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The Valiant Must Fall (Japanese: 勇気あるものより散れ, Hepburn: Yūki Aru Mono Yorichire) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Aida. It has been serialized in Hakusensha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Animal since February 2021.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Yu Aida, The Valiant Must Fall started in Hakusensha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Animal on February 26, 2021. Hakusensha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on August 27, 2021. As of November 28, 2025, eight volumes have been released.

In North America, the manga has been licensed for English release by Seven Seas Entertainment (originally announced under the title Die Even More Valiantly).

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	August 27, 2021	978-4-592-16681-8	March 28, 2023	978-1-68579-320-3
2	March 29, 2022	978-4-592-16682-5	August 29, 2023	978-1-68579-469-9
3	October 28, 2022	978-4-592-16683-2	October 1, 2024	979-8-88843-396-6
4	May 29, 2023	978-4-592-16684-9	February 25, 2025	979-8-89160-201-4
5	December 27, 2023	978-4-592-16685-6	September 23, 2025	979-8-89373-782-0
6	July 29, 2024	978-4-592-16686-3	February 17, 2026	979-8-89373-783-7
7	March 28, 2025	978-4-592-16687-0	—	—
8	November 28, 2025	978-4-592-16688-7	—	—

Reception

The manga received the Start Dash Award of Hakusensha’s 2021 Denshi Shoseki Taishō (eBook Award), which went to the publisher’s best-selling digital manga during the year. It was nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award in the print category.

勇気あるものより散れ (Yūki Aru Mono Yorichire)
The Valiant Must Fall
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre	Action Historical Supernatural
Manga
Written by	Yu Aida
Published by	Hakusensha
English publisher	NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
Imprint	Young Animal Comics
Magazine	Young Animal
Original run	February 26, 2021 – present
Volumes	8
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