Developer Nitroplus Released September 18, 2013 Designed by Seko Originally published 9 December 2014 Genre Visual novel | Designed by Seko Developer Nitroplus Released December 18, 2013 | |
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Publishers Vertical (NA), Kodansha USA (US), Kodansha Similar Hajime Isayama books, Other books | ||
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls (進撃の巨人 ＬＯＳＴ ＧＩＲＬＳ, Shingeki no Kyojin: Lost Girls) is a Japanese novel written by Hiroshi Seko. The book is a spinoff of the manga series Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama. A manga adaptation began serialization in August 2015 and ran until May 2016.
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Publication
The novel is based off two mini-visual novels from Nitroplus which were included with the third and sixth volumes of the Attack on Titan anime Blu-ray release. The first, Lost in the Cruel World, was written by Seko and was released on September 18, 2013. The second, titled Wall Sina, Goodbye, also by Seko, was released on December 18, 2013.
The novel is written by Hiroshi Seko, who worked as a scriptwriter for the anime. Kodansha published it in December 2014 under their Kodansha Comics Deluxe imprint. It consists of three short stories, titled "Lost in the cruel world", "Wall Sina, Goodbye", and "Lost Girls".
North American publisher Vertical announced their license to the novel at Anime Expo 2015.
Manga
A manga adaptation by Ryōsuke Fuji began serialization in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on August 9, 2015. The series ended in the June 2016 issue of the magazine on May 9, 2016.
In March 2016, Kodansha Comics USA announced that they had licensed the series.
Reception
Volume one of the manga reached 15th place on the weekly Oricon comic rankings, and sold a total of 80,619 copies.