It was published by Kadokawa Shoten in the magazine Dengeki Maoh and the webtoon platform Famitsu Comic Clear from January 27, 2015, to October 13, 2017, and has been collected in five tankōbon volumes across two separate runs respectively written and illustrated by Machika Minami and Touya Hajime.

Toko Fukawa (腐川 冬子, Fukawa Touko) – The main character, a former author and intern of the 14th Division of the Future Foundation and survivor of the first killing game, who sneaks into Towa City alongside the forces of fellow killing game survivor and apparent love interest Byakuya Togami to prove herself and her control over Jill to him.

The Warriors of Hope (希望の戦士, Kibō no Senshi) – A group of abused children who seek to create a paradise for other such children by killing every adult in Towa City, consisting of Masaru Daimon (大門 大, Daimon Masaru), Jataro Kemuri (煙 蛇太郎, Kemuri Jatarō), Kotoko Utsugi (空木 言子, Utsugi Kotoko), Nagisa Shingetsu (新月 渚, Shingetsu Nagisa), and Monaca Towa (塔和 最中 (モナカ), Tōwa Monaka).

Byakuya Togami (十神 白夜, Togami Byakuya) – The leader of the 14th Division of the Future Foundation and survivor of the first killing game whom Toko and Jill express romantic and sexual intentions toward, who is captured by the Servant while attempting to rescue Komaru Naegi and several other family members and loved ones of the first game's participants intended as motives.

The Servant (召使い, Meshitsukai) – The mastermind behind the Warriors of Hope, member of Ultimate Despair and captor of Byakuya, who manipulates Toko and Monaca for his own purposes.