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Full Metal Panic's Final Novel Volume Listed in August
posted on by Egan Loo
A retail solicitation sheet for listed the 11th full-length volume, Full Metal Panic! 11: Zutto, Stand By Me (Jō) (Full Metal Panic! 11: Always, Stand by Me Part I), with a July 17 release date in Japan. Gotoh himself wrote in a Friday blog entry that the 12th volume "will be published right after." The completion of the novel series is being marked by a present giveaway campaign for readers.
Gatoh had previously posted in January that he was writing the final volume for spring, only to apologize on May 14 for missing the spring release date.
The story of Full Metal Panic! centers around a brusque young sergeant named Sousuke Sagara who must protect an assertive high school girl named Kaname Chidori by masquerading (somewhat unsuccessfully) as a high school student himself. Tokyopop published them in North America.
The Hollywood Reporter newspaper series between the two of them.
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