Short series launched on October 14
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K MANGA’s X/Twitter account
©Kodansha
Kodansha
‘s
Comic Days
app and website published on Friday the 11th and final chapter of Spanish artist
Juan Albarrán
‘s
A Mangaka’s Road to Japan
manga.
On his blog site, Albarrán
explained
that the manga was intended to be a short series as part of
Kodansha
‘s Manga Academy
initiative
, which helps global manga creators learn the process of publishing manga in Japan. Albarrán added that as for the time being,
Kodansha
has no plans to release a compiled book volume of the manga.
The manga
launched
on
Comic Days
on October 14 with an English
simulpub
on
Kodansha
‘s
K MANGA
service
.
K MANGA
describes the manga:
Is it possible to have your manga serialized in Japan as a person from overseas who can’t speak Japanese…?! The manga artist for
Matagi Gunner
,
Juan Albarrán
, shares the ups and downs of his days on the path to debuting as a mangaka in Japan in this hard-hitting essay manga!
Albarrán is the artist for the
Matagi Gunner
manga.
Shōji Fujimoto
wrote the manga’s story. The manga launched in
Kodansha
‘s
Morning
magazine in 2022, and ended in its 11th and final compiled book volume, which shipped in June 2025.
Source:
Comic Days
