A breakdown of the preorder/purchase bonuses for Adachi to Shimamura SS3, sorted by whether the bonus is an extra story or a physical/other item.

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Bonuses that include an EXCLUSIVE STORY

Gamers — Linked Purchase Bonus

• Exclusive newly-written short story
• Condition: Must purchase Adachi to Shimamura SS3 together with "A Story About a Happily Married Woman Who Falls Completely For Her Daughter’s Friend " at the same time
• Product page Gamers — Exclusive Short Story (4 pages)
• Newly-written short story booklet, 4 pages
• Product page Gamers — Limited Edition (Booklet + Gift Card)
• Includes a newly-written 16-page booklet and a 500-yen Library Card NEXT
• Product page Melonbooks — Exclusive SS Book Cover
• Comes with a newly-written short story printed as a book cover
• Product page Melonbooks — Limited Complete Set (Story + Tapestry)
• Newly-written short story (booklet is 20 pages) plus a B2-size tapestry
• Product page Animate — A6 4-Page Leaflet (likely includes new story content)
• A6-size, 4-page leaflet —
• Product page

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Bonuses that are ITEMS ONLY (no story)

Gamers / Melonbooks — Acrylic Plate Set

• Comes with an acrylic plate
• Gamers link | Melonbooks link

The English fan translation of Adachi and Shimamura Volume 13 by Sneikkimies is now finished.

You can read it on their website:

https://sneikkimies.github.io/#/pdfreader/?target=adachi13

Many thanks to Sneikkimies for all their hard work, as usual.

The short answer: start with the light novels.

If you're completely new to Adachi and Shimamura, the light novels are the best place to start. They are the original source material and provide the fullest version of the story, including the characters' inner thoughts, narration, conversations, and details that may be shortened or omitted in the adaptations.

Start with Volume 1 and continue from there.

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1. Light Novels — The Main Source Material

Light Novels → Volume 1 → continue in publication order

The light novels are the original source material and the core of the series.

There are the main numbered volumes, as well as releases such as SS, Volume 99.9, SS2, and SS3.

You do not need to worry about a complicated reading order. If you want the simplest possible route, start with Volume 1 and continue from there.

Light Novel Publication Data

Volume	Original Release
Vol. 1	March 10, 2013
Vol. 2	September 10, 2013
Vol. 3	August 9, 2014
Vol. 4	May 9, 2015
Vol. 5	November 10, 2015
Vol. 6	May 10, 2016
Vol. 7	November 10, 2016
Vol. 8	May 10, 2019
Vol. 9	October 10, 2020
Vol. 10	September 10, 2021
Vol. 11	December 9, 2022
SS	November 10, 2023
99.9	November 10, 2023
Vol. 12	November 8, 2024
SS2	November 8, 2024
Vol. 13	November 8, 2025
SS3	September 10, 2026

What about Volume 99.9?

Volume 99.9 is part of the light novel series.

It collects the Special Novels that were originally included with the Japanese Blu-ray releases of the 2020 anime.

There are two ways to think about its placement:

If you're following the actual publication date of the collected book:

99.9 was published on November 10, 2023, after Volume 11.

So the publication order is:

Vol. 11 → SS / 99.9 → Vol. 12

However, the Special Novels collected in Volume 99.9 were originally released with the anime Blu-rays much earlier, after Volume 9 and before Volume 10.

So if you're interested in the original release placement of the individual Special Novels, you can read:

Vol. 9 → Volume 99.9 → Vol. 10

This is why you may see different recommendations for where to read 99.9.

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2. Manga — Two Adaptations of the Story

There are two different manga adaptations of Adachi and Shimamura.

Both adapt the light novels, but they differ in length, how much of the story they cover, and their approach to the source material.

2016 Version — Mani

The first manga adaptation was illustrated by Mani and serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Online from 2016 to 2017.

It was short and completed at just 3 volumes.

This version acted as an early adaptation/promotional run for the light novels and only adapts the beginning of the story, covering up to approximately Volume 3 of the light novels.

It has never been officially translated or localized in English.

2019 Version — Moke Yuzuhara

The second manga adaptation was illustrated by Moke Yuzuhara and began serialization in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh in 2019.

This is the long-running manga adaptation and the one most readers are likely to encounter.

It is licensed by Yen Press for its English release and provides a much longer adaptation of the light novels.

It also continues past where the 2020 anime adaptation ends.

Which one should I read?

It's entirely up to you.

You can't go wrong with either — or both.

The 2016 version is interesting if you want to see the earlier adaptation, while the 2019 version is the better choice if you want a longer-running manga adaptation that covers much more of the story.

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3. Anime — An Easy Visual Entry Point

The anime is another adaptation of the light novels.

It's an easy way to discover the series if you prefer animation, and it provides its own visual, musical, and voice-acted interpretation of the story.

However, the anime covers only part of the original material and cannot include everything from the novels.

Some character thoughts, narration, conversations, and smaller details are condensed or omitted.

If you discover the series through the anime and want the fullest version afterward, we recommend going back to:

Light Novel → Volume 1

rather than treating the anime as a replacement for the novels.

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Already Watched the Anime?

If you've finished the anime and only want to continue the story from roughly where the adaptation ends, you have two options.

Option 1 — Continue with the manga

You can continue with the 2019 manga from approximately Chapter 26, which corresponds roughly to the point after Volume 4 of the light novel.

OR

Option 2 — Continue with the light novels

You can start with:

Light Novel → Volume 5

However, starting from Volume 1 is still recommended if you want to experience the original story properly.

The novels contain considerably more of Adachi and Shimamura's inner thoughts, character narration, conversations, and smaller scene details than the anime can include.

Starting from Volume 1 also lets you experience the original pacing instead of jumping into the middle of the source material.

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I Want the Simplest Possible Reading Order

If you want to keep things simple, follow this route:

Light Novel Volume 1 → continue through the novels in publication order.

If you want to follow the actual publication dates of the books, the order is:

Vol. 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 5 → 6 → 7 → 8 → 9 → 10 → 11 → SS / 99.9 → 12 → SS2 → 13 → SS3

However, if you want to follow the original release placement of the Special Novels contained in 99.9, you can instead read:

Vol. 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 5 → 6 → 7 → 8 → 9 → 99.9 → 10 → 11 → ...

This distinction exists because Volume 99.9 itself was published in 2023, while the Special Novels collected inside it were originally released much earlier with the 2020 anime Blu-rays.

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TL;DR

Completely new?

→ Start with Light Novel Volume 1

Want the simplest reading order?

→ Continue through the numbered light novels in order

Want strict book publication order?

→ Vol. 1 → 2 → 3 → ... → 11 → SS / 99.9 → 12 → SS2 → 13 → SS3

Want to follow the original release placement of the Special Novels in 99.9?

→ Vol. 9 → 99.9 → Vol. 10

Want to read the manga?

→ 2019 manga by Moke Yuzuhara for the longer adaptation

Watched the anime and want to continue?

→ Manga: around Chapter 26

OR

→ Light Novel: Volume 5

Want the fullest experience?

→ Start with Light Novel Volume 1.

There isn't a wrong way to enjoy Adachi and Shimamura, but if you want the complete original experience, the light novels are the place to start.

Good day, everyone!

After an unreasonable amount of research, cataloguing, translation hunting, and Adachi and Shimamura-related rabbit holes, AdaShimaverse is finally available in beta.

And that only covers the archive side of things.

There was also the development side: the late nights, debugging, figuring out how to turn random ideas into actual website features, fixing things that somehow broke after being fixed, and generally spending far too much time thinking about Adachi and Shimamura.

So, after a lot of work, AdaShimaverse is finally here.

🌐 Website: https://adashimaverse.com

Features

Light Novels — Complete fan translations

Manga — Fan releases and available translations, including the Mani, Moke, and Anthology versions

Extra Stories — Bonus stories, special chapters, and supplementary fiction

Anime — English dub, Spanish subtitles, and Mini Anime (Spanish subtitles for now)

CD Dramas — Drama CD archive

Music — Official soundtracks and related music

Constellation — A small mini-game, just for fun

Timeline — A chronological overview of the series

Statistics — Series data and statistics

Author Archive — Interviews, commentaries, afterwords, and magazine features from Hitoma Iruma

Gallery — Official illustrations from the light novels and related releases

About — Project information, translation credits, additional resources, and the project changelog

Extra Stories

The main novels and manga aren't the only material available.

The Extra Stories section currently contains 41 English-translated stories, along with bonus chapters and other supplementary material.

A lot of these stories and extras can be scattered across different releases, so gathering everything into one place became a major part of the archive.

Translation Credits

AdaShimaverse originally started as a Spanish-language archive before expanding to include English-language material.

For the English translations provided by Sneikkimies and Cuetie Scans, permission was requested and received before inclusion in the archive. Credits are provided accordingly on the website.

🔧 What's Next?

AdaShimaverse is still a work in progress.

The site is currently in beta, so more material, corrections, features, and general improvements will be added over time. There are also plenty of smaller things that still need polishing.

The Changelog in the About section keeps track of updates and changes made throughout development.

Feedback, corrections, suggestions, and bug reports are all welcome. A feedback function is available on the homepage, and comments on this post are also open for discussion.

For now, though, it's nice to finally have the website available.

We hope AdaShimaverse can be a useful resource for exploring more of the series.

Thanks for checking it out!

Good day, everyone.

After a lot of time, work, and a frankly unreasonable amount of Adachi and Shimamura research, AdaShimaverse is finally available in beta.

Website:

https://adashimaverse.com

Features

Light Novels — Complete fan translations

Manga — Fan releases and available translations, including versions Moke, Mani, and the Anthology

Extra Stories — Bonus stories, special chapters, and supplementary fiction

Anime — English dub, Spanish subtitles, and Mini Anime (Spanish only for now)

CD Dramas — Drama CD archive

Music — Official soundtracks and related music

Constellation — A small mini-game, just for fun

Timeline — A chronological overview of the series

Statistics — Series data and statistics

Author Archive — Interviews, commentaries, afterwords, and magazine features from Hitoma Iruma

Gallery — Official illustrations from the light novels and related releases

About — Project information, translation credits, and additional resources

Extra Content

There is, of course, quite a bit of material beyond the main novels.

The Extra Stories section currently contains 41 English-translated stories, along with bonus chapters and other supplementary material.

Translation Credits

AdaShimaverse originally began as a Spanish-language archive before expanding to include English-language material.

For the English translations provided by Sneikkimies and Cuetie Scans, we asked and received permission before including their work in the archive. Their contributions are credited accordingly on the website.

What's Next?

AdaShimaverse is still a work in progress.

The site is currently in beta, so more material, corrections, features, and improvements will be added over time. There is still plenty we'd like to expand, organize, and refine.

If you're curious about how the project has developed over time, you can check the Changelog in the About page for a record of updates and changes made to the site.

If you have any feedback, suggestions, corrections, or issues to report, you can submit them through the feedback function on the homepage or through the Reddit post for this release.

For now, though, we're happy to finally have it out there.

Whether you've followed Adachi and Shimamura for years, are looking for something you haven't read yet, or are simply curious about the series, we hope AdaShimaverse can be a useful resource—and maybe even bring a little happiness to fellow fans.

Thank you for checking it out!

https://adashimaverse.com