New Delhi: With the thrilling themes of gore and Isekai merged into an alleviating mixture of fantasy and adventure, Ishura originally stepped into the world of books and animated series as a light novel by Keiso. Originally at the start of its days, the light novel was published online on novel publication sites, before being acquired by ASCII Media Works who published the series with illustrations. With its plot gaining growing popularity, the light novel received its manga adaptation and was serialized in Kodansha’s Monthly Shōnen Magazine in March 2021.
As of June 2024, the novel has been collected into four manga volumes. Shortly after, Ishura acquired its anime adaptation and aired from January to March 2024. Numerous fans, attracted by the plot line, themes, and genres used neatly in the story, wait in bated breath, as season two of Ishura is set to arrive in January 2025 at the peak of welcoming New Year.
Plot The king of demons is dead and has been dead for how long, no one knows. However, despite the death of the lord of the demons, hosts of ‘Shuras’, demi-god-like people have the free will to do whatever they want, without the control of an upper body to keep them and their actions at bay and accountable. Some Shuras aim to become conquerers, and some are indifferent to the world and have long become wanderers with no certain goal in mind.
However, one thing continues to plague the minds of even those who feign indifference. Who was the one, true hero that .