Engage Kiss


Engage Kiss is a Japanese mixed-media project created by Aniplex. It consists of a manga series, which was serialized in Manga Up! from July 2022 to March 2024, and an anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures and written by Fumiaki Maruto, with character designs by Tsunako, which aired from July to September 2022. An action RPG mobile game follow-up and sequel was developed by Square Enix under the title Engage Kill was released in March 2023.

Plot

Bayron City, an artificial island located in the Pacific Ocean near Japan, is troubled by the mysterious appearance of demons. To conceal their existence from the public, the city government hires PMCs that combat and neutralize demon-like monsters called "D-Hazards".
One such PMC called "I&S Office" is run by the protagonist, Shu Ogata. Differing from other PMCs, Shu's only employee is a demon girl named Kisara. Kisara has the appearance of a young girl despite being hundreds of years old, and her combat strength is highly rated. Though Shu does little work and is constantly in need of money, Kisara seems affectionate for him and toils to support him.
Despite Shu's close ties to Kisara, he frequently contacts his ex-girlfriend Ayano Yugiri for help. Ayano and Shu used to work for the same PMC called "AAA Defender Co." until their breakup and Shu's departure from AAA. Ayano claims that their relationship has ended, yet she still gives in to Shu's pleas for help.
Shu appears to be a loser whose livelihood depends on his relationships with two women. However, he has an ambitious goal: to uncover the truth behind the D-Hazard incident long ago in which his parents and sister went missing.

Characters

''Engage Kiss''

Main characters

;Shu Ogata
;Kisara
;Ayano Yugiri
;Sharon Holygrail
;Kanna Ogata

Other characters

;Akino Yūgiri
;Miles Morgan
;Tetsuya Mikami
;Shenhua Hachisuka
;Linhua Hachisuka
;Mikhail Hachisuka

''Engage Kill''

Rising Sun Military Corps

;Chloe Tang
;Shiho Takenouchi
;Aoi Kotobuki
;Emilio Romero Álvarez
;Noel

Media

Anime

The anime was first labeled as "Project Engage", which listed Fumiaki Maruto and Tsunako as the main staff. The details were then announced through the Aniplex booth at the AnimeJapan 2022 event. The series, titled Engage Kiss, is produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tomoya Tanaka, with Shunsaku Yano in charge of world setting, Shinpei Wada adapting Megumi Katagiri's demon designs for animation, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa composing the music. It aired from July 3 to September 25, 2022, on Tokyo MX and other channels. The opening theme song, "Everyone, Scramble", is performed by Halca. The ending theme song, "Love-Brain", is performed by Nanawo Akari. Aniplex of America licensed the series for an English simulcast and simuldub on Crunchyroll outside of Asia.

Episodes

Manga

A manga adaptation of Engage Kiss by Itachi was serialized in Square Enix's online manga magazine Manga Up! from July 2, 2022, to March 27, 2024.

Game

An action RPG mobile game developed by Square Enix titled Engage Kill was announced on April 24, 2022. A pre-registration began on June 4, 2022, and it was released in Japan on March 1, 2023. The game is a free-to-play RPG genre title with in-app purchases. The game ended service on March 21, 2024.