{"rewrite":{"id":"r_48faebc52e2852e56ee211dd","clusterId":"c_fe5df8d25c01ca98b8e50860","slug":"rei-mikamoto-s-blood-friend-manga-ends-in-december","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Rei Mikamoto's Blood Friend Manga Ends in December","summary":"The December issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam announced on Thursday that Rei Mikamoto will end the Blood Friend manga in the next issue on December 11. The horror manga is set in a haunted western-style mansion on the outskirts of a town, where elementary school students gather for a test of courage. Mikamoto launched the series in Monthly Comic Beam in December 2025, and Kadokawa shipped the first compiled volume on June 12.","whyItMatters":"Blood Friend runs about a year from its December 2025 launch to its December 11 finale, a short serialization that leaves Mikamoto, a veteran of Comic Beam since 2009, without a current series in the magazine once the final chapter runs.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBlood Friend began in Monthly Comic Beam in December 2025, and Kadokawa shipped the first compiled volume on June 12. The story follows elementary school students who gather at an old western-style mansion rumored to be haunted for a test of courage, and one girl in the group warns, \u0026#34;One of us will never come back.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe finale lands in the magazine\u0026#39;s next issue on December 11. Mikamoto\u0026#39;s earlier Comic Beam work includes Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw, which ran from 2009 to March 2017 and was adapted into live-action films, and Iron Ghost no Shōjo, which ran from July 2017 to July 2018.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Blood Friend runs from a December 2025 launch to a December 11 close, so Kadokawa will collect the whole Rei Mikamoto serial in a short run of volumes rather than a long shelf.","twitterPost":"Rei Mikamoto's Blood Friend closes about a year after its December 2025 launch, leaving Kadokawa a very short serial to collect.","threadsPost":"Blood Friend launched in Monthly Comic Beam in December 2025 and finishes on December 11, so Rei Mikamoto's haunted-mansion horror runs roughly a year. Kadokawa's collected edition will be brief relative to the magazine serial it came from.","newsletterBlurb":"Rei Mikamoto's Blood Friend will end in Monthly Comic Beam's next issue on December 11, roughly a year after the horror manga launched in December 2025. Kadokawa shipped the first compiled volume on June 12. Mikamoto's earlier Comic Beam series include Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw and Iron Ghost no Shōjo.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-11/rei-mikamoto-ends-blood-friend-manga-in-december/.243738\",\"title\":\"Rei Mikamoto Ends Blood Friend Manga in December\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5255,"outputTokens":728,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794458004,"createdAt":"2026-11-12T04:29:24.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-12T04:32:14.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-12T04:32:14.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fe5df8d25c01ca98b8e50860","canonicalTitle":"News\nRei Mikamoto Ends Blood Friend Manga in December","representativeArticleId":"a_077c926130539d81b1f3e5f7","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Blood Friend\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Kadokawa\"],\"people\":[\"Rei Mikamoto\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-12T03:52:30.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-12T03:52:30.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-12T04:32:12.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-11/rei-mikamoto-ends-blood-friend-manga-in-december/.243738","title":"News\nRei Mikamoto Ends Blood Friend Manga in December"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Blood Friend"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Kadokawa"],"people":["Rei Mikamoto"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Rei Mikamoto's Blood Friend manga ends in the next issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam on December 11.","Mikamoto launched Blood Friend in Monthly Comic Beam in December 2025.","Kadokawa shipped the first compiled volume of Blood Friend on June 12.","Blood Friend is set in a haunted western-style mansion where elementary school students gather for a test of courage.","Mikamoto's Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw ran in Comic Beam from 2009 to March 2017."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["blood-friend","kadokawa","rei-mikamoto"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"blood-friend","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"kadokawa","supported":19,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":64,"overall":"green","story_count":94,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"rei-mikamoto","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":1,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}