Rei Mikamoto’s Blood Friend Manga Will Conclude on December 11

Kadokawa’s Monthly Comic Beam announced Thursday that Rei Mikamoto’s Blood Friend will end in its next issue, due December 11. The announcement appeared in the magazine’s December issue.

The violent horror manga follows elementary school students who gather for a test of courage at an old western-style mansion outside town. Rumors say the mansion is haunted.

A girl among the students feels a terrible premonition. She warns the group that one of them will never return.

Mikamoto launched Blood Friend in Kadokawa’s Monthly Comic Beam in December 2025. Kadokawa shipped the first compiled volume on June 12.

Mikamoto’s earlier manga Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw ran in Comic Beam from 2009 to March 2017. Kadokawa published its 13th and final compiled volume that same month.

A live-action film adaptation opened in Japan in 2016. Two new live-action film adaptations both opened in Japan in 2019.

The sequel manga, Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw reflesh, ran in Monthly Comic Beam from September 2018 to November 2019. Its original announcement romanized the subtitle as “refresh” instead of “reflesh.”

Dark Horse Comics published the first six volumes of Mikamoto’s Reiko the Zombie Shop (Zombie-ya Reiko) in North America. The manga received a three-part live-action video adaptation in 2004.

Mikamoto’s Kyonyū Dragon also received a live-action movie adaptation in 2010. Funimation released the film in North America in 2011.

Mikamoto launched Iron Ghost Girl (Iron Ghost no Shōjo) in Comic Beam in July 2017 and ended it in July 2018. Kadokawa published its second and final compiled volume in August 2018.