Adachi and Shimamura Novels Will Not End in 12th Volume

Hitoma Iruma shared on a website called Kakuyomu that the ‘Adachi and Shimamura’ novel series won’t end with the 12th book like planned. He’s not sure when it will end now, but he wants to keep writing until the characters finish high school.

The series started in a magazine called Dengeki Bunko in 2013, but that magazine stopped in 2020. Seven Seas started publishing the books in English in 2020. Originally, Iruma said it would end with the 12th book in December 2022.

There’s also a manga by Moke Yuzuhara that started in 2019 but took a break in 2023. It’s published by Kadokawa in Japan and Yen Press in English. The manga tells the story of two girls, Adachi and Shimamura, who become friends and maybe something more.

The novels inspired a TV show in 2020, and there was an earlier manga version by Mani from 2016 to 2017.