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series written by Kōshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. Twenty-two volumes have been published at Fujimi Shobo. __TOC__

Light novels

Main series

''Encore''

Manga

A manga adaption of ''Date A Live'' with illustrations by Ringo began on April 16, 2012. Due to Ringo having health problems, the manga was cancelled after 6 chapters. The adaptation ended covering only a part of Shido's first date with Tohka. A spin-off manga titled ''Date AST Like'' ran from March 2012 to December 2013 in ''

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''. A total of four ''

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'' volumes were released. A third manga titled ''Date A Origami'' began serialisation in the January 2012 issue of ''

'', and ended in September 2013. The manga resumed serialisation following the airing of the second TV series before ultimately ended in July 2014. The content from the second serialisation was not collected into a ''

'' volume. A new manga adaptation began serialisation in the January 2014 issue of '' Monthly Shōnen Ace'', with illustrations done by Sekihiko Inui. A fifth manga titled ''Date A Party'' began serialisation in the February 2014 issue of ''

'' and was collected into one ''

'' volume.

References

External links

*
''Date A Live''
at Fujimi Shobo * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Date A Live

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Lists of light novels Lists of manga volumes and chapters