is a Japanese

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

series written and illustrated by Yuu Morikawa. It has been serialized on the

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website since December 2018, with its chapters collected into seven volumes as of March 2025. An

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television series adaptation produced by

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and

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aired from January to March 2024.

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yuu Morikawa, ''Mr. Villain's Day Off'' began serialization on the

website on December 15, 2018. As of March 2025, seven volumes have been released by

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under its Gangan Comics Pixiv imprint. A

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adaptation was released by

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on January 27, 2021. The series is published digitally in English in the global version of Square Enix's ''

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'' website. In March 2023, Square Enix Manga & Books announced that it licensed the series for print publication, with the first volume set to be released on August 15 of the same year.

Volumes

Anime

television series adaptation was announced in February 2023. It is produced by

and

, and directed by Yoshinori Odaka, with scripts supervised by Midori Gotō, characters designed by Tomomi Shimazaki, and music composed by Nobuaki Nobusawa. The series aired from January 8 to March 25, 2024, on

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streamed the series.

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