Travelling through shoujo manga wonderland, the non-mainstream fringes & josei manga/seinen manga territories. Eyes always open to everything in its periphery.
Tadakiyo from Morimoto Kazueko’s time-slip series Ashi-Girl is on the cover of Cocohana #7. Also has contributions by regulars Nakahara Aya & Takanashi Mitsuba. Plus a one-shot by Aruko as a warm-up to her new series Kieta Hatsukoi with Hinekure Wataru in Betsuma (out 6/13)!👓
Cookie #7 is out with Iketani Rikako’s fake marriage series Hakoiri no Musume on the cover. In Kotou Matsu’s new series Sui mo Amai mo, 21-y/o college student Kanae works at a Chinese fast food joint. She loves eating & talking about food but her career prospects look bleak 🥡⁉️
LaLa celebrates chapter 100 of Natsume Yūjin-chō/Natsume's Book of Friends with a Nyanko-sensei cover & hand towel 🐱🍤 Last Game’s Amano Shinobu returns with a 2-pt girls' school series. Back after 3 years: Tsujita Ririko (Warau Kanoko-sama, Koi dano Ai dano) with a new oneshot.
The first volume of Kaguya-hime no Kakushigoto by Kusunoki Kaoru is finally out 🌕✨ In this fantasy rom com, young servant Tsubaki finds out that beautiful Princess Kaguya is actually a young man whenever the moon shines. He is a heavenly being, cursed to be a woman on earth.
Shiwasu Yuki’s Takane & Hana (TV drama now airing) on the cover of Hana to Yume #12. Anitomo’s Akagawara Modomu is back with the 2nd tanuki one-shot Love Me Pompoko while Azfareo no Sobayounin by Chitose Shiki is entering its last story arc. Comes with 2 Furuba magnets 🐭🐱
Also in Margaret #12: the 3rd Short Cake Cake spin-off chapter. And the 1st of the monthly Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet Episodes, for You & Isshin. Kuratsuki & Midori episode in Margaret #14, Katsura & Yukichi (from Daytime Shooting Star 💫) in #16 & finally Fumi & Akatsuki in #18.
Tsurugi & Koiko share an umbrella — and more? look at their reflection in the puddle 💕 — on the beautiful new Margaret cover featuring the super cute romance series Futsuu no Koiko-chan (in French Banale à tout prix via Akata) by Aruitou/Moving Forward artist Nanaji Nagamu ☔️💧
Long-time followers might know I have a soft spot for Machida-kun ☺️ The word gets thrown around a lot but this really is a unique series, both in tone & style. Andō Yuki also has 3 equally amazing oneshot collections out: Fushigi na Hito, Tōmei Ningen no Koi and Kontō Shōjo 📚
Andō Yuki (!!!) is back with a new one-shot in Betsuma - more than 1 year after the end of her critically acclaimed series Machida-kun no Sekai (movie opens June 7) ✨ Kimi wa Ai tells the love story of broken-hearted thus robot-like Hikari & her older brother’s friend Inui.
Publisher Genkosha has dedicated the latest volume in their Professional Manga Techniques series to Takemiya Keiko. It’s both aimed at fans and creators who want to get a closer look at Takemiya’s style. B5 format, 160 pages, double-sided color poster, ¥2,160.