Eventually they strike an agreement, she will go and help his village as long as he brings her back safe and sound to the mountain afterwards.

[5] A four-chapter story, titled Material Puzzle: Saikō Shōnen (マテリアル・パズル～彩光少年～), was published in the same magazine from June 12 to September 12, 2008.

[6][7] Square Enix collected the Material Puzzle chapters in 20 tankōbon volumes, released from June 22, 2002,[8] to September 22, 2007,[9] and the Material Puzzle: Saikō Shōnen chapters were collected in two tankōbon volumes, released from September 22, 2008, to February 21, 2009.

[14] Nine years after the original series finale, Totsuka published a gaiden chapter in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning Two [ja] on January 22, 2018,[15] and another series, titled Material Puzzle: Kaminaki Sekai no Mahoutsukai (マテリアル・パズル 〜神無き世界の魔法使い〜), started in the same magazine on May 22 of that same year.

[1][16] The magazine ceased print publication and move to a digital release starting on August 4, 2022.