Goblin Slayer is a Japanese dark fantasy light novel series written by Kumo Kagyu and illustrated by Noboru Kannatuki. A manga adaptation by Kōsuke Kurose is serialized in the Monthly Big Gangan magazine, and a second adaptation by Masahiro Ikeno runs in the same magazine. A prequel manga by Kento Eida runs in Young Gangan. Both the novels and the manga adaptations have been licensed by North American publisher Yen Press. Three audio drama CDs have been released, bundled with the fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth light novels. Light novels The light novels are written by Kumo Kagyu and illustrated by Noboru Kannatsuki. The series was originally published online. SB Creative published the first volume under their GA Bunko imprint on February 15, 2016. Sixteen volumes have been released in Japan so far.
A spin-off novel written by Kagyu and illustrated by Shingo Adachi, titled , published the first volume on March 15, 2018. It is a prequel series that reveals Goblin Slayer's past and the events that led him to become an adventurer with the sole purpose of exterminating all goblins from the world.
Kagyu released a second spinoff, titled , in the Gangan GA online magazine. The series ran for nine chapter and was collected into three volumes.
The fourth volume of the light novel included an original audio drama CD written by Kagyu, as did the sixth, seventh, and eighth volumes.
Yen Press licensed the novels for publication in North America, and released the first volume in English on December 20, 2016. Yen Press has also licensed the Year One and Dai Katana spinoffs.
Goblin Slayer
Side stories Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One
Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana
Manga A manga adaptation by Kōsuke Kurose began serialization in the June 2016 issue of Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Gangan on May 25, 2016. Yen Press licensed the series at the same time as the light novels, and are simulpublishing the chapters in English as they are released in Japan.
Artist Kento Eida launched a prequel manga, titled Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One, in Square Enix's seinen magazine Young Gangan on September 15, 2017. As with the main manga, the prequel is simulpublished by Yen Press.
A second adaptation of the main story, this one titled Goblin Slayer: Brand New Day and illustrated by Masahiro Ikeno, was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan from May 25, 2018, to May 27, 2019, and was compiled into two volumes. The story adapts the fourth volume of the light novel. Yen Press also simulpublished Brand New Day. The story follows the lives of the many other characters the main series' protagonists have encountered throughout their adventures, providing background on minor characters which further explores the world that Goblin Slayer takes place in.
Takashi Minakuchi launched a manga adaptation of the Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana novel on Square Enix's Manga Up! app and on the Gangan GA website. Three chapters were published from December 28, 2018, to April 12, 2019. The manga was canceled and rebooted under a new artist, Aoki Shogo, with the first chapter published on August 30, 2019.
A manga by Daichi Matsuse titled Goblin Slayer: A Day in the Life, adapting the twelfth volume of the light novel, was serialized in Monthly Big Gangan from December 23, 2022, to November 25, 2024, and was compiled into three volumes.
Goblin Slayer
Chapters not yet in tankōbon format These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume: "Chapter 105" "Chapter 106" "Chapter 107" "Chapter 108" "Chapter 109" "Chapter 110" "Chapter 111" "Chapter 112"
Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One
Chapters not yet in tankōbon format The following chapters were serialized in Young Gangan and published digitally by Yen Press, but have not yet been collected into a volume: "Chapter 119" "Chapter 120" "Chapter 121" "Chapter 122" "Chapter 123" "Chapter 124" "Chapter 125" "Chapter 126" "Chapter 127" "Chapter 128" "Chapter 129" "Chapter 130" "Chapter 131" "Chapter 132" "Chapter 133" "Chapter 134"
Goblin Slayer: Brand New Day
Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana
Goblin Slayer: A Day in the Life
See also List of Goblin Slayer episodes
References
External links at GA Bunko at Monthly Big Gangan