{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ccc36788fd1ba7ff7cd8bda7","clusterId":"c_710c96ceb90c10bca47ede39","slug":"wildcard-alchemist-manga-ends-with-third-part-of-final-chapter","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Wildcard Alchemist Manga Ends With Third Part of Final Chapter","summary":"Square Enix's Manga UP! service published the third part of the final chapter of Wildcard Alchemist on Sunday. Skyfarm writes the story and Tentashi draws the manga, with Dr. Mine credited for composition. The manga launched on Manga UP! in April 2025, and Square Enix published the first compiled volume in September 2025. The fourth and final volume goes on sale November 6.","whyItMatters":"A manga that started on Manga UP! in April 2025 closes out with a four-volume run, a quick turnaround that says more about the platform's serialization pace than about the title itself.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe final chapter arrived in three parts rather than one, a release pattern Manga UP! uses for chapter endings. Square Enix will collect the run into a fourth volume on November 6, closing the series at four books after the first volume shipped in September 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story follows Iluto, an alchemist expelled from the guild Dragnate who gains a \u0026#34;Random Alchemy\u0026#34; skill from a divine beast named Noir and builds a new guild. Manga UP! Global publishes the series in English digitally.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Wildcard Alchemist wraps with its fourth volume still unsold: Square Enix ships the final book November 6, so the series ends in serialization before readers can hold the complete run.","twitterPost":"Wildcard Alchemist ends in Manga UP! before its fourth volume reaches stores on November 6, so the finale lands as a serialized chapter first.","threadsPost":"Wildcard Alchemist finished its final chapter on Manga UP! while the fourth volume does not go on sale until November 6. Skyfarm and Tentashi's series closes in serialization months before the collected edition completes the run on shelves.","newsletterBlurb":"Wildcard Alchemist closed out on Manga UP! with the third part of its final chapter on Sunday. Skyfarm writes the series and Tentashi draws it, with Dr. Mine on composition. Square Enix publishes the fourth and final volume on November 6.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-20/writer-skyfarm-artist-tentashi-wildcard-alchemist-manga-ends/.243019\",\"title\":\"Writer Skyfarm, Artist Tentashi's Wildcard Alchemist Manga Ends\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4327,"outputTokens":547,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792541227,"createdAt":"2026-10-21T00:01:15.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T00:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T00:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_710c96ceb90c10bca47ede39","canonicalTitle":"News\nWriter Skyfarm, Artist Tentashi's Wildcard Alchemist Manga Ends","representativeArticleId":"a_4c41d3f2905d0afbc43703c8","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Wildcard Alchemist\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Square Enix\"],\"people\":[\"Skyfarm\",\"Tentashi\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-20T23:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-20T23:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T00:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-20/writer-skyfarm-artist-tentashi-wildcard-alchemist-manga-ends/.243019","title":"News\nWriter Skyfarm, Artist Tentashi's Wildcard Alchemist Manga Ends"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Wildcard Alchemist"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Square Enix"],"people":["Skyfarm","Tentashi"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}