series is resuming, though volume 2 still needs time. Part of the manuscript will be posted on Kakuyomu on October 22 at 5:00 p.m. JST. The first volume came out in September 2019 with illustrations by Hidari.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-16/record-of-lodoss-war-the-crown-of-the-covenant-novel-series-resumes/.242895\",\"title\":\"Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant Novel Series Resumes\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4508,"outputTokens":638,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792158728,"createdAt":"2026-10-16T13:47:02.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-16T13:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T13:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_60707b6d2edac9037eb41ae7","canonicalTitle":"News\nRecord of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant Novel Series Resumes","representativeArticleId":"a_59e3e5e6034a1bb64545454f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Kadokawa\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-16T12:05:58.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-16T12:05:58.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T13:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-16/record-of-lodoss-war-the-crown-of-the-covenant-novel-series-resumes/.242895","title":"News\nRecord of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant Novel Series Resumes"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Kadokawa"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}