After eight years of serialization, comedy manga New Game! will end on August 27!
The final installment will appear in the October issue of Houbunsha's manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat. Meanwhile, the thirteenth and final collected volume of the manga will be published on September 27 along with an artbook.
【きららキャラット9月号】🎉9/27(月) 完結巻&画集 発売決定🎊「NEW GAME!」完結13巻と画集が9/27(月) 同日発売! どちらも表紙イラストを初公開!! 13巻の方はまだデザイン中ですが、一刻も早くお見せしたいので公開しちゃいます! https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ニューゲーム https://t.co/oPaSsRpzlH">pic.twitter.com/oPaSsRpzlH
— まんがタイムきらら編集部 (@mangatimekirara) https://twitter.com/mangatimekirara/status/1420037762531561477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2021
Original author Shotaro Tokuno has released an illustration marking the upcoming conclusion.
今月もキャラットにNEWGAME!載せて頂いてます!今月含めて残り3話。最後までどうぞよろしくお願いします! https://t.co/zdO2KEjwZT">pic.twitter.com/zdO2KEjwZT
— 得能🦔NEWGAME!最終13巻&画集9/27発売 (@tokutaro) https://twitter.com/tokutaro/status/1409168078609391617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2021
First published in January 2013, the four-panel gag manga follows a young woman named Aoba Suzukaze as she begins her dream job of working as a character designer for game studio Eagle Jump.
The series was adapted into a TV anime in 2016, with a second season following a year later.
New Game! will end on August 27, 2021 in the October 2021 issue of Manga Time Kirara Carat.