Yuya Kuroki and the creature known as Grim are the newest students at the magical school known as Night Raven College. When a series of accidents plague the participants in the upcoming interdormitory Spelldrive tournament, Yuya, Grim, and their friends from the Heartslabyul dorm take it upon themselves to investigate!
Inspired by the classic Disney movie The Lion King and based on the popular mobile game, Disney Twisted-Wonderland: Usurper from the Wilds features an original concept and art by famed manga artist Yana Toboso, creator of Black Butler.
This book by Jun Hioki will be published January 27, 2026. VIZ Media provided an early galley for review.
This is the second novelization of the Twisted-Wonderland manga, following Hioki's Red-Rose Tyrant from 2024. This one is based on the Book of Savanaclaw story line.
What I liked about this novel is that it kept Yu the protagonist's gender the same from the first novel (as opposed to the manga's swap), though the name changed from Yuken to Yuya. I also liked that this was a manga where I had not read all the volumes (yet) so this was a fresh story for me.
This one very much plays out like one would expect: a mystery of who is behind the plot to thin the athletic competition as the school. For me, it was a story that progressed as I guessed with the parties to blame fairly predictable. The characters from earlier stories carried over well. The ending was a tad repetitive if you are familiar with the franchise (I would have liked a different kind of twist - no pun intended).
Fans of the series will certainly like it.
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