Dead Rock

Dead Rock
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre
Manga
Written byHiro Mashima
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintMonthly Shōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 6, 2023 – present
Volumes5

Dead Rock (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine since July 2023, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes as of July 2025.

Plot

Dead Rock is an academy in the demon world where students are trained to conquer the human world as demon rulers. Yakuto, a young demon descended from a black dragon, is one of seven applicants who pass the school's deadly special entrance exam into Class F. On his first day of class, Yakuto murders his homeroom teacher and reveals his true objective is to kill God, a supreme evil being who serves as Dead Rock's principal. To this end, he involves his classmates in his plans as they fight to survive Dead Rock's brutal curriculum, murderous teachers, and ambitious rival students.

Characters

Yakuto (ヤクト)
Yakuto is a Dragon Root demon who plots to kill God for exterminating the rest of his people, including his family. He is cursed with the lifespan-reducing ability to transform his arm or entire body into that of his "Root" ancestor, a Black Dragon.
Frey (フレイ, Furei)
Frey is a girl who enrolls in Dead Rock to satisfy her love for battle, as well as to surpass her older sister, who failed to graduate from the school. Her Root is an Ifrit, which gives her the ability to manipulate and transform her body into fire.
Raizen (ライゼン)
Raizen is a young swordsman whose weapon contains the soul of a cursed princess, whom he seeks to rescue with the power of a Demon King. His Root is Orochi, allowing him to create seven duplicates of his weapon.
Hien (ヒエン)
Hien is a wolf-eared boy who aims to save his homeland from an eternal winter his feudal clan is wrongfully believed to have caused. His Root is Fenrir, and he freezes whatever he cuts with his katana.
Mikoto (ミコト)
Mikoto is a necromancer whose Root, a Lich, allows her to reanimate and control the dead as zombies. She is later revealed to be an undercover member of Ghost, the demon world's secret service agency, who targets Dead Rock's corrupt faculty members.
Hani (ハニー, Hanī)
Hani is a living haniwa who desires to study humans. His Root is Thor, and he uses a hammer imbued with lightning. He is also capable of altering his body size.
Zelecia (ゼレシア, Zereshia) / Chako (チャコ)
Zelecia is a cat-eared girl who shares Yakuto's ambition of killing God. She often appears in the form of a crow named Chako, which she assumes to suppress her powerful black magic. Her crow form's Root is Yatagarasu, while her true Root is a Black Wizard.
God (神, Kami)
God is the most powerful being in the three worlds of existence, presiding over the demon world as principal of Dead Rock. He is believed by Yakuto to be a fake who replaced a previous God.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima, Dead Rock started in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine on July 6, 2023.[2][3] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first released on November 16, 2023.[4] As of July 9, 2025, five volumes have been released.[5]

In July 2024, Kodansha USA announced that it had licensed the manga for English release in North America, with the first volume released on March 4, 2025.[6][7]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 16, 2023[8]978-4-06-533310-5March 4, 2025[7]979-8-88-877350-5
  1. "God of the Demon World" (魔界の神, Makai no Kami)
  2. "School Rule Number Three" (校則第三条, Kōsoku Daisanjō)
  3. "Classroom Massacre" (皆殺しの教室, Minagoroshi no Kyōshitsu)
2 April 9, 2024[9]978-4-06-535370-7June 10, 2025[10]979-8-88-877374-1
  1. "Death Arena" (大闘技場（デスアリーナ）, Desu Arīna)
  2. "Fire Cry"
  3. "God Saves" (ゴッドセイブズ, Goddo Seibuzu)
  4. "Curse Velocity" (カーズベロシティ, Kāzu Beroshiti)
3 August 7, 2024[11]978-4-06-536168-9August 12, 2025[12]979-8-88-877478-6
  1. "Yakuto vs. Cougar" (ヤクトvs.クウガ, Yakuto vs. Kūga)
  2. "You Can't Have My Prey" (獲物は渡さない, Emono wa Watasanai)
  3. "Slaughter" (惨殺, Zansatsu)
  4. "Deep Cry" (ディープクライ, Dīpu Kurai)
  5. "White Calamity" (白い厄災, Shiroi Yakusai)
4 February 7, 2025[13]978-4-06-537931-8——
  1. "Class F vs. Bren" (F組vs.ブレン, Efu-gumi vs. Buren)
  2. "Dead or Alive" (デッド・オア・アライブ, Deddo oa Araibu)
  3. "Ghost" (ゴースト, Gōsuto)
  4. "The Afternoon Portion" (午後の部, Gogo no Bu)
  5. "Eiji and Dest" (エイジとデスト, Eiji to Desuto)
5 July 9, 2025[5]978-4-06-540094-4——
  1. "The Slime vs. the Nine-Tailed Fox" (スライムvs.九尾の狐, Suraimu vs. Kyūbi no Kitsune)
  2. "Words I'm Burning to Say" (伝えたい炎（ことば）, Tsutaetai Kotoba)
  3. "Hecatoncheire" (百手（ヘカトンケイル）, Hekatonkeiru)
  4. "The Rule Murmuring Death" (死を囁くルール, Shi o Sasayaku Rūru)
  5. "A Rondo of Flame and Wolf" (炎と狼の輪舞曲（ロンド）, Honō to Ōkami no Rondo)

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

  1. "Ifrit" (炎王（イフリート）, Ifurīto)
  2. "A Class on Living" (生きる為の授業, Ikiru Tame no Jugyō)
  3. "Consolation Prize" (残念賞, Zannenshō)

References

  1. ^ "Dead Rock". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on April 30, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Cayanan, Joanna (June 5, 2023). "Fairy Tail's Hiro Mashima Launches Dead Rock Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  3. ^ 真島ヒロが3作同時連載、魔界学園ダークファンタジー「DEAD ROCK」が月マガで. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 6, 2023. Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  4. ^ 真島ヒロ最新作「DEAD ROCK」1巻、魔王養成機関で“神”に挑むダークファンタジー. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 16, 2023. Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  5. ^ a b 【7月9日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  6. ^ Pineda, Rafael (July 4, 2024). "Kodansha USA Reveals 12 New Print Manga, 2 Digital Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 4, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "DEAD ROCK 1". Penguin Random House. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  8. ^ 【11月16日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 16, 2023. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  9. ^ 【4月9日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 9, 2024. Archived from the original on April 18, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  10. ^ "DEAD ROCK 2". Penguin Random House. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  11. ^ 【8月7日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 7, 2024. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  12. ^ "DEAD ROCK 3". Penguin Random House. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  13. ^ 【2月7日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 7, 2025. Archived from the original on February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
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