| Dead Account | |
 Firsttankōbon volume cover, featuring Soji Enishiro | |
| デッドアカウント (Deddo Akaunto) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shizumu Watanabe |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | Kodansha (digital) |
| Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
| Magazine |
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| Original run | January 18, 2023 – present |
| Volumes | 13 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Keiya Saitō |
| Written by | Mitsutaka Hirota |
| Music by | Keiji Inai |
| Studio | SynergySP |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
| Original run | January 10, 2026 – present |
| Episodes | 3 |
 Anime and manga portal | |
Dead Account (Japanese:デッドアカウント,Hepburn:Deddo Akaunto) is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated by Shizumu Watanabe. It initially began serialization inKodansha'sshōnen manga magazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine in January 2023. It was later transferred to theMagazine Pocket website in October that same year. Ananime television series adaptation produced bySynergySP premiered in January 2026.
After his little sister is killed by an evil spirit and turned into a digital evil spirit, Soji Enishiro finds himself thrust into the modern world of exorcists, where ghosts possess the accounts of the deceased, and exorcist powers are digitized.
Written and illustrated by Shizumu Watanabe,Dead Account was initially serialized inKodansha'sshōnen manga magazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine from January 18 to September 6, 2023.[7] It was later transferred to theMagazine Pocket website on October 7, 2023.[8] Its chapters have been collected into thirteentankōbon volumes as of January 2026.[9]
The series' chapters are published in English on Kodansha's "K Manga" app.[10]
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 17, 2023[11] | 978-4-06-531266-7 |
| 2 | June 15, 2023[12] | 978-4-06-531886-7 |
| 3 | August 17, 2023[13] | 978-4-06-532617-6 |
| 4 | October 17, 2023[14] | 978-4-06-533159-0 |
| 5 | January 17, 2024[15] | 978-4-06-534181-0 |
| 6 | April 17, 2024[16] | 978-4-06-535190-1 |
| 7 | July 17, 2024[17] | 978-4-06-536122-1 |
| 8 | October 17, 2024[18] | 978-4-06-537131-2 |
| 9 | January 17, 2025[19] | 978-4-06-537772-7 |
| 10 | March 17, 2025[20] | 978-4-06-538716-0 |
| 11 | June 17, 2025[21] | 978-4-06-539767-1 |
| 12 | October 17, 2025[22] | 978-4-06-541115-5 |
| 13 | January 16, 2026[9] | 978-4-06-542215-1 |
| 14 | March 17, 2026[23] | 978-4-06-543003-3 |
Ananime television series adaptation was announced on March 13, 2025.[2] It is produced bySynergySP and directed by Keiya Saitō, withseries composition handled byMitsutaka Hirota, and music composed byKeiji Inai.[4] The series premiered on January 10, 2026, on theIMAnimation programming block onTV Asahi and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Dead End" (デッドエンド), performed byHaru Igarashi [ja], while the ending theme song is "Raise wa Dōse" (来世はどうせ; 'In the Next Life Anyway'), performed byMiyu Kaneko [ja].[5]Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[24]Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.[25]
| No. | Title [26][27] | Directed by [a] | Written by [a] | Storyboarded by [a] | Original release date [28] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "He's a Flamebaiter" Transliteration: "Sono Otoko, Enjō-kei" (Japanese:その男、炎上系) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | January 10, 2026 (2026-01-10) | |
To fund surgery for his sister Akari teenager Soji makes money by posting videos of himself punching famous fighters. After Akari has the surgery Soji deletes his account but is attacked by a man named Kasubata trying to destroy his phone. Kasubata reveals Soji is having a psychotic episode as Akari died a month previously. This shocks Soji out of the episode as he remembers after Akari's death she somehow texted him, and he has been mindlessly messaging her ever since. Soji's phone manifests a monstrous hologram of Akari. Kasubata reveals in the past ghosts only haunted physical locations, but now the online accounts of dead people have begun lingering as sinister "Ghost Accounts", and it is one of these Soji has been texting. Now she has manifested Kasubata uses Cyber-kinesis to summon a war hammer from his phone. Soji realises Akari is really dead and needs to move on and manages to manifest his own Cyber-kinesis. After an emotional goodbye he summons flames from his phone that consume Akari and delete her ghost account from cyberspace. Kasubata's team arrives and he reveals while flames are a common Cyber-kinesis, Soji's were blue. The team decide to take Soji with them to Miden Academy. | ||||||
| 2 | "Miden Academy" Transliteration: "Wataru-den Gakuen" (Japanese:弥電学園) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | January 17, 2026 (2026-01-17) | |
Soji awakens at Miden Academy for Exorcists where most students already don’t like him for the videos he posts for attention, what they call "Flame-baiting". Kasubata introduces him to Instructor Azaki who explains in the past exorcists used Psychokinesis to exorcise ghosts, until ghosts became able to haunt social media accounts. To keep up exorcists were forced to abandon Psychokinesis and develop Cyberkinesis. Soji asks to go home, since he promised Akari he would get a job, eat healthily and get enough sleep like a functional adult. He is furious when Azaki reveals Akari didn't die from her illness, she was murdered by a powerful Ghost Account. Soji demands details but Azaki claims he is too weak to be of use, but promises to tell him if he beats Kasubata in a Cyberkinesis duel. Hating Flamebaiters, Kasubata enthusiastically beats him up while taunting him over Akari's death. Soji activates his blue flame, feared among exorcists as the "Demon Flame". Despite the boost in his physical abilities Kasubata almost kills him, forcing Azaki to stop the duel. Soji admits he isn't ready and asks to join Miden Academy. Half the students are fascinated but half refuse to accept a Flamebaiter with a Demon Flame. | ||||||
| 3 | "Cyberkinesis Output Test" Transliteration: "Den nō Shutsuryoku Tesuto" (Japanese:電能出力テスト) | TBA | TBA | TBA | January 24, 2026 (2026-01-24) | |
Soji is shown footage of dead account Sad Boy K, whose deceased human identity is a mystery and is the account that killed Akari with a Demon Flame. Soji is introduced to his classmates; Urusugawa, Hasumi, Haijima and Emoto. Azaki tests Soji by asking him to defeat 100 pseudo-accounts. Unfortunately, Soji passes out as his power output is so high his phone battery dies, signalling he ran out of spirit energy. Azaki gives him one week to improve or face consequences. Despite hating Flamebaiters, Kasubata agrees to train him and everyone is surprised by his unexpected improvements. During the test Soiji comes close to failure, so Kasubata leads the exorcists in shouting abuse at him. Soji remembers enduring hateful comments on his flamebaiting videos, but he did it for Akari. His flames suddenly shrink, costing him less energy and he defeats all 100 pseudo-accounts. Azaki is impressed, having realised Kasubata abused Soji to reawaken his flamebaiting personality, where abuse makes him stronger. The furious examiner sends even more pseudo-accounts to kill Soji, but Soji defeats 161 before the account generator breaks down. Soji learns as Miden is also a real academy he will have to attend high school classes again. A dead account appears in the city so Azaki sends Soji along with some classmates to teach him teamwork. | ||||||
| 4 | "The Worst Trio Possible" | TBA | TBA | TBA | January 31, 2026 (2026-01-31) | |
Sad Boy K is angered Akari's dead account was exorcised. Azaki's secretary Itabashi informs Soji he will be investigating an electronics store with Kasubata and Urusugawa to clear out multiple weak accounts using the electronics to recharge themselves. Urusugawa's cyber-kinesis manifests as a pistol that shoots a restraining slime. Kasubata explains Urusugawa is an unhinged stalker obsessed with a boyband guitarist named Yami. Urusugawa resents having to work as an exorcist as it takes time away from Yami. Soji starts to understand it is difficult for others to trust him as his flames kill both accounts and living people. They encounter the cursed dead account Kirika-chan that heals all injuries from their weapons. Urusugawa is injured and Soji manages to rescue her. Curious, Kasubata actually touches his flames and confirms that because Soji is a human the power of his demon flame is inverted, so while Sad Boy K's flames hurt humans Soji's only hurts accounts. Urusugawa awakens in response to missing Yami's livestream and restrains Kirika-chan while Soji covers her in flame, negating her regeneration so Kasubata can exorcise her. Soji admits as well as helping his sister he was also a flamebaiter because he loved the thrill. The others admit they have scum personalities too so they might have potential as a three-person team. Sad Boy K suddenly manifests in response to Kirika-chan's death, knocking out Kasubata and Urusugawa in an instant. | ||||||
| 5 | "The Anachronistic Exorcist" | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 7, 2026 (2026-02-07) | |
Sad Boy K accuses Soji of being Akari's real murderer, since as a dead account he made it possible for her to live forever. He decides to turn Soji into a dead account but is stopped by Azaki. Kasubata reveals Azaki does not use cyberkinesis as he is from the analogue generation. Instead, he still uses psychokinesis channelled through modern devices. With his summoned spirit Gallant Carp, Azaki extinguishes Sad Boy K's flames, who is unwillingly rescued by his subordinate Garran who pulls him into the internet. They discuss their plans to make it possible for dead accounts to exist outside cyberspace permanently. Azaki reveals Sad Boy K was actually running out of battery, so he wasn't anywhere close to his full power. MIden's Principal Yabami is confused why Sad Boy K would want to turn Soji into a dead account. Instructor Nanzo believes they should do a full purge exorcism on Soji, killing his body and ensuring his soul can't become an account. Azaki refuses as Soji is of more use as an exorcist. Soji, Kasubata and Urusugawa visit Nurse Kochi for their injuries. Kochi's ability lets her heal real injuries by editing photos of the injury. As their batteries are all drained they can't train their cyberkinesis for hours, so they go to the gym to strengthen their bodies instead, impressing everyone. | ||||||
| 6 | "Episode 6" | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 14, 2026 (2026-02-14) | |
Soji asks Kasubata for martial arts training but is ignored as Kasubata is busy leaving hate comments for other flame-baiters. For martial arts Kasubata sends Soji to Haijima, an introverted e-sports champion who only communicates via a denmi-doll controlled with cyberkinesis without leaving her room. Via her Denmi battle bot, Haijima is an expert martial artist and is impressed Soji blocks some of her attacks. Soji later meets Haijima in person by accident and finds she suffers extreme social anxiety, the complete opposite of her outgoing Denmi personality. Azaki reveals a plan to exorcise Sad Boy K in two months, but Soji and other first years won’t be allowed to participate. Soji protests, so Azaki reveals there is a contest once per term between A and B class, and if Soji performs well he might be deemed skilled enough to participate with the exorcism. Class B start training right away, impressing the teachers. Surugi from Class A, another flame-baiter, deliberately destroys Akari’s hairpin Soji carries with him everywhere. Haijima prevents Soji retaliating as Surugi loves picking on people until they retaliate as it is his fetish, and he has the support of Class A, most of whom are just as twisted as he is. | ||||||