Travelling through shoujo manga wonderland, the non-mainstream fringes & josei manga/seinen manga territories. Eyes always open to everything in its periphery.
And then there's also a brand new collection of Miyuki Mitsubachi one-shots out today (June 20). Hadaka no Banri-kun features 4 stories of the romantic kind. I guess in this case it's not wrong to judge a book by its cover (& title) ☀️🌡️
The very summery cover of Hana to Yume #14 features Miyuki Mitsubachi's Namaiki Zakari (🇫🇷 Cheeky Love, Delcourt). The magazine also comes with a sheet of cute masking stickers for the series and contains the last chapter of Kusunoki Kaoru's Kaguya-hime no Kakushigoto.
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 📚