Kodansha – Mushishi / IruMafia #1 Halloween Trick-or-Read 2025 NM

Kodansha – Mushishi / IruMafia #1 Halloween Trick-or-Read 2025 is a promotional preview comic published by Kodansha USA for the industry-wide Halloween Trick-or-Read event in October 2025.

Distributed for free at participating comic shops, this 28-page sampler acts as a double-sided showcase for two highly anticipated manga releases, split between poetic folklore and demonic comedy:

Feature 1: Mushishi: Collector’s Edition

• The Purpose: This side gives Western readers a coveted first look at Kodansha’s premium hardcover omnibuses. The re-release features a completely fresh translation, new cover art, and restored color pages to compile Yuki Urushibara's legendary masterpiece.
• The Plot Preview: The chapter introduces Ginko, a wandering "Mushi Master" who travels a timeless Japanese landscape to study Mushi—primordial, supernatural life-forms that exist parallel to humanity, often causing bizarre physical and spiritual disruptions.

Feature 2: Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun: IruMafia Edition

• The Purpose: A teaser for the hilarious and hellish official spinoff of the smash-hit shonen series Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun.
• The Plot Preview: Written by Osamu Nishi with artwork by Hiroja, this alternate-universe retelling completely shakes up the original premise. Instead of navigating the typical demonic classes, quizzes, and magical school high hijinks, the soft-hearted human protagonist Iruma Suzuki find himself mistakenly adopted and named the heir to a powerful, devilish organized crime syndicate.