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Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Kill Blue Manga Gets Novel Adaptation

The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Kill Blue manga revealed on Wednesday that it will get a novel adaptation titled Kill Ao Secret Report (Kill Blue Secret Report) by Kiyoko Hoshi. The novel will ship on December 4, the same day the manga's 13th and final compiled book volume ships, and it will have "secret episodes" that were not revealed in the manga.

Fujimaki launched the Kill Blue manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in April 2023, and the series ended on September 1. The manga's 12th volume will ship on November 4.

Viz Media is publishing the manga digitally and in print, and it describes the first volume:

Juzo Ogami's a legend. Even among hit men, his name sends shivers down spines. There's never been a job he couldn't handle—that is, until the day he wakes up as a teenager! But how has his body transformed? To find out, he'll have to infiltrate the one place he thought he'd never find himself in again…school!

Viz Media released the third volume in print on October 14. MANGA Plus is also releasing the manga digitally. 

The manga is getting a television anime adaptation in 2026.

Fujimaki serialized his Kuroko's Basketball manga in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2008-2014. The manga inspired three television anime series, two compilation anime films, a new anime film, a sequel manga, a light novel, a spinoff manga, and a series of stage plays. Viz Media also published the manga in English.

Fujimaki published a one-shot in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2020, and then published an "academy comedy action" one-shot manga titled "Kiruaoharu" in December 2021.

Sources: Kill Blue manga's X/Twitter account, Shueisha