Shiina’s 1st manga in 18 years launched in March 2024
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Manga Plus
© Karuho Shiina, Shueisha
MANGA Plus
added
Karuho Shiina
‘s
Gusts and Beats
(
Toppū to Beat
) manga in English on Thursday. The service has 19 chapters of the manga available to read as of press time.
The company describes the story:
Niike, a high school first year prone to forgetfulness and doing too many favors, is asked to drop in on her classmate Nemoto who’s been absent from school. Supposedly, it’s just him living in his house alone, yet the presence of “something” seems to linger…?
Shiina
launched
the manga in
Shueisha
‘s
Bessatsu Margaret
magazine in March 2024. The manga is Shiina’s first new series in 18 years since she launched her
Kimi ni Todoke – From Me to You
shojo
manga in 2006.
Shiina has a completely digital workflow for the first time ever in the production of this manga.
Shiina began the main
Kimi ni Todoke
manga in
Bessatsu Margaret
in 2006, and
ended
it in November 2017.
Shueisha
published the manga’s 30th and final compiled book volume in March 2018. Shiina ran the
Kimi ni Todoke Bangaihen: Unmei no Hito
(
Kimi ni Todoke
Spinoff: Soulmate) spinoff manga in
Bessatsu Margaret
from April 2018 to May 2022.
The series has consistently
ranked
among the top-selling manga in Japan with 36 million copies in circulation (including digital copies).
Viz Media
publishes
the English version of the manga, and published the 30th volume in December 2018.
The manga inspired two television anime seasons from 2009 to 2011.
NIS America
released
both previous
seasons
of the television anime on home video. A live-action film
adaptation
opened in Japan in 2010.
Netflix
debuted
a live-action series
adaptation
in March 2023.
The anime got a third television anime
season
. The first new season in 13 years
streamed
exclusively on
Netflix
worldwide in August 2024.
Sources:
MANGA Plus
‘
website
and X/Twitter
account
