# D-Frag! (ディーふらぐ！)
**D-Frag!** (ディーふらぐ！) is a Japanese gag comedy manga by Tomoya Haruno (春野友矢) that follows Kenji Kazama, a well-known school delinquent who stumbles into the Game Creation Club and is pulled into the antics of its eccentric female members. Serialized since 2009, it was adapted into a 12-episode anime by Brain's Base in 2014, with one OVA.[1](https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_004522_S/episodes/KC_0045220020100011_E) • [2](https://wheredoestheanimeleaveoff.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premise | Delinquent Kenji Kazama wanders into the Game Creation Club, whose members have odd "attributes" and whose activities have little to do with making games[1](https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_004522_S/episodes/KC_0045220020100011_E) |
| Author | Tomoya Haruno (春野友矢)[1](https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_004522_S/episodes/KC_0045220020100011_E) |
| Serialization | Ongoing since 2009, typically one collected volume per year[2](https://wheredoestheanimeleaveoff.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/) |
| Anime | 12 episodes plus one OVA, Brain's Base, 2014; adapts volumes 1 through 4[2](https://wheredoestheanimeleaveoff.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/) • [3](https://mangashed.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/) |
| Manga continuation point | Chapter 36, the first chapter of volume 5[2](https://wheredoestheanimeleaveoff.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/) |
| Latest volumes | Volume 20 released October 23, 2025; volume 21 scheduled for November 20, 2026[4](https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322607000094/) |
| English publisher | Seven Seas Entertainment; original publisher Media Factory (now KADOKAWA)[3](https://mangashed.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/) |
## Story and comedy style
The official synopsis describes Kenji Kazama, a delinquent famous within his school, who one day wanders into the Game Creation Club and finds a female member building a bonfire inside the clubroom. The series is billed as a high-tension gag comedy in which the club's members, each carrying some strange "attribute," run wild with material that has little connection to actually making games.[1](https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_004522_S/episodes/KC_0045220020100011_E)
The humor is built on the Japanese *tsukkomi* and *boke* dynamic, in which one character does something absurd and another retorts. Reviewers note that the straight-man-versus-weirdos setup is common in comedy anime, and that the show's distinctiveness comes from its absurdist streak rather than its premise: examples include a teacher called "Shawn Conecone-sensei" who explores ancient ruins, a character with "the power of darkness" who puts bags over people's heads, and a final boss with twintails deployed to counter that ability.[5](https://blog.draggle.org/d-frag-review-c/) • [6](https://booshalmightyreviews.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/early-impressions-d-frag/)
The series also parodies battle manga while keeping a school-club structure. One reviewer describes the anime as organized as a sequence of skits of varying length, including a two-episode tournament, with new characters introduced through comic set pieces rather than plot.[7](https://thepantlessanimeblogger.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/d-frag-review/) Romance exists but stays in the background; one review notes the show could have been a harem romantic comedy but remains a pure comedy, with Roka Shibasaki, the club's short and quiet president, as the source of much of the humor, often drawn in chibi form.[8](https://2danicritic.github.io/index_files/ReviewHtml/review_D-Frag%21.html)
## The 2014 anime adaptation
The anime aired in 2014, produced by Brain's Base as a single 12-episode cour (one three-month broadcast block of anime episodes), and was followed by one OVA that adapted chapters 26 through 28, which the television run had skipped.[2](https://wheredoestheanimeleaveoff.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/) The adaptation covers the story from volume 1 through the end of volume 4, including Kenji's forced entry into the Game Creation Club (Provisional), the club's battles against the student council, and the "14 Devils of Fujou" tournament; readers who finish the anime can continue at chapter 36, which opens volume 5.[3](https://mangashed.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/) • [2](https://wheredoestheanimeleaveoff.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/) A GameFAQs discussion of the time described the adaptation as very faithful, with one arc dropped because of the 12-episode limit.[9](https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/2000121-anime-and-manga-other-titles/71370515)
The principal voice cast paired [Katsuyuki Konishi](https://www.edgepedia.org/katsuyuki-konishi) as Kenji Kazama with [Kana Hanazawa](https://www.edgepedia.org/kana-hanazawa) as Roka Shibasaki, Chiwa Saito as Chitose Karasuyama, Ami Koshimizu as Minami Ōsawa, Shizuka Itoh as Takao, and Mikako Takahashi as Sakura Mizukami.[10](https://www.cinnamondb.com/tv/d-frag-2014)
Critical reception was mixed. The Artifice credited the eccentric cast with carrying the show despite unoriginal character archetypes, while Draggle rated it C+ overall, praising the characters but giving production an F for what it called bad animation and voice acting that failed to fit together.[11](https://the-artifice.com/anime-review-d-frag/) • [5](https://blog.draggle.org/d-frag-review-c/) Another reviewer found the animation dull but judged the show perfectly enjoyable.[12](https://booshalmightyreviews.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/d-frag-review/)
## Publication status
The manga has run since 2009 and remains ongoing, though at a slow pace of roughly one volume per year.[2](https://wheredoestheanimeleaveoff.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/) Volume 20 was released on October 23, 2025, and volume 21 is scheduled for November 20, 2026 as a 162-page B6 volume priced at 979 yen (ISBN 9784046606907); its story arc involves government officials coming to the school to recover an object Funabori has been hiding.[4](https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322607000094/) On KADOKAWA's Comic Walker platform, chapter 181 was published on July 10, 2026, with the next update scheduled for November 10, 2026.[1](https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_004522_S/episodes/KC_0045220020100011_E)
No second season has been made; one guide describes a season 2 as unlikely given how much time has passed since the anime ended.[2](https://wheredoestheanimeleaveoff.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/)
## References
1. [〖第181話〗ディーふらぐ！, Comic Walker (KADOKAWA)](https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_004522_S/episodes/KC_0045220020100011_E)
2. [Where Does The D-Frag Anime End in The Manga?](https://wheredoestheanimeleaveoff.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/)
3. [D Frag Manga After Anime: Start Chapter 36 Guide, MangaShed](https://mangashed.com/d-frag-manga-after-anime/)
4. [「ディーふらぐ！ 21」春野友矢, KADOKAWA](https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322607000094/)
5. [D-Frag! Review — C+, Draggle's Anime Blog](https://blog.draggle.org/d-frag-review-c/)
6. [Early Impressions: D-Frag!, Booshalmighty Reviews](https://booshalmightyreviews.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/early-impressions-d-frag/)
7. [D-Frag! Review, The Pantless Anime Blogger](https://thepantlessanimeblogger.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/d-frag-review/)
8. [Review of D-Frag!, 2danicritic](https://2danicritic.github.io/index_files/ReviewHtml/review_D-Frag%21.html)
9. [How close is the d-frag anime to manga?, GameFAQs](https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/2000121-anime-and-manga-other-titles/71370515)
10. [D-Frag! (2014), Cinnamon DB](https://www.cinnamondb.com/tv/d-frag-2014)
11. [Anime Review: D-Frag!, The Artifice](https://the-artifice.com/anime-review-d-frag/)
12. [D-Frag! Review, Booshalmighty Reviews](https://booshalmightyreviews.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/d-frag-review/)
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