The Blood Blockade Battlefront manga is written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. It originally started in 2008 as a one-shot chapter called Kekkai Sensō, which only featured very few members of the final cast and had a much different tone, with more emphasis on it being a vampire hunting story in a contemporary city. The publication originally began on January 5, 2009, in the Jump Square magazine with the title where it ran until March 4, 2009, followed by another one-shot in October of the same year in Jump SQ-M magazine. The plot revolves around a young photographer named Leonardo Watch, who obtains 'the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods' at the cost of his sister's eyesight. After the incident, Leonardo moves to the city of Hellsalem's Lot to join an organization known as Libra to fight several monsters as well as terrorists.
In May 2010 the manga switched to Jump SQ19 magazine for serial publication. Jump SQ19 magazine ceased publication on February 19, 2015. The first volume was released on January 4, 2010; ten volumes have been released as of April 3, 2015. In 2010, the series was licensed for an English release by Dark Horse Comics. In 2025, Dark Horse announced an omnibus edition line, which completed on March 5, 2026 with the release of its third volume.
A direct sequel, Blood Blockade Battlefront: Back 2 Back, started in Jump SQ Crown magazine on July 17, 2015. In 2018, the series was transferred to Jump SQ Rise. The series finished on April 28, 2022. Shueisha collected its chapters in ten volumes, released from January 4, 2016, to August 4, 2022.
A third series Blood Blockade Battlefront: Beat 3 Peat began publishing on October 26, 2022. The first volume was released on July 4, 2023. As of July 3, 2026, four volumes have been released.
Volumes Blood Blockade Battlefront
Blood Blockade Battlefront: Back 2 Back
Blood Blockade Battlefront: Beat 3 Peat
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