In an exclusive announcement, Otaku USA confirmed that Dark Horse Comics’ Dark Horse Manga imprint has licensed NON’s mystery manga series Adabana. The company will release the three total tankobon volumes for the first time in English print starting in August 2025.
The first volume of the series will be released in bookstores and comic shops on August 12, 2025. It will be translated by Caleb Cook and lettered by Brendon Hull.
NON first launched the manga in Shueisha’s Grand Jump magazine from March 18, 2020 to June 16, 2021.
Dark Horse describes the main synopsis of Adabana:
After the gruesome murder of two small-town residents, a ramen shop owner, and a local student, the community is left shocked. Mizuki Aikawa, the best friend of one of the victims, confesses to the brutal crime. However, nothing is as it seems, and Mizuki’s public defenders believe there has to be more to the story. When the truth unravels, they discover a tale of class, exploitation, and the deeper struggles of meeting family expectations.
Source: Dark Horse Comics Blog, Otaku USA
