Kodansha is giving a specially made acrylic block to 25 winners chosen by lottery to mark the 14th volume of Makoto Morishita's manga The Fledgling Demon Lord's Starter Shop (すだちの魔王城), the series' fifth serialization anniversary and its anime adaptation, according to a Kodansha press release carried by Niconico News. Entries run from 12:00 on October 16 to 23:59 on November 13, 2026 (JST).
The prize uses an illustration from the original manga. Volume 14 went on sale on October 16, 2026 in the Kodansha Comics Monthly Magazine line, priced at ¥594 (¥540 before tax), with ISBN 978-4-06-544992-9.
Volumes 1 through 6 are also free to read on Monthly Shonen Magazine's Getsumaga Kichi site from October 16 to October 22, 2026.
The anime adaptation is scheduled to begin broadcasting in January 2027 on TOKYO MX, MBS, BS11 and other stations. The release credits Reiji Kawashima as Murabito, Rumi Okubo as Mao and Yohei Azakami as Ash. The manga is available in English on K MANGA.