English Title: Date A Live
Japanese Title: デート・ア・ライブ
Author: Koushi Tachibana – 橘 公司
Illustrator: Tsunako – つなこ
Translator: Jocelyne Allen
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Harem, Ecchi
Original Run: March 2011 – March 2020
English Run: March 2021 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: Fujimi Shobo
English Publisher: Yen On (Yen Press)
Volumes in Japanese: 22 (Completed)
Volumes in English: 2 (In Progress)

• English Website — Japanese Website
• MAL Entry — Forum — Anime-Planet
• Baka Updates — LNDB — Novel Updates

Synopsis: April 10. The first day of school. Shido Itsuka is rudely awoken by his personal alarm clock--his little sister. It's shaping up to be another typical day…well, as typical as it gets on a planet plagued by massive spatial quakes. Little does Shido know, however, his life is about to take a sudden turn when he encounters the source of this destructive phenomenon--a girl his age, apparently known as a Spirit. Turns out, there are only two ways he can stop her from unleashing hell on the world: Eliminate her by force or placate her…by taking her out on a date and making her fall in love with him!

Volume 1 — Dead-End Tohka
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Releasing February 23, 2021 -- ISBN-13: 9781975319915

Volume 2 — Puppet Yoshino
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Releasing May 18, 2021 -- ISBN-13: 9781975319939

Volume 3 
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Releasing TBA — ISBN-13: ###-##########

Reviews of Date A Live

• Justus R. Stone: Vol 1

Illustrations Sampler

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Anime Adaptation

Season 1 — MAL Entry — 12 episodes — Aired April 2013 – June 2013
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Note: Adapted volumes 1 to 4 of the light novel series

Season 2 — MAL Entry — 10 episodes — Aired April 2014 – June 2014
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Note: Adapted volumes 5 to 7 of the light novel series

Season 3 — MAL Entry — 12 episodes — Aired January 2019 – March 2019
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Note: Adapted volumes 8 to 12 of the light novel series

Season 4 — MAL Entry — TBA# episodes — Aired TBA
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Note: Adapted volumes # to # of the light novel series

Manga Adaptation

Date A Live — MAL Entry — (Japan) — Published April 2012 – October 2012
(English release) None

Date A Live: Tooka Dead End — MAL Entry — (Japan) — Published November 2013 – October 2014
(English release) None

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