Killing Bites Ends Nearly 13-Year Run, Final Volume Due December 25

Shinya Murata and Kazasa Sumita’s Killing Bites manga finished its serialization on October 23 with its 145th chapter, closing a nearly 13-year run.

The 28th and final volume is scheduled for release on December 25.

In his commemorative message, Murata thanked readers who followed the manga throughout its nearly 13-year serialization. He also revisited the story’s central question: “What is the strongest beast?”

Murata said the answer belongs to readers and is reflected in the manga’s conclusion. He encouraged them to keep considering the question and find their own answers.

Sumita’s commemorative message recalled how the story began with Hitomi before gradually introducing numerous animal characters.

He initially envisioned Nomoto, an ordinary college student, as someone whose personal growth would signify the story’s success.

Sumita also thanked the following for supporting the manga throughout its 13-year serialization:

• Readers
• Assistants
• Editorial staff

Murata began writing the action ecchi manga, illustrated by Sumita, in Monthly Hero’s magazine in November 2013. After the magazine’s discontinuation in October 2020, the series moved to the Comiplex website that November.

Hero published volume 27 on June 29. The manga had 500,000 copies of its volumes in circulation as of October 2017. Further information is available on the official manga site.

The spin-off Hoshigari Sugi desho!? Inaba-san ran on Wild Hero’s from August 2020 to November 2022. Its third and final volume went on sale in December 2022.

MediBang Global licensed Killing Bites in English in January 2023. Comikey also released the manga in March 2023.

LIDENFILMS produced a 12-episode television anime adaptation that aired in Winter 2018. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime in North America and released it on home video in October 2020.