The Tale of the Outcasts
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Hoshino. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2019 to April 2021, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The series is licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Ashi Productions aired from January to April 2023. Plot Wisteria is an orphan girl living in a corner of the British Empire at the end of the 19th century. Her life is desolate and bleak–until she encounters Marbas, a powerful but equally lonely immortal being with a furry appearance, hounded by hunters. Together, Wisteria and Marbas roam the Empire–populated by humans and human-like beasts–in search of a place where they can live together in peace. Characters A girl who was treated like a slave. She was born with the ability to see demons. She makes a contract with the great demon Marbas, offering her "sight" to him, and goes about her daily life with Marbas as a free woman. A demon who looks like a lion. A great demon who used to be feared, but now that the number of people who can see demons has decreased,