Where Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2 Starts in the Novel and Manga
Light novel volume 2 and manga volume 6 are the sky-island volumes that open Reincarnated as a Sword season 2. Where season 1 stopped and how to read on in English.
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Light novel volume 2 and manga volume 6 are the volumes built around the floating-island dungeon that opens Reincarnated as a Sword season 2. The Japanese publisher bills novel volume 2 as the one about the undead dungeon floating in the sky, and Seven Seas’ summary of manga volume 6 ends on a dungeon in the sky atop a floating island. No publisher gives chapter numbers, so the answer is by volume.
Season 2 began this October, and the anime’s official site splits it into a floating island arc and a Seedrun arc. The rest of this covers where season 1 stopped, what the new season includes, how to buy the volumes in English, and whether the novel or the manga is the better way to read on.
The volume numbers come from the publishers’ own summaries read against the anime’s arcs. No official page states a volume for the anime, so that is a match you can check yourself on the GC Novels volume 2 page.
Where season 1 stopped
Season 1 ran 12 episodes in late 2022, and the last aired on December 21, 2022. Its finale is titled “An Excited Fran Sets Off,” and it leaves Fran and Teacher on their way.
On the manga side, Seven Seas’ summary of manga volume 6 has Fran and Teacher, leveled up, heading for the Kingdom of Ulmutt with Jet when they meet a dungeon in the sky, atop a floating island. That is where season 2 begins, so volume 6 is the first manga volume past the anime.
The first season is on Achriom at Reincarnated as a Sword (2022), and the new one is Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2.
What season 2 covers
The official site’s story text says Fran and Teacher have set their next destination as the port town of Dards. On the way they spot a floating island and meet Jean, a necromancer set on conquering it, who asks them to take on its dungeon with him. The site gives that as episodes 1 to 5.
The Seedrun arc covers episodes 6 to 12. They reach Dards, find a dark slave trader and free the captive children, among them a prince and princess of the Phyllius Kingdom. Escorting them by sea, they get pulled into a fight over the throne of the Seedrun sea nation.
On the novel side, GC Novels opens its volume 2 blurb with Fran and Teacher having cleared a goblin dungeon and the Guild Master handing them a hard mission, and gives the volume the tagline about challenging the undead dungeon floating in the sky. Its blurb for volume 3 starts at the port town of Dards, where the pair rescue kidnapped children, including twins who pull them into the Seedrun turmoil. Volume 4, per Seven Seas, moves on to a city-wide cooking contest. So the floating island arc is volume 2 and the Seedrun arc is volume 3.
How to read on in English
Seven Seas publishes both the novel and the manga, and its numbering follows the Japanese volumes.
Volume 2 of the light novel came out on September 24, 2019, with a digital edition on June 27, 2019. It is 320 pages and $13.99. Volume 3 is $13.99 as well. Volumes run $13.99 through volume 12, $14.99 for volumes 13 to 15 and $15.99 from volume 16. The series page lists Kindle, BookWalker, Kobo and other digital stores beside print.
The novel is well along in English too. Volume 19 came out on August 4, 2026, volume 20 is due on January 5, 2027, and volume 21 on June 29, 2027. Japan already has 21, according to the official site.
Manga volume 6 came out on June 1, 2021 at $13.99. Seven Seas has the manga through volume 17 (June 9, 2026), with volume 18 due on November 10, 2026.
Light novel or manga
The manga, from volume 6
Volume 6 is the neater join, because it ends on the sky dungeon that season 2 opens with. Tomowo Maruyama draws it, and the anime’s fights are easy to follow on the page.
Per Seven Seas, volume 7 has Fran and Teacher exploring the dungeon with Jean the Necromancer and meeting the Undead King, a lich. Volume 8 concludes that fight and sends them to the beach. Volume 9 has them on vacation in the port of Dards until a conspiracy involving royal twins cuts it short, which is where the Seedrun arc begins. That puts volumes 6 to 9 around the season’s two arcs.
The light novel, from volume 2
Volume 2 opens with the goblin dungeon cleared and the Guild Master’s request, then the sky dungeon, per the GC Novels blurb. It is a bigger commitment than the manga, and the reward is the source itself and a lot more of it. The author, Yuu Tanaka, wrote the series first on the web novel site Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and Llo draws the illustrations.
A tip for either route
The anime trims and reorders, so do not expect a volume to match episode for episode. Stop at the scene your last episode ended on, and note the volume and page where you stopped.
Keeping the anime, the novel and the manga together
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Common questions
Where does Reincarnated as a Sword season 2 start in the light novel?
In light novel volume 2, the volume built around the floating-island dungeon that opens season 2. The Japanese publisher, GC Novels, bills it as the one about taking on the undead dungeon floating in the sky, and volume 3 opens at the port town of Dards. No official page names the volume for the anime, so that is the publisher’s summaries lined up with the anime’s arcs.
Where does Reincarnated as a Sword season 2 start in the manga?
At manga volume 6, where Fran and Teacher head for the Kingdom of Ulmutt and run into a dungeon in the sky, on a floating island. Volumes 7 and 8 stay with that dungeon, and volume 9 is the royal twins at the port of Dards. No publisher lists chapter numbers, so use the volume.
Should I read the Reincarnated as a Sword light novel or the manga?
Read the manga from volume 6 if you want the story to carry on from the anime with pictures. Read the light novel from volume 2 if you want the source and the longer road ahead.
Is the Reincarnated as a Sword light novel available in English?
Yes. Seven Seas publishes it in English, with volumes 1 to 19 out by August 2026 and volume 20 due in January 2027. It also publishes the manga, up to volume 17 by June 2026.
Does season 2 of Reincarnated as a Sword catch up to the books?
No. The novel has 21 volumes in Japan and the manga has 20, and season 2 covers only the early ones.
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