Final Fantasy Lost Stranger

Final Fantasy Lost Stranger is a Japanese manga series written by Hazuki Minase and illustrated by Itsuki Kameya. It began serialization in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan in July 2017. The series features an original story set in the world of Final Fantasy.

Final Fantasy Lost Stranger
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre	Adventure[1] Isekai[2] Sword and sorcery[3]
Manga
Written by	Hazuki Minase
Illustrated by	Itsuki Kameya
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Gangan
Original run	July 12, 2017 – present
Volumes	12

Synopsis

The series focuses on Square Enix employee Shogo Sasaki, who has been a fan of Final Fantasy since his childhood and dreams of one day making his own game in the franchise. One day, he and his sister Yuko were killed in a collision with a truck. They later woke up in another world reminiscent of that of Final Fantasy.

Publication

Written by Hazuki Minase and illustrated by Itsuki Kameya, Final Fantasy Lost Stranger was first announced during the 30th anniversary event of the Final Fantasy franchise on January 31, 2017. The series was announced to be the first manga of the franchise to have an original story not connected to previous games.^[4] It began serialization in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan on July 12, 2017.^[5] Its chapters have been compiled into twelve tankōbon volumes as of November 2024.^[6]

During Anime Expo 2017, Yen Press announced at their panel that they would begin simultaneously publishing its chapters in English.^[7] Crunchyroll later announced at their panel that they would also begin simultaneously publishing its chapters in English.^[8]

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	North American release date	North American ISBN
1	November 22, 2017[9]	978-4-7575-5520-4	August 28, 2018[3]	978-1-9753-8090-8
2	May 22, 2018[10]	978-4-7575-5719-2	March 5, 2019[11]	978-1-9753-0307-5
3	January 22, 2019[12]	978-4-7575-5975-2	September 3, 2019[13]	978-1-9753-8498-2
4	June 12, 2019[14]	978-4-7575-6155-7	January 28, 2020[15]	978-1-9753-3293-8
5	January 11, 2020[16]	978-4-7575-6463-3	November 3, 2020[17]	978-1-9753-1679-2
6	November 12, 2020[18]	978-4-7575-6891-4	December 7, 2021[19]	978-1-9753-3575-5
7	May 12, 2021[20]	978-4-7575-7149-5	May 24, 2022[21]	978-1-9753-4481-8
8	December 12, 2021[22]	978-4-7575-7624-7	February 21, 2023[23]	978-1-9753-6125-9
9	July 12, 2022[24]	978-4-7575-8025-1	July 18, 2023[25]	978-1-9753-7159-3
10	March 10, 2023[26]	978-4-7575-8466-2	October 15, 2024[27]	979-8-8554-0211-7
11	January 12, 2024[28]	978-4-7575-9002-1	December 24, 2024[29]	979-8-8554-0213-1
12	November 12, 2024[6]	978-4-7575-9510-1	September 23, 2025[30]	979-8-8554-2049-4
13	August 8, 2025[31]	978-4-3010-0002-0	—	—

See also

• C3, a light novel series also written by Hazuki Minase