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Shijūkara ga Naku Koro ni is close to done. Hiromasa Okujima announced on X on Saturday that the manga will end with its eighth chapter, which makes it a short series finishing on purpose rather than one cut off mid-run.…
Hiroshi Fukuda has a new series coming. The 108th issue of Nihonbungeisha’s Comic Heaven announced on Friday that Koko wa Kagari no Territory (Here is Kagari’s Territory) starts in the magazine’s next issue on November 30. That is the whole…
Esu Omori’s Shiba Inu Rooms is getting a TV anime, and it lands in summer 2027. Wright Film announced the adaptation on Sunday, and the date was not picked at random. November 1 reads as 1-1-1, which the announcement calls…
Meiji Milk Chocolate turns 100 this year, and the company marked it by asking 40 manga creators to draw their own characters holding a Meiji bar. Another 21 contemporary artists contributed original pieces for the anniversary event. Meiji announced both…
Minami Mizuno has a new manga. Shueisha’s Cocohana announced in its December issue on Wednesday that Fujikawa Minori wa Erabenai (Minori Fujikawa Cannot Choose) will start in the magazine’s next issue, which goes on sale November 28. The series is…
Kadokawa released the full promotional video for the Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love anime on Saturday, and it answered two questions at once. Cosplayer Enako sings the opening theme, “Gō Yoku Koi o Seisu!?”, and she also joins the…
Maka Mochida’s Daily Report About My Witch Senpai published its final chapter on Akita Shoten’s Manga Cross website on Monday. Mochida also said the sixth and seventh volumes will both ship on December 16, and the seventh is the last…
Shiretto Sugee koto Itteru Gal is taking a break. The manga’s staff announced on Wednesday that the series is going on hiatus and will return sometime in February or March next year, roughly four to five months away. The break…
Rin Suzukawa said on X on Wednesday that Outsider Paradise has moved from Futabasha to Kadokawa. The manga left Futabasha’s Manga Action magazine for Kadokawa’s KadoComi website, and it is coming back in color. The switch comes with a format…
Kadokawa opened a new English-language label on Friday called Kadokawa World Manga, and it lives inside KadoComi, the company’s web manga platform. The label carries English versions of series that are still running in Japan, and it starts with four…
Natsume Ono is going back to the Dowa Kingdom. The official X account for Square Enix’s Monthly Big Gangan announced on Monday that Ono will launch a new manga called KORORE in the magazine’s third 2027 issue, out February 25,…
Tsunami Umino is turning one of her old one-shots into a full serialization. The December issue of Hakusensha’s Melody magazine announced on Wednesday that Omiai Tantei Katabiranotsuji Nagi (Matchmaking Detective Nagi Katabiranotsuji) will begin in the February 2027 issue, which…