Magus of the Library

Magus of the Library (Japanese: 圕の大魔術師, Hepburn: Toshokan no Daimajutsushi)^[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsu Izumi [ja]. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Good! Afternoon since November 2017, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes as of June 2024.

Magus of the Library
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Theo Fumis
圕の大魔術師 (Toshokan no Daimajutsushi)
Genre	Adventure[1] Fantasy[1]
Manga
Written by	Mitsu Izumi [ja]
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA
Magazine	Good! Afternoon
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 7, 2017 – present
Volumes	8

Publication

Written and illustrated by Mitsu Izumi [ja], Magus of the Library has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Good! Afternoon since November 7, 2017.^[2] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 6, 2018.^[3] As of June 6, 2024, eight volumes have been released.^[4]

In North America, Kodansha USA announced the English language release of the manga in October 2018.^[5] The first volume was released on July 9, 2019.^[6]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	April 6, 2018[3]	978-4-06-511243-4	July 9, 2019[6]	978-1-63236-823-2
2	November 7, 2018[7]	978-4-06-513566-2	September 24, 2019[8]	978-1-63236-845-4
3	August 7, 2019[9]	978-4-06-516736-6	February 25, 2020[10]	978-1-63236-846-1
4	June 5, 2020[11]	978-4-06-519471-3	January 26, 2021[12]	978-1-63236-916-1
5	June 7, 2021[13]	978-4-06-523523-2	December 14, 2021[14]	978-1-64651-213-3
6	June 7, 2022[15]	978-4-06-528198-7	March 7, 2023[16]	978-1-64651-405-2
7	June 7, 2023[17]	978-4-06-531799-0	May 28, 2024[18]	978-1-64651-582-0
8	June 6, 2024[4]	978-4-06-535756-9	May 27, 2025[19]	979-8-88877-450-2

Reception

The series ranked 12th on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2018" by the Honya Club website.^[20] The series ranked 50th on the 2021 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine.^[21] French newspaper Le Figaro selected Magus of the Library as one of their six recommended manga featured at the 2019 Paris Book Fair.^[22] It was nominated for the 18th Manga Taishō in 2025 and ranked fourth with 69 points.^[23][24]

See also

• 7thGarden, another manga series by the same author

Notes

1. To represent the Japanese word for "library" (図書館, Toshokan), the title uses the character 圕, a rare simplification created in the 20th century.