The Story of a Girl Who Wanted to Save Humanity
Talentless Nana (Munou na Nana) launched in 2016 in Monthly Shonen Gangan, Square Enix's monthly manga magazine, with Looseboy on story and Iori Furuya on art. The premise starts out looking like a standard superpower school series: at an academy on a remote island, teenagers with abilities train to fight the mysterious "Enemies of Humanity." Nanao Nakajima, a boy isolated in his class, crosses paths with a cheerful transfer student named Nana Hiiragi. Then an incident occurs, and the real story begins. Japanese entertainment news outlet Oricon News describes the series as a school suspense story built on strategy and mind games in its report on the finale.
When the magazine's official X account announced the ending, it summed up the whole series in a single line: "This is the story of a girl who wanted to save humanity."
The final chapter runs in the magazine's August 2026 issue, which went on sale in Japan on July 10. That puts the total run at a full decade, with volume 15 closing out the collected edition in September.
Farewell Messages From Both Sides of the Franchise
Artist Iori Furuya marked the occasion on X, announcing the final chapter's publication and telling readers, "Please see for yourself the ending that Nana and the others arrive at."
Rumi Ōkubo (Astolfo in Fate/Apocrypha, Chinatsu Yoshikawa in YuruYuri), who voiced lead character Nana Hiiragi in the TV anime, posted a longer goodbye. "Because I met you, I'm the person I am today," she wrote, crediting the role with changing her as an actor. She also echoed the story's central idea: "Even if you're not special, even if you have no ability, you can still change the world." She closed by thanking Looseboy and Furuya for the 10-year serialization and for creating Nana Hiiragi and the series itself.
The 2020 Anime Only Covered the Beginning
Talentless Nana got a 13-episode TV anime in fall 2020, produced at the studio Bridge, directed by Shinji Ishihira with series composition by Fumihiko Shimo. It aired in Japan from October to December 2020 and remains available on Crunchyroll with both subtitles and an English dub.
The anime is where most international fans know the series from, but it only reached the early portion of the story. The manga kept going for almost six more years after the broadcast ended, which means the conclusion now in print goes far beyond anything that has been animated. A second season has never been announced.
Looking Ahead
The final collected volume, number 15, goes on sale in Japan in September 2026. In English, the manga has been available digitally through Square Enix's Manga UP! Global service since late 2023, after Crunchyroll handled the digital English release until December of that year.
Readers who want to revisit the beginning can stream the 2020 anime on Crunchyroll. As for the ending itself, Furuya's message stands: the only place to see where Nana and the others land is the final chapter.