The Kingdoms of Ruin

The Kingdoms of Ruin (はめつのおうこく, Hametsu no Ōkoku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by yoruhashi. It began serialization in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Garden magazine in April 2019. An anime television series adaptation produced by Yokohama Animation Laboratory premiered in October 2023.

The Kingdoms of Ruin
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Adonis (left) and Doroka (right)
はめつのおうこく
(Hametsu no Ōkoku)
Genre
Manga
Written byyoruhashi
Published byMag Garden
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Comic Garden
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 5, 2019 – present
Volumes9
Anime television series
Directed byKeitaro Motonaga
Written byTakamitsu Kono
Music by
  • Miki Sakurai
  • Shu Kanematsu
  • Hanae Nakamura
StudioYokohama Animation Laboratory
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkMBS, TBS, BS-TBS, AT-X
Original run October 7, 2023 – present
Episodes4

Plot

For ages, humans and witches had an alliance with witches using magic to help people. However, when humans eventually develop science that can at times outdo magic, the Redia Empire suddenly declares witches obsolete and orders them eradicated. The witch Chloe raised the human orphan Adonis and taught him her craft. When she is caught and executed, Adonis vows revenge against humanity.

Characters
Adonis (アドニス, Adonisu)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[3] (Japanese); Ben Stegmair, Brittney Karbowski (young)[4] (English)
Doroka (ドロカ)
Voiced by: Azumi Waki[3] (Japanese); Alexis Tipton[4] (English)
Chloe (クロエ, Kuroe)
Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi[5] (Japanese); Morgan Lauré[4] (English)
Yamato (ヤマト)
Voiced by: Satoshi Hino[6]
Yuki (ユキ)
Voiced by: Hikaru Tono[6]
Shirousagi (シロウサギ)
Voiced by: Kishō Taniyama[6]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by yoruhashi, The Kingdoms of Ruin began serialization in Mag Garden's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Comic Garden on April 5, 2019.[1] It is also serialized on the Manga Doa, Mag Comi, pixiv Comic websites. As of October 2023, nine tankōbon volumes have been released. In April 2020, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series for English publication.[7]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 October 10, 2019[8]978-4-800-00901-2December 1, 2020[2]978-1-645-05855-7
2 February 10, 2020[9]978-4-800-00937-1April 6, 2021[2]978-1-648-27082-6
3 August 7, 2020[10]978-4-800-01001-8August 24, 2021[2]978-1-648-27290-5
4 February 10, 2021[11]978-4-800-01048-3March 8, 2022[2]978-1-638-58135-2
5 August 10, 2021[12]978-4-800-01121-3December 20, 2022[2]978-1-638-58630-2
6 February 9, 2022[13]978-4-800-01172-5May 16, 2023[2]978-1-638-58846-7
7 September 9, 2022[14]978-4-800-01244-9November 28, 2023[2]979-8-888-43059-0
8 March 10, 2023[15]978-4-800-01308-8April 2, 2024[2]979-8-88843-393-5
9 October 10, 2023[16]978-4-800-01376-7——

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 1, 2023.[17] The series is produced by Yokohama Animation Laboratory and directed by Keitaro Motonaga, with Takamitsu Kono in charge of series composition, Hiromi Kato designing the characters, and Miki Sakurai, Shu Kanematsu, and Hanae Nakamura composing the music.[3] It premiered on October 7, 2023, on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS and BS-TBS.[lower-alpha 1] The opening theme song is "Kieru Made" (消えるまで, "Until It Disappears") by Hana Hope, while the ending theme song is "Prayer" by Who-ya Extended.[19]

At Anime Expo 2023, Crunchyroll announced that they licensed the series outside of Asia.[20] Medialink licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia and is streaming it on the Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.[21]

No.Title [22][lower-alpha 2]Directed by [22]Written by [22]Storyboarded by [22]Original air date
1"And So, Our Story Begins"
Transcription: "Hajimari Hajimari" (Japanese: はじまり はじまり)		Shin'ya KawabeTakamitsu KonoGōichi Iwahata
Keitaro Motonaga		October 7, 2023 (2023-10-07)[lower-alpha 3]
God created humans and witches where the witches' magic became prosperity and peace for humanity. However, the Redia Empire developed technology that advances magic, meaning it is no longer needed, and humanity went against and eradicated all witches. A powerful witch Chloe and her human apprentice Adonis are walking in the desert, and they are attacked by soldiers. Adonis says his kind deserve to be destroyed for this and he wants to do it despite Chloe's reasoning. But they are suddenly transported to the Redia Empire where they are met by Emperor Goethe. Chloe gets stripped and humiliated in front of the crowd. When Adonis is about to be killed after insulting them, Chloe begs Goethe to spare his life and lets herself get executed. Adonis is angered by humanity's display of cruelty and the loss of the one who loved and cared about him. 10 years later, in an internment camp, the prisoners Doroka and Anna talk about the belief that humanity would be happy once the witches were gone wasn't true, as humanity began fighting each other. The Redia Empire started wars that never end and capture people from other lands. Doroka is about to be sold but escapes while freeing the prisoners. She runs in to a room where a contained Adonis is about to be freed, ready for revenge.
2"Heavenly Fire"
Transcription: "Heibunfaia" (Japanese: ヘイブンファイア)		Homani InamuraTakamitsu KonoTBAOctober 14, 2023 (2023-10-14)
Adnois breaks free and kills the guards, the Military is alert by Adonis's escape and searches for him. Adonis combine magic and weaponary to turn a bullet gigantic to a building and begins his revenge by killing all citizens of the Redia Empire. Operator executive Eekhout kills the prisoners and the personnel for causing this. Adonis summon a giant robot to cause destruction and goes to confront Goethe, Adonis fight back the soldiers as he spends ten years to determine the most precise way to slaughter a nation. Adonis summon bullet bell to brutally gun down and massacring all the citizens, Doroka runs to stop Adonis. Adonis is angered when Doroka says the people are "innocent" and says humans always fight dirty and use cheap tricks. Doroka reveals she knows him, and she is in fact a witch, she and the witches survived, and they couldn’t save Chloe because they were desperate to escape. Doroka says they can bring Chloe back to life and she infiltrated the Redia Empire to save him in order to bring back Chloe, they need Adonis and his memories of her to do it. Adonis begins to see Doroka speaks the truth and Doroka tells him he is not alone anymore, but Doroka is shot by Eekhout.
3"A Gentle Death"
Transcription: "Yasashi Ishi" (Japanese: やさしい死)		Toshiya ShindomeTakamitsu KonoTBAOctober 21, 2023 (2023-10-21)[lower-alpha 3]
In the past young Doroka experience the Attack and destruction by human soldiers and her friend Mia tells her to run to Madam Ophelia for safety. A wounded Doroka slowly dies and Adonis uses magic to send bullets back at the soldiers. Eekhout shots at Adnois but it is stopped and is send back at him in gigantic size, Eekhout dies by the impact. Yamato's sister Yuki wants to use the magic supression device but is stopped by Theta, Yamato gets a call from Theta who tells about Human Cellular Dysfunction Diseas; the soldiers were affected by particles from the devices during the witch hunts 10 years ago soon died as the device kills cells. Because there are no more witches left to restore the natural enviroment and cleanse harmful rays are gone. Meaning using the device on wide range will cause people to be exposed by particles and eventually die by it, Goethe stood before the device which caused Goethe's illness. However, Yuki still wants to active the device for the Redia Empire despite the illnesses, Theta stops this but both Yuki and Theta are exposed hard. Adonis is weakened and a woman soldier then beheads him, the incident is over and Goethe speaks about the "greatness" of the Redia Empire. Chief Oz talks to Charmy about analysis on Adonis and Charmy discover the body is a fake. Adonis wakes up somewhere.
4TBAFutoshi KawaguchiHigurashi ChaboTBAOctober 28, 2023 (2023-10-28)

Notes
  1. MBS and TBS listed the series premiere on October 6 at 25:58, which is effectively October 7 at 1:58 a.m. JST.[18]
  2. All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.[23]
  3. This episode aired at 2:08 a.m. JST, 15 minutes after the original air time.

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