Drifters Chapter 80 to Release in September After 7 Months Hiatus

Drifters is a story based in a world different to ours, which is filled with magical creatures and monsters. However, the world is not as magical as it sounds. In stark difference to the basic, jolly isekai world, Drifters is a dark tale of fighting for survival and dominance.

Drifters portrays an alliance of heroical figures from different timelines. All these heroes have been gathered to bring forth their might in a battle to establish the dominance of their species.

Drifters Manga Gets New Chapter
Drifters | Source: Netflix

The Drifters manga has been on a break since December 2019, and an end to the break is finally here. The September issue of the Young King Ours magazine will publish chapter 80 of the Drifters manga.

The Drifters manga is licensed for North America, Poland, Taiwan, France, Germany, and Italy. The manga was adapted into a 12 episode anime in 2016. The anime also has 3 OVAs, which are to serve as the episodes 13,14 & 15.

The anime was streamed on both Funimation and Crunchyroll but it is currently available only on HULU.

Chapter 79 Recap

Yoichi is faced by Minamata no Yoshitsune, the former general of Yoichi. Yoshitsune is in the middle of the war between the Drifters and the Ends, but it was difficult to understand where his interest lies.

In chapter 79, it was evident that Yoshitsune didn’t participate in the battle of Mamon fields because he had already calculated the defeat of Nobunaga’s forces and was lying in wait to devour the retreating troops.

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Chapter 80 Speculations

The next chapter will show the battle between the retreating forces of Nobunaga and the troops of Yoshitsune. It is evident that Nobunaga’s army is exhausted after the long battle at Mamon fields and are under no condition to fight.

Drifters Manga Gets New Chapter
Minomata no Yoshitsune | Source: Fandom

What will be the result of this new brawl? Will Yoshitsune come out as the victor, or are there hidden allies who will reveal themselves?

About Drifters

Drifters is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It centers on various historical figures summoned to an unknown world where their skills and techniques are needed by magicians to save their world from total destruction.

Toyohisa Shimazu is the protagonist who is pulled into a world very different from his own. The strange land is populated by all manner of fantastical creatures, as well as warriors from different eras of Toyohisa’s world who were thought to be dead.

It is up to Toyohisa and his group of unconventional heroes to battle in a brand-new world war to help the Empire’s subjects while protecting the land to claim for themselves and challenging the Ends”.

Source: September issue of the Young King Ours magazine

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