Kyotaro Ichikawa and Anna Yamada are almost out of pages. After eight years of awkward library encounters, hidden feelings, and a slow-burn romance that defined a generation of rom-com readers, Norio Sakurai’s The Dangers in My Heart (Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu) is ending within three chapters, with the final chapter expected in early September 2026.
Chapter 196 Confirms: Three Chapters Left for Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu
The announcement came inside chapter 196, released on Akita Shoten’s Manga Cross web magazine, where Sakurai confirmed the series would conclude in three chapters’ time. Given the biweekly release schedule, the final chapter is expected to land around early September 2026.
The collected volume 14 — the definitive final volume — is slated for release on 6 November 2026, wrapping up the series in print form. Readers who have been following the digital chapters will still want to pick up volume 14 for the series-end bonus content these physical volumes typically include.
Eight Years of Ichikawa and Yamada
Sakurai launched the manga on Manga Cross in July 2018, centring on Kyotaro Ichikawa — a gloomy loner with a penchant for dark fantasies — who slowly comes to see the genuine warmth behind class idol Anna Yamada’s dazzling exterior. What began as a dark comedy with the boy idly imagining terrible things edged into one of the most tender school romances in recent manga memory.
By early 2026 the series had crossed 7 million copies in circulation — a figure that reflects not just the manga but the momentum built by two acclaimed anime seasons. A compilation film, The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie, premiered in Japanese cinemas on 13 February 2026, condensing the best of Seasons 1 and 2 with new scenes. It confirmed that this franchise still has plenty of life in it even as the source material closes.
Don’t Panic — Season 3 Is Still Coming
Here’s the news that takes the sting out of the ending announcement: The Dangers in My Heart Season 3 has been confirmed for 2027. Studio Shin-Ei Animation will return for what will presumably adapt the final arc of Sakurai’s story, including the chapters that are now about to conclude the manga.
Singapore fans who have been following the anime on Crunchyroll can binge Season 1 (Spring 2023) and Season 2 (Winter 2024) now while waiting for the manga to reach its end. When Season 3 eventually lands, we should be getting an animated finale that’s true to the source.
If you’ve been holding off on reading the manga to avoid spoiling the anime, now is actually a reasonable time to catch up — with three chapters left, you can read the whole series and still be ready for the animated version of the ending when Season 3 arrives.