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Konosuba - God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Gets 3 New Spinoff Manga
posted on by Karen Ressler
The February issue of Shōnen Ace also announced on Tuesday that another new manga related to KONOSUBA will launch in the March issue on January 27.
Zoku Kono Subarashi Sekai ni Bakuen o! (Continuation Fiery Explosions on This Wonderful World, pictured left in image above). The original spinoff launched in Comic Alive in April 2016, and the fifth volume will ship on January 23.
Suzume Somemiya (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Nichijō o! manga) will launch a manga adaptation (pictured right in image above) of Akatsuki's spinoff novel Kono Kamen no Akuma ni Sōdan o! (Discussions With the Demon of This Mask). The novel focuses on Vanir as he resolves problems for other characters such as Yunyun and Iris. The novel shipped in April 2016.
Tamako Buta will draw Shōnen Ace's new manga, titled Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! Extra: Ano Orokamono ni mo Kyakkō o! (Spotlight on That Fool Also!, pictured above), beginning this winter. It is based on ecchi" spinoff novel series of the same name. The first volume shipped on August 1 and the second volume shipped on December 1. The story focuses on Dust.
releasing the manga, and the original novels, in North America.
The original light novels center on Kazuma, a shut-in student who dies in a traffic accident, but meets the goddess Aqua after death. He is given the chance to reincarnate in a fantasy world and can keep one thing with him. When he decides to choose Aqua herself, they are both transported to their new lives. The pair go on quests to earn just enough to buy food, shelter, and clothing, and eventually hire the sorceress Megumin and swordswoman Darkness, who they quickly learn are just as useless as they are.
The novels inspired two television anime seasons. The first season premiered in January 2016, and the second season premiered earlier this year in January. green-lit.
