J-Novel Club manga release dates

Next English volumes of 2 J-Novel Club series, soonest first.

We track 2 J-Novel Club series with 41 English volumes out so far. For 1 more, the next volume hasn't been announced yet, so we show our predicted month. 1 series has caught up with Japan and waits for the next Japanese volume. The longest-running in English is Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, at Vol. 28.

The earliest English J-Novel Club volume in our data is Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Vol. 1 (Aug 20, 2018). The busiest year was 2020, with 8 volumes across 2 series. Of the 2 series, 2 are still coming out in English. In the last 12 months, 3 volumes of these series came out — about 0.3 a month.

All J-Novel Club series we track

Recent J-Novel Club releases

English volumes out in the last three months.

Date	Volume
Oct 9, 2026	Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Vol. 28

J-Novel Club English manga by year

Volumes of the series above released (or scheduled) each year, and the series with the most volumes that year.

Year	Volumes	Series	Most volumes
2026	3	2	Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
2025	3	2	How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
2024	2	1	Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
2023	4	2	How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
2022	6	2	Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
2021	6	2	Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
2020	8	2	Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
2019	7	2	Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
2018	2	1	Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles

J-Novel Club manga FAQ

How many J-Novel Club manga volumes come out each month?

Across the 2 J-Novel Club series we track, 3 English volumes came out in the last 12 months — about 0.3 a month. J-Novel Club publishes many more titles than we track, so its full monthly lineup is larger.

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