Sources
- Watch Saint Love Survivors on Rakuten Viki
- Hotaru’s Way manga available from Kodansha in English
- Watch Hotaru no Hikari: It’s Only Little Light in My Life on Doki TV
- Live Action Manga Adaptations (LAMA.watch) full database of English streaming titles
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This is Aside Manga News for June 28th, 2026.
The live action adaptation of the manga Saint Love Survivors has begun streaming in English on Rakuten Viki. The first 2 episodes are available on the service with English subtitles. Two new episodes are premiering every Friday for the entire 12 episode series. Each episode is around 25 minutes in length.
The 4-volume manga series was created by Satoru Hiura and published on Kodansha’s Palcy digital manga platform between October 2020 through April 2023. The completed manga series has a total of 45 chapters across 4 volumes. Currently the manga series is not available in English.
However, one of the author’s earlier works, Hotaru’s Way has been released in English by Kodansha. The series was originally published Kiss magazine in Japan between 2004 and 2009. All 15 volumes of the completed series are available in English digital eBook editions from various retailers. This series also received a 2 part live action adaptation as well. It is listed in English under the title of Hotaru no Hikari: It’s Only Little Light in My Life. This live action adaptation is available for streaming in English on Doki TV and Amazon Prime.
For more information about these live action adaptations, you can check out our database on Lama.Watch. LAMA, standing for “Live Action Manga Adaptations”, has an updated list of all the live action TV series and movies you can stream right now in English. You can filter by your preferred streaming platform or sort by the manga magazines to discover more titles that were originally published in said magazines. For titles such as Saint Love Survivors you can watch these live action adaptations as a way to enjoy the story and support the series and author.