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series written by Kōshi Tachibana and illustrated by

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. Twenty-two volumes have been published at

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Light novels

Main series

''Encore''

''Encore'' is a collection of short side stories taking place within the world of ''Date A Live''.

Manga

A manga adaption of ''Date A Live'' with illustrations by Ringo began on April 16, 2012. Due to Ringo having health problems, the manga was cancelled after 6 chapters. The adaptation ended covering only a part of Shido's first date with Tohka. A spin-off manga titled ''Date AST Like'' ran from March 2012 to December 2013 in ''

Monthly Dragon Age is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Fujimi Shobo. The magazine began as a combination between ''Monthly Comic Dragon'' and ''Monthly Dragon Junior'', two former magazines published by Fujimi Shobo. The first issue was published in ...

''. A total of four ''

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'' volumes were released. A third manga titled ''Date A Origami'' began serialisation in the January 2012 issue of ''

'', and ended in September 2013. The manga resumed serialisation following the airing of the second TV series before ultimately ended in July 2014. The content from the second serialisation was not collected into a ''

'' volume. A new manga adaptation began serialisation in the January 2014 issue of ''

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'', with illustrations done by

Sekihiko Inui is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for '' Murder Princess'' and the manga adaptation of ''Comic Party'', the latter which he drew upon his own experiences as a ''dōjinshi'' creator at Comiket. His most recent series, '' Ratman'', ended ...

. A fifth manga titled ''Date A Party'' began serialisation in the February 2014 issue of ''

'' and was collected into one ''

'' volume.

References

External links

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Lists of light novels Lists of manga volumes and chapters