The first book volume (Tankoubon) of the Thou Shalt Not Die // Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare manga will be released on October 24th. View more information on this release on Amazon Japan.

Now that I’ve finished working on my translation of the first chapter, it was suggested that I write a review of it as well. So, here we go! (The following notes and speculation might be a little disjointed.)

** Please beware of spoilers! If you haven’t read the manga or played through the Drakengard and Nier series, please read with caution! **

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According to the broadcast at the last day of TGS, Yoko Taro is working on a new manga story called “Kimi Shini Tamou koto Nakare” (君死ニタマフ事ナカレ) aka “Thou Shalt Not Die”. It’s tagline at the top calls it a “Massively Insane Dark Tale of War”.

The illustration will be handled by Moriyama Daisuke from previous works such as “Chrono Crusade” and “World Embryo”. The “Zero” chapter will be published in the October 25th issue of Big GanGan. The first chapter will later be released on December 25th.

My initial speculations on the story include androids, possibly with a connection to the Accord model or YoRHa model of androids. This could be the manga version of their story in the distant future.