Travelling through shoujo manga wonderland, the non-mainstream fringes & josei manga/seinen manga territories. Eyes always open to everything in its periphery.
Time to dust off our (imaginary) school uniforms, Yazawa Ai’s Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai will be getting a Collector’s Edition with exclusive new covers by Yazawa-sensei herself, featuring the TenNai cast in their school attire. The 5 volumes will be arranged by school year/term 🏫🎒
A new heroine for a new era 🗼✨ 30-y/o Reina, single & new at her job at a library, tries to chase her dreams in Reiwa era Tokyo - in Higashimura Akiko’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls Season 2. Also in KISS #6: Perfect World & Kakafukaka, incl. news on their current TV drama adaptations.
While Sanju Mariko is still running in BE LOVE, Ozawa Yuki now has a 2nd series in officeYOU. In LP - Life Partner: Sanbanme no Haigūsha, Michiru's father always had a weak heart so he got a robot who looks just like his younger self to take care of his family after his death 🤖
Sakisaka Io’s Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare is headed for the big screen - twice! A movie-length anime of the shoujo manga hit series from Shueisha’s Betsuma will be produced by A-1 Pictures. It's set to open in May 2020 and will be followed by a live-action movie in August 2020 🎬
April 20. 3 years ago, Yoshino Sakumi passed away at 57. It was such an inspiration for me to spend the beginning of this year with wild & beautiful Miyako, protagonist of Shōnen wa Kōya o Mezasu. My heart aches wondering what other fantastic works Yoshino could have created 💐💔
Double issue Margaret #10/11 is out now with Komori Mikko's Boku ni Hana no Melancholy on the sweet & fruity cover 🍨🍒 The mag also includes the 2nd Short Cake Cake side story and comes with a Tsubaki-chou memorial card with a download code for the 1st voice drama of the series.
... and her ability to communicate with supernatural beings. When she breaks a curse put on Makato aka Shō Shin, king of Ryukyu, she becomes friends with him. Yuna recognizes his efforts to bring peace & prosperity to Okinawa and decides to support him with her mysterious powers!
An end & a start: the final vol. of Shōji Yōko's long-running hit Seito Shokun! and the 1st vol. of her latest series (from Futabasha’s JOUR) are out now. The semi-autobiographical Golden Age chronicles the career of a shoujo mangaka starting in 1967 & shoujo manga’s boom years✨
Kuko on her way through Europe 🍒 After Italy (Star Comics) & France (Akata), Carlsen is bringing Nanaji Nagamu’s Aruitou/Moving Forward to Germany. This brilliant shoujo manga series about independence, overcoming trauma through creativity and love ofc starts this December!
Blue is the color of the fresh spring breeze blowing through the May issue of Betsuma which features the start of 3 new series: Meguro Amu’s Hinata no Blue, Yuki Nojin’s Futsuu na Bokura no and young talent Shionami Nodoka’s Rin-chan wa Gaman Dekinai 🌬️🔹