Yesterday, Viz Media introduced the English launch of a Magic the Gathering manga collection referred to as “Destroy All People. They Cannot Be Regenerated.” The manga’s bodily launch, due later this fall, will even include an unique Magic card.
Destroy All People. They Can’t Be Regenerated, written by Katsura Ise and drawn by Takuma Yakota, is an ongoing manga collection that was first printed in 2018, in response to MyAnimeList. The collection, which takes place in 1998, follows a junior highschool pupil named Hajime Kanou who goofs off along with his associates by taking part in Magic: The Gathering. This garners damaging consideration from the college’s high pupil and Hajime’s educational rival, Emi Sawatari, who scolds him for bringing Magic to highschool.
Announcement: Consideration Magic: The Gathering followers! The unique Japanese manga, “Destroy All People. They Cannot Be Regenerated. A Magic: The Gathering Manga,” with story by Katsura Ise, and artwork by Takuma Yakota, releases Fall 2024. Consists of an unique card! pic.twitter.com/IVpEbr12ID
— VIZ (@VIZMedia) May 3, 2024
Their relationship takes a flip when Hajime discovers Emi is the very best Magic participant at their native card store, thus propelling their budding relationship and potential romance over their shared love of the sport. Should you’re a fan of YuGiOh! — which coincidentally additionally takes place across the identical 12 months — Emi and Hajime’s relationship reads because the polar reverse of Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba. That’s until you learn their relationship as a slow-burn romance, too.
Viz’s English licensing of Destroy All People. They Cannot Be Regenerated comes off the heels of Magic: The Gathering taking a victory lap with the monetary success of its Fallout crossover decks. Throughout a Q1 2024 earnings name, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks taunted the Fallout crossover as its “best-performing Commander set ever.” Seeing as how the Fallout Magic collab got here after the craze of its Lord of the Rings collab, it’s protected to say Magic gamers are consuming effectively.
Now, Magic followers can stay up for upcoming online game collaborations with Closing Fantasy and Marvel, in addition to Destroy All People. They Can’t Be Regenerated and its yet-to-be-revealed Magic card to sweeten the deal.
Isaiah Colbert is a contract author for IGN. You’ll be able to comply with them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.