The publishing label Dengeki Bunko of kadokawa announced that a new book of light novels written by Yashichiro Takahashi and illustrated by Noizi Ito, Shakugan no Shana, will be published this year after an eleven-year suspension. The new volume, still written by the same original author, is tentatively titled as “Shakugan no Shana SIValthough it will be the fifth book in the short story collection and the twenty-seventh book overall.
Yashichiro Takahashi and Noizi Ito began publishing the light novels through the publishing label Dengeki Bunko of kadokawa in November 2002, and had reportedly finished it in November 2012 with a total of twenty-six volumes. We now know that that conclusion was actually a suspension, with this new volume announced.
In addition to a manga adaptation by the hand of Ayato Sasakurathe franchise was adapted to anime by the studios JCSTAFF in October 2005, with a total of twenty-four episodes. A twenty-four episode second season was released in October 2007, followed by a third season in October 2011.
Synopsis of Shakugan no Shana
The world has become a death camp for the Crimson Denizens, mysterious beings from a parallel universe that feed on the vital energy of humans. These ruthless killers only leave behind a few remnants of souls called “Torches”, which are mere residue that will eventually be destroyed, along with the very fact of the victims’ existence, from the minds of the living. In an ambitious effort to put an end to this invisible and hungry slaughter, warriors called Flame Hazes fight relentlessly against these monsters.
One fateful day, Yuuji Sakai is no longer an ordinary high school student: he gets trapped in a time rift and is suddenly attacked by a Denizen. Just in time, a nameless Slayer who appears to be nothing more than an ordinary girl save for her blazing eyes and crimson hair comes to her rescue. However, before Yuuji can learn anything more about his situation, he discovers that he has already been reduced to a torch, a mere piece of memory about to go extinct.
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