Final Fantasy Lost Stranger

Final Fantasy Lost Stranger is a manga announced January 31, 2017 during Square Enix's Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary event.^[1] It is serialized in Gekkan Shōnen Gangan starting in its July 2017 issue and published in English online by Crunchyroll. The story follows a Square Enix employee who dies and is reborn into a Final Fantasy world.^[2]

The manga was published in volumes in Japanese by Gangan Comics starting November 22, 2017, in French tankobon paperback by Mana Books starting April 5, 2018, in English paperback by Yen Press starting August 21, 2018 (electronic version was released a week later), in Italian by J-Pop starting September 27, 2018, in German by Carlsen Verlag starting July 2, 2019, and in Spanish by Norma Editorial starting May 24, 2019.

Synopsis[edit | edit source]

Scoring a job at Square Enix, Sasaki Shogo's dream of producing a Final Fantasy game finally seems within his grasp! But after he starts, he quickly discovers that the work has nothing to do with his favorite franchise at all... Disillusioned, his enthusiasm for FF begins waning despite his sister / co-worker Yuko's attempts to lift his spirits. Their conversation is cut short, though, when a runaway truck suddenly careens toward the two of them...!

When Shogo comes to, the first thing he sees is...a Moogle?! Wait, was that a Cure spell? And chocobos...?! Hurled into a Final Fantasy world unbound to any particular installment, how will an uber-fan like Shogo survive?!
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Characters[edit | edit source]

Shogo Sasaki (佐々木正吾, Sasaki Shōgo?): The main protagonist, an employee of Square Enix who wished to work on a Final Fantasy installment. He is transported into a Final Fantasy world himself.
Yuko Sasaki (佐々木夕子, Sasaki Yūko?): Shogo's sister and co-worker.
Sharuru Linkingfeather (シャルル・リンキンフェザー, Sharuru Rinkinfezā?): Nicknamed "Sharu", a white mage and the leader of the party. She loves healing injured people.
Rei Hagakure (レイ・ハガクレ, Rei Hagakure?): A female axe-wielding warrior. She's not too kind with Shogo who came from another world but always listen to Sharu.
Duston Volta (ダストン・ヴォルタ, Dasuton Voruta?): A blackmage. A moodmaker of the party who always tries his hardest to stop Shogo and Rei from fighting each other.

Story[edit | edit source]

List of chapters[edit | edit source]

Volume	Chapter	Release	Japanese title	English title
1	1	July 14, 2017	Prelude-Rebirth	Prelude Rebirth
1	2	August 14, 2017	運命への反逆 (Unmei e no Hangyaku)	Defying Fate(original Chapter release)/Defiers of Fate(Volume release)
1	3	September 19, 2017	挑戦 (Chōsen)	Challenge
2	4	November 13, 2017	試練を超える力 (Shiren o Koeru Chikara)	Calamity Unbound
2	5	December 12, 2017	不撓の決意 (Futō no Ketsui)	Decision on the Dock
2	6	January 12, 2018	独りじゃない (Hitori ja nai)	You're not Alone
2	7	February 12, 2018	光を求めて (Hikari o Motomete)	lit. Seeking Light
2	8	March 12, 2018	欲望の足音 (Yokubō no Ashioto)	lit. Footsteps of Desire
3	9	April 12, 2018	深淵の果てに (Shin'en no Hate ni)	lit. At the End of the Abyss
3	10	May 21, 2018	破滅への使者 (Hametsu e no Shisha)	The Darkness of Eternity
3	11	July 12, 2018	萌動 (Hōdō)	Movement in Green
3	12	August 13, 2018	いつの日かきっと (Itsunohika kitto)	The Day Will Come
3	13	October 12, 2018	踊る人形 (Odoruningyō)	Dancing Calcabrina
4?	14	November 12, 2018		A Fleeting Dream
4?	15	December 19, 2018		The Prelude of Empty Skies
4?	16	January 14, 2019		Setting You Free

Volume publication history[edit | edit source]

Volume	Gangan (ja)	Yen Press (en)	Mana (fr)	J-Pop (it)	Carlsen (de)	Norma (es)
1	November 22, 2017^[3] ISBN 978-4-7575-5520-4	August 21, 2018 ISBN 978-1-9753-8090-8	April 5, 2018^[4] ISBN 979-1-0355-0027-6	September 27, 2018^[5] ISBN 978-8-83275-437-7	July 2, 2019^[6] ISBN 978-3-551-76286-3	May 24, 2019^[7] ISBN 978-8-46793-664-3
2	May 22, 2018^[8] ISBN 978-4-7575-5719-2	March 5, 2019^[9] ISBN 978-1-9753-0307-5	July 5, 2018^[10] ISBN 979-1-0355-0042-9	November 29, 2018^[11] ISBN 978-8-83275-602-9	November 26, 2019^[12] ISBN 978-3-551-76287-0	July 26, 2019^[13] ISBN 978-8-46793-665-0
3	January 22, 2019^[14] ISBN 978-4-7575-5975-2	September 3, 2019^[15] ISBN 978-1-9753-8498-2	February 7, 2019^[16] ISBN 979-1-0355-0088-7	April 17, 2019^[17] ISBN 978-8-83275-776-7	May 26, 2020^[18] ISBN 978-3-551-76288-7	March 6, 2020^[19] ISBN 978-8-46793-666-7
4	June 12, 2019^[20] ISBN 978-4-7575-6155-7	January 28, 2020^[21] ISBN 978-1-9753-3293-8	September 5, 2019^[22] ISBN 979-1-0355-0131-0	September 18, 2019^[23] ISBN 978-8-83490-010-9	—	—
5	January 11, 2020^[24] ISBN 978-4-7575-6463-3	October 20, 2020^[25] ISBN 978-1-9753-1679-2	June 4, 2020^[26] ISBN 979-1-0355-0169-3	—	—