The July issue of Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine revealed on June 25 that Takahiro and Kei Toru's Akame ga KILL! Zero prequel manga is "approaching its climax."

The "dark action" manga takes place a few years before the events in Takahiro's original Akame ga KILL! manga series. The prequel centers on the title character Akame, a girl bought, brainwashed, and raised by the Empire as an assassin.

Takahiro and Toru launched the spinoff manga in October 2013. Takahiro is providing the story while Toru illustrates the manga. Square Enix published the manga's second compiled book volume last December, and the third volume will ship on July 22.