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Does the English version of the Btooom! Manga end at Chapter 88?


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Does the English version of Btooom! end at Chapter 88?


No. the reason you think so is because you're looking at the Scanlation.

the reason why i suspect this is because looking at [Manga Update's entry on
Btooom!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=45009) shows that the
scanlation by S2scans & JazzWay Team stops at Chapter 88 which is Volume 18

However the same page also indicates that Btooom! has been lienced by Yen
press who have only released up to Volume 16 with [Volume
17](http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/none/btooom-
vol-17/9780316502856/?yen) due to be released near the end of May 2017 in the
US

[![Btooom! Volume
17](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wWaSh.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wWaSh.png)

while Yen Press only lists up to [Volume
18](http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/none/btooom-
vol-18/9780316502870/?yen) (as of 21/03/2017) Manga Updates indicates there
are 22 Volumes and is on-going, confirmed on
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btooom!#Volume_list) with Volume 22
having been release January 7th 2017 in Japan

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    No. |   Japanese release date   |   Japanese ISBN
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    22  |   January 7, 2017         |   ISBN 978-4-10-771949-2
    
[/code]

So to summarize, the localized and licenced version of Btooom currently (as of
21/03/2017) ends at Volume 16 which stops at Chapter 81 however release by Yen
press is on-going and more volumes are expected to be released. any release
after this outside Yen press currently is not an official copy.

UPDATE: as of the 17/8/2017, Wikipedia lists that the english version of
Volume 19 is due November 14, 2017. this can further be confirmed on [Yen
Press's Website for Volume
19](http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/none/btooom-
vol-19/9780316412780/?yen). also looking at the
[series](http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/series/btooom/?yen) in general on
their website they have up to Volume 21, however Volume 21 doesn't have any
Paperback or Eletronic links so looking at [Volume
20](http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/none/btooom-
vol-20/9780316520584/?yen) it's expected to be out February 20th, 2018.

As such this is more or less confirmation that the english version of Btooom!
will not end at Chapter 88 as Chapter 88, as explained above, is in Volume 18


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