Draw This, Then Die! Reported at 650,000 Copies in Circulation Across Volumes 1–10

Draw This, Then Die!, known in Japan as Kore Kaite Shine, has reportedly reached 650,000 copies in circulation across its first ten collected volumes.

Minoru Toyoda’s manga is still running in Gessan while its television anime is currently airing. The series is also expanding internationally, with Seven Seas releasing the first official English volume on August 11, 2026.

Quick Summary

• Japanese title: これ描いて死ね
• Romanized title: Kore Kaite Shine
• Official English title: Draw This, Then Die!
• Creator: Minoru Toyoda
• Japanese name: とよ田みのる
• Japanese publisher: Shogakukan
• Magazine: Gessan / Monthly Shonen Sunday
• Manga status: ongoing
• Serialization began: November 12, 2021
• Japanese volumes: 10
• Latest volume: Volume 10
• Volume 10 release: July 10, 2026
• Price: 880 yen
• ISBN: 978-4-09-854701-2
• Reported circulation: 650,000 copies across Volumes 1–10
• Circulation note: this does not represent confirmed consumer sell-through
• Manga Taisho: 2023 winner
• Shogakukan Manga Award: 70th award winner
• Adaptation: television anime
• Anime premiere: July 3, 2026
• Episode count: 12
• Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
• Director: Hiroaki Akagi
• Series composition: Hiroko Fukuda
• Character design: Takekazu Segawa
• Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi
• Protagonist: Ai Yasumi
• Ai voice actor: Akira Sekine
• Rei Teshima: Saori Hayami
• Kokoro Fujimori: Saya Hitomi
• Sachi Akafuku: Kanon Fujimura
• Hikaru Sekiryu: Inori Minase
• Opening: Isho by Tatsuya Kitani
• Ending: Conifer by Regal Lily
• Episodes aired by August 12: six
• August 14: no new broadcast
• Episode 7: August 21, 2026
• English publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
• English Volume 1: August 11, 2026
• US price: $13.99
• French publisher: Panini Manga
• Latest French volume: Volume 8, released August 4, 2026
• Indonesian edition: not announced

Circulation Report, Anime PV, and Visuals

Ten Volumes Are Reported at 650,000 Copies

MangaReporter reports that the ten Japanese volumes of Kore Kaite Shine have reached 650,000 copies in circulation.

The figure describes copies put into circulation rather than confirmed retail purchases, and the current report does not provide a print-versus-digital breakdown.

Shogakukan has independently confirmed that ten collected volumes are now available. Volume 10 was published on July 10 for 880 yen.

When the anime adaptation was first announced in March 2025, the manga had been reported at around 430,000 copies. The latest figure therefore arrives after additional collected releases and the beginning of the television adaptation.

Ai Yasumi Learns What It Means to Make Manga

The story centers on Ai Yasumi, a first-year high school student living on Izu Oshima who loves reading manga.

For most of her life, that passion has existed on the reader’s side. Everything changes when she learns that the reclusive manga creator she admires, Hoshino-sensei, will make a rare appearance at Comitia.

The trip pushes Ai toward the other side of the medium: creating stories herself.

She gradually encounters ideas that refuse to work, difficult storyboards, criticism, embarrassing failures, deadlines, and the strange satisfaction of seeing another person react to something she made.

Together with her friends, Ai forms a manga club and begins discovering that loving manga and creating one are two very different experiences.

Despite its severe-sounding title, the series is fundamentally a coming-of-age story about why people continue creating even after their work disappoints them.

Volume 10 Brings a Major Decision for Teshima

> Light spoiler notice: the following section discusses the official premise of Volume 10.

Volume 10 gives Rei Teshima a decision capable of changing the future of the school manga club.

Without telling her students, Teshima has decided to leave teaching at the end of the academic year and depart the island.

That choice adds another layer to the relationship between a teacher who once stepped away from manga and students who are only beginning to understand why they want to keep drawing.

The volume launched only one week after the television anime premiered, placing the ongoing manga and its adaptation side by side during summer 2026.

The TV Anime Is Airing as a 12-Episode Series

The anime premiered on July 3 in Nippon TV’s Friday Anime Night programming block.

Shin-Ei Animation handles production, with Hiroaki Akagi directing, Hiroko Fukuda overseeing series composition, and Takekazu Segawa designing the characters.

The primary cast includes:

• Ai Yasumi: Akira Sekine
• Rei Teshima: Saori Hayami
• Kokoro Fujimori: Saya Hitomi
• Sachi Akafuku: Kanon Fujimura
• Hikaru Sekiryu: Inori Minase

The official Blu-ray listing confirms that the television run contains 12 episodes.

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Sandustry

Six episodes have aired so far. There will be no new episode on August 14, with Episode 7 instead scheduled for August 21 at 11:30 p.m. JST.

Tatsuya Kitani performs the opening theme Isho, while Regal Lily provides the ending theme Conifer.

The Official English Edition Has Just Begun

The series is also moving into additional markets.

Seven Seas Entertainment released Draw This, Then Die! Volume 1 in English on August 11, 2026, priced at $13.99 in the United States and offered in print and digital formats.

Volume 2 is scheduled for November 3, followed by Volume 3 on February 2, 2027.

The French edition is further ahead. Panini Manga released Kore Kaite Shine Volume 8 on August 4, 2026.

No official Indonesian edition has been announced.

Why This Matters

1) The manga is growing while its anime is on air

An already award-winning work now has a weekly television adaptation and expanding overseas publication.

2) It treats creativity as both joy and frustration

Making manga is presented as exciting, exhausting, embarrassing, and rewarding rather than an effortless expression of talent.

3) Its creator has a direct connection to the setting

Minoru Toyoda was born on Izu Oshima, giving the island setting a personal connection to the manga’s creator.

4) Both versions are actively moving forward

Japanese readers are already at Volume 10 while anime viewers are still experiencing the beginning of Ai’s creative journey.

Manga and Anime Information

The important details currently known are:

• Kore Kaite Shine is written and drawn by Minoru Toyoda
• serialization began in Gessan in November 2021
• the manga remains ongoing
• ten Japanese volumes have been released
• Volume 10 arrived on July 10, 2026
• the latest report places Volumes 1–10 at 650,000 copies in circulation
• circulation is not the same as confirmed sell-through
• the manga won the 2023 Manga Taisho
• it also received the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award
• the television anime premiered on July 3, 2026
• Shin-Ei Animation produces the adaptation
• the anime contains 12 episodes
• Episode 7 airs August 21 after the August 14 break
• Seven Seas uses the official English title Draw This, Then Die!
• English Volume 1 was released on August 11, 2026
• Panini Manga publishes the French edition as Kore Kaite Shine
• an Indonesian edition has not been announced
• the manga is available through the official Gessan page
• anime details are available through the official TV anime website
• Volume 10 is listed by Shogakukan
• the English edition is listed by Seven Seas Entertainment

Closing

Draw This, Then Die! is currently at a point where its manga, anime adaptation, and international publication are all moving forward at the same time.

Its ten Japanese volumes are now reported at 650,000 copies in circulation, the 12-episode anime remains on air, and the official English edition has just launched. The next steps will come from both the continuing manga and the second half of the television adaptation.