Author Kōhei Azano stated in his afterword in the 17th Tokyo Ravens light novel volume that he plans to end the series in the next volume. The 17th volume shipped on March 19. Update: The 18th volume, confirmed to be the final volume, will ship in winter 2026.

The school supernatural fantasy light novel series centers around Harutora, a boy from a branch of the Tsuchimikado family of onmyōdō occult practitioners. However, he lacks the ability to see spirit energy, so he is now just an ordinary high school student. Natsume, a girl who was Harutora’s childhood friend and the next head of the Tsuchimikado family, reunites with Harutora and changes his future.

Azano launched the Tokyo Ravens light novel series in May 2010 with illustrations by Sumihei. The light novel series inspired a 24-episode television anime in 2013. FUNimation Entertainment streamed the series as it aired in Japan, and also released the series on home video in North America.

Atsushi Suzumi (Venus Versus Virus, Nightmare Go Round) launched a manga adaptation in Kadokawa‘s Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in 2010, and ended it in July 2017. Kadokawa published the manga’s 15th and final compiled book volume in September 2017.

Other manga adaptations of the Tokyo Ravens light novels include Tokyo Ravens: Tokyo Fox, Tokyo Ravens: Sword of Song, Tokyo Ravens: Red and White, Tokyo Ravens: ANOTHER×holiday, and Tokyo Ravens: Girls Photograph.

Source: Tokyo Ravens novel volume 17

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The staff for the anime of Miya Kazuki‘s Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujō – Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiramasen) light novel series announced on Saturday that the novels’ part 4, Founder of the Royal Academy’s So-Called Library Committee (Kizoku-in no Jishō Tosho Iin), will receive a television anime. Wit Studio is once again animating for Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy’s So-Called Library Committee.

The Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke anime premiered on April 4 on the Yomiuri TV and NTV channels at 5:30 p.m. JST (4:30 a.m. EDT), and ended on Saturday. The anime aired across two consecutive cours for a half-year run. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime with English subtitles and an English dub.

Yuka Iguchi and Show Hayami returned in the Part 3 anime as Rozemyne (previously Myne) and Ferdinand, respectively. The anime’s new cast members included:

Yoshiaki Iwasaki (Kowloon Generic Romance, Hayate the Combat Butler, We Never Learn: BOKUBEN) directed the Part 3 anime at Wit Studio, replacing the franchise‘s previous director Mitsuru Hongō. Mariko Kunisawa returned to write the series scripts, and Aiko Minowa (After the Rain, The Ancient Magus’ Bride in-between animation) was the new character designer. MICHIRU returned to compose the music.

The first anime season premiered in October 2019, and ended in December 2019 with 14 episodes. The second season premiered in Japan in April 2020. The anime’s third season premiered in April 2022. Crunchyroll streamed all three seasons as they aired.

Kazuki began the original novels on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” website in 2013, and ended the web novel in 2017. You Shiina illustrates the print edition. The main series ended with its 33rd volume (volume 12 of part 5) in December 2023. The novel series now has over 13 million copies in circulation (including digital copies).

J-Novel Club is releasing both the light novels and some of the various manga adaptations in English.

Sources: Ascendance of a Bookworm‘s website, Comic Natalie