Destiny Lovers

Not to be confused with Destiny -The Lovers-.

Destiny Lovers (Japanese: デスラバ, Hepburn: Desu Raba) is a Japanese web manga series written by Kazutaka and illustrated by Kai Tomohiro. It was serialized on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket online magazine from February 2018 to April 2020, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. A sequel, also titled Destiny Lovers, was serialized on Magazine Pocket from April 2020 to December 2023, with its chapters collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes. In North America, the first manga series has been licensed for English language release by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Destiny Lovers
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Sayaka Ibu
デスラバ (Desuraba)
Genre	Erotic thriller, mystery[1]
Manga
Written by	Kazutaka
Illustrated by	Kai Tomohiro
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
Imprint	Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine	Magazine Pocket
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	February 10, 2018 – April 18, 2020
Volumes	8
Manga
Written by	Kazutaka
Illustrated by	Kai Tomohiro
Published by	Kodansha
Imprint	Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine	Magazine Pocket
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	April 18, 2020 – December 9, 2023
Volumes	15

Premise

High school student Kosuke Fujishiro is abducted and put into a prison run by women who intend to take away his virginity. However, Kosuke refuses, as he has pledged to be faithful to his childhood friend Sayaka. He and the other men there must survive by not giving into the seductions and temptations, or they will be killed. To further complicate things, the person in charge of the seduction team is Sayaka, who tells Kosuke to keep resisting.

Publication

Destiny Lovers is written by Kazutaka and illustrated by Kai Tomohiro. It was serialized on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket online magazine from February 10, 2018,^[2][3] to April 18, 2020.^[4][5] Kodansha collected its chapters in eight tankōbon volumes, released from June 8, 2018,^[6] to August 5, 2020.^[7]

In North America, the manga is licensed for English language release by Seven Seas Entertainment, being published under its Ghost Ship imprint for mature readers.^[3]

A sequel, also titled Destiny Lovers but written Desutinī Rabāzu (デスティニーラバーズ), was serialized on Magazine Pocket from April 18, 2020,^[8][5] to December 9, 2023.^[9] It serves as the original manga's last arc.^[10] Kodansha collected its chapters in fifteen tankōbon volumes, released from August 5, 2020,^[11] to January 9, 2024.^[12]

Volumes

1st series

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	June 8, 2018[6]	978-4-06-511590-9	December 17, 2019[13]	978-1-947804-66-1
2	September 7, 2018[14]	978-4-06-512320-1	February 25, 2020[15]	978-1-947804-68-5
3	November 6, 2018[16]	978-4-06-513394-1	August 25, 2020[17]	978-1-947804-75-3
4	March 6, 2019[18]	978-4-06-514425-1	October 27, 2020[19]	978-1-947804-76-0
5	July 5, 2019[20]	978-4-06-515693-3	January 26, 2021[21]	978-1-947804-81-4
6	November 6, 2019[22]	978-4-06-517300-8	April 27, 2021[23]	978-1-947804-90-6
7	March 6, 2020[24]	978-4-06-518458-5	August 17, 2021[25]	978-1-638580-39-3
8	August 5, 2020[7]	978-4-06-520445-0	November 9, 2021[26]	978-1-64827-504-3

2nd series

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	August 5, 2020[11]	978-4-06-520446-7
2	November 6, 2020[27]	978-4-06-521267-7
3	February 5, 2021[28]	978-4-06-522347-5
4	May 6, 2021[29]	978-4-06-523157-9
5	July 6, 2021[30]	978-4-06-524011-3
6	September 6, 2021[31]	978-4-06-524821-8
7	December 6, 2021[32]	978-4-06-526291-7
8	March 4, 2022[33]	978-4-06-526912-1
9	June 6, 2022[34]	978-4-06-528160-4
10	September 6, 2022[35]	978-4-06-529145-0
11	January 6, 2023[36]	978-4-06-530902-5
12	June 6, 2023[37]	978-4-06-531868-3
13	September 6, 2023[38]	978-4-06-532880-4
14	January 9, 2024[12]	978-4-06-533939-8
15	January 9, 2024[12]	978-4-06-534167-4