In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Another”, also known by the following titles:
- アナザー
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is FINISHED. ✅
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- All related entries are marked as finished on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
- The original source material has been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates
These sources consistently confirm that the main story of Another has been fully concluded.
Watch order#
Another ↗ ↖
Summary
In the spring of 1998, 15-year-old Kouichi Sakakibara has just moved to the town of Yomiyama, where he is set to attend the local middle school Yomiyama North. However, when a past injury resurfaces, he is placed in hospital, leading him to miss the first week of school. Though he recovers quickly, before leaving he meets Mei Misaki, a strange, eye-patched girl whose cryptic mannerisms spark a subtle interest within the boy.At Yomiyama North, Kouichi is placed in Class 3-3. However, beneath the innocent atmosphere, he finds the class’ behavior odd: everyone seems to be on edge and watchful of Kouichi’s actions. Moreover, Mei is a student in the class, yet both classmates and teachers do not show any regard for her, as if she is simply not there. Though more oddities arise and more questions spring forth, no one is willing to give Kouichi any answers. With little choice but to ease his growing curiosity, Kouichi starts to pursue Mei for help, against both the class’ and her own warnings.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Another was originally serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's literary magazine Yasei Jidai (野性時代) intermittently from the July 2006 issue to the May 2009 issue. It was published as a 677-page hardcover novel on October 29, 2009. It was later published in two-volume format and again under Kadokawa's Sneaker Bunko label with illustrations by Noizi Itou. The original cover art was created by Enta Shiho (遠田志帆). The novel ranked third in the 2010 Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! and the 2010 Honkaku Mystery Award. Another was published digitally in English by Yen Press under the Yen On imprint on March 19, 2013. The publisher released the series in print as a hardcover omnibus on October 28, 2014. It was also published in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC in 2015.
Another ↗ ↖
Summary
During the spring of 1998 in the town of Yomiyama, Kouichi Sakakibara is supposed to start classes at a new school. Unfortunately, he is stuck in the hospital due to a collapsed lung. When he is wandering the hospital, he meets a dark-haired girl named Mei Misaki wearing his new school's uniform—an innocent chance encounter that will have more repercussions than he knows.When Sakakibara is finally able to attend classes at Yomiyama North Middle School, he notices his classmates treat Misaki as if she doesn’t exist. He tries to uncover the mystery around her, but his classmates’ behavior only gets stranger. And when fellow students in Class 3-3 inexplicably begin dying horrible deaths, Sakakibara begins to question a link between Misaki and the rising body count.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Another was published in English as a complete omnibus by Yen Press on October 29, 2013. It has also been released in Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantastica from 2013 to 2014; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC from February 2013 to May 2013.
Another 0 ↗ ↖
Summary
Ritsuko Sakakibara is due to give birth and her sister, Reiko Mikami, will soon enter class 3-3 at Yomiyama North Middle School. This tale explores the days of both sisters—prior to the unexpected severance of their lives—many years before Kouichi Sakakibara will enter class 3-3 of the same school.[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Another 0 was published in English along with the spin-off novel Another: Episode S by Yen Press in one hardcover volume under the Yen On imprint on May 24, 2016. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC as part of a Another complete series collection in March 2018.
Another ↗ ↖
Summary
In class 3-3 of Yomiyama North Junior High, transfer student Kouichi Sakakibara makes his return after taking a sick leave for the first month of school. Among his new classmates, he is inexplicably drawn toward Mei Misaki—a reserved girl with an eyepatch whom he met in the hospital during his absence. But none of his classmates acknowledge her existence; they warn him not to acquaint himself with things that do not exist. Against their words of caution, Kouichi befriends Mei—soon learning of the sinister truth behind his friends' apprehension.The ominous rumors revolve around a former student of the class 3-3. However, no one will share the full details of the grim event with Kouichi. Engrossed in the curse that plagues his class, Kouichi sets out to discover its connection to his new friend. As a series of tragedies arise around them, it is now up to Kouichi, Mei, and their classmates to unravel the eerie mystery—but doing so will come at a hefty price.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Another: The Other - Inga ↗ ↖
アナザー The Other -因果-
Summary
Shortly before the start of a new semester, Misaki Fujioka visits her twin sister Mei Misaki in Yomiyama City. The girls make full use of the last days of summer, roaming around a heat-weary town and visiting various places including a shopping center and shooting stall. When they prowl around her basement, Mei expresses uneasiness about her new class, which is said to be cursed.Craving more entertainment, the twins decide to pay a visit to the local amusement park. But the leisure of a sleepy summer day could soon turn woeful as Mei sees the color of death on her sister—an unmistakable omen that a tragedy is bound to strike.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Another: Episode S ↗ ↖
Summary
Summer, 1998. Mei Misaki, age fifteen, has gone with her family to their seaside vacation home. There she meets the ghost of Teruya Sakaki, her classmate from Yomiyama North Middle School Class 3-3 who, like Mei, witnessed the mysterious events that had transpired at the school. There begins an adventure of memory and mystery as they search for the ghost's body and his memories alike.(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Another: Episode S was published in English by Yen Press under the Yen On imprint on May 24, 2016 as part of Another Episode S / 0.
Another 2001 ↗ ↖
Summary
It has been three years since the "calamity" of 1998 that claimed the lives of many students in Yomiyama North Middle's Class 3. After Sou Hiratsuka, an acquaintance of 1998 survivor Mei Misaki, discovers that he's being placed into the cursed class, he and his peers develop a series of countermeasures to avert a new tragedy. But when Sou's classmates and their family members begin dying in a series of horrific "accidents," he and Mei realize that the calamity has taken hold of their town once again. To stem the tides of death, the pair will be forced to reckon with Yomiyama's deepest mysteries...(Source: Yen Press)