Following the announcement of the release for volume 6 of the Persona 5 manga adaptation on January 17th, the cover art featuring Goro Akechi has been revealed.
Volume 5 of the Persona 5 manga was released on May 10, 2019.
As announced in April 2019, this manga will be released in English via VIZ Media in Winter 2020. The schedule for the English releases of this manga is currently as follows:
Synopsis
Can they reform the boss of a nefarious criminal organization?
As the Phantom Thieves of Heart, Akira and his companions steal “Treasure” to reform bad guys from the parallel world called “Palace,” made manifest by distorted cognition.
Akira and the others target the head of a criminal organization, Junya Kaneshiro, who is responsible for deceiving and taking advantage of young people in Shibuya.
Akira infiltrates Kaneshiro’s Palace with various security and traps, but Kaneshiro has an ace up his sleeve…!?
Product Details
- Release Date: January 17, 2020
- Price: 650 yen
- Publisher: Shogakkan
- Language: Japanese
- Author: Hisato Murasaki
- Amazon Japan Page
The manga adaptation for Persona 5 debuted on September 22, 2016 and has been serialized on a monthly basis on the WEB comic site Ura Sunday and Manga One.
Beginning with Chapter 32 (pt. 2) of the manga released on October 6, 2019, the manga has also featured elements from Persona 5 Royal with the inclusion of Kasumi Yoshizawa, and Takuto Maruki in later chapters.