The light novel series Seiken Gakuin no Maken Tsukai (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy) by Shimizu Yuu will end with its 16th novel. The news was revealed with the release of the 15th novel on April 25th, 2024, but did not provide a release date for the 16th novel.
Kadokawa released the first novel in the series by Shimizu (Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance) in May 2019 with illustrations by Tousaka Asagi (Buta no Liver wa Kanetsu Shiro, Megami no Yuusha o Taosu Gesu na Houhou, Level 0 no Maou-sama, Isekai de Bouken-sha o Hajimemasu).
The novels inspired a manga adaptation by Keigen Asuka in November 2019. The ongoing manga is serialized in Kadokawa’s Shounen Ace magazine, and Kadokawa released the manga’s first tankoubon volume in May 2020 and the eighth volume in December 2023. The novel series also inspired a TV anime adaptation which premiered in Japan in October 2023.
Awakening from magical stasis after a thousand years, the Dark Lord Leonis suddenly finds himself in the body of a ten-year-old boy! He quickly meets Riselia, a girl confronting the Voids, creatures that have nearly exterminated humanity. Determined to uncover the mysteries of this strange new era, Leonis enrolls in Excalibur Academy, a school that trains students to fight back against these enigmatic monsters. Could the Voids hold some connection to Leonis’s past?
