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Arc Almanac

22 Sep 2026Draft. Not yet checked against the books.

All series

出会って5秒でバトルBattle in 5 Seconds

5 story arcs, lined up across the anime and the manga, with English and Japanese release status.

Season 1 key visual, via AniList. Hover or tap for color.

5 arcs, 3 editions tracked

I’ve watched through

Season 1 ends after 3rd Program.

  • MangaNot confirmed yet. The episode or chapter mapping here is marked for checking.

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The story, arc by arc

Editions
  • English
  • Japanese
  • Anime
  • Free online
  • Scheduled
  • No English yet
  1. 11st Program
  2. 22nd Program
  3. 33rd Program
  4. 44th Program
  5. 5Final Program

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Anime, TV

Season 1

Aired. 2021

Story arcs

Manga, English

Free online

Free online. Serialized 2021, ongoing

Story arcs

Manga, Japanese

Vol 1–2

Released

Volumes

  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2

Story arcs

Manga, Japanese

Vol 3–7

Released

Volumes

  • Volume 3
  • Volume 4
  • Volume 5
  • Volume 6
  • Volume 7

Story arcs

Manga, Japanese

Vol 8–25

Released

Volumes

  • Volume 8
  • Volume 9
  • Volume 10
  • Volume 11
  • Volume 12
  • Volume 13
  • Volume 14
  • Volume 15
  • Volume 16
  • Volume 17
  • Volume 18
  • Volume 19
  • Volume 20
  • Volume 21
  • Volume 22
  • Volume 23
  • Volume 24
  • Volume 25

Story arcs

Manga, Japanese

Vol 26–31

Released

Volumes

  • Volume 26
  • Volume 27
  • Volume 28
  • Volume 29
  • Volume 30
  • Volume 31

Story arcs

The chart as a table
Battle in 5 Seconds coverage
ArcMangaAnime
1st ProgramVol 01–02Season 1, episodes 1–2
2nd ProgramVol 03Season 1, episodes 3–4
3rd ProgramVol 03–07Season 1, episodes 5–12
4th ProgramVol 08–25
Final ProgramVol 26–31

Every arc, in brief

11st Program*

High-schooler Akira Shiroyanagi is pulled out of an ordinary morning and killed by the observer Mion, then wakes in a facility where kidnapped people are given abilities and told to fight. The opening program is a round of one-on-one duels, where Akira and Yūri Amagake start to test what their powers actually do and whether anyone can leave.

22nd Program*

The survivors are grouped into teams of five for ring matches that run until one side has three wins. Keeping the true shape of an ability hidden matters as much as using it, and Akira's team has to fight without handing the other side a complete picture of what they can do.

33rd Program*

A survival contest splits the field into factions that score points to earn a place in the next program. Akira falls in with the green team against the red team's leaders, and a war game forces both sides to fight until one of them is gone.

Season 1 ends here

44th Program*

The people who cleared the third program return to Tokyo for a battle among dozens of ability users grouped under observers, with only a handful allowed to go on. Killing strengthens a power, and stepping off the field can drop someone into a separate game run by an observer.

5Final Program*

The last remaining participants attack the observers' isolated domains to take the Graces that sit behind their powers. Each domain has its own rules, and taking a Grace can change what a person is able to do.

* Arc names chosen by Arc Almanac, because the books don’t name them.

Works and editions

Release facts are entered by hand and can lag behind the publishers.

Battle in 5 Seconds

Manga, the original

EditionLatestNextChecked
JapaneseShogakukanVol 3110 Jul 2026None announced22 Sep 2026
EnglishComikeyOnlineOngoingNone announced22 Sep 2026

Anime

Anime, adapts the manga

PartAired
Season 113 Jul 2021 to 28 Sep 2021

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After each season

Where to continue after each Battle in 5 Seconds anime part
Watched throughManga (Japanese)Manga (English)
Season 1Unknown: Not confirmed yet. The episode or chapter mapping here is marked for checking.Unknown: Not confirmed yet. The episode or chapter mapping here is marked for checking.

“Out” means released in that language by 22 Sep 2026.

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