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Bessatsu Manga Goraku Magazine to End on Thursday
posted on by Kyle Cardine
The February issue of Nihonbungeisha's Bessatsu Manga Goraku magazine, which ships on Thursday, will be the last.
A new magazine, Manga Goraku Special, will launch on March 10 to replace Bessatsu Manga Goraku. Rui Takatō's Hakure Idol Jigokuhen, Jin Kagetsu's Sasahito, Tomoshi Kuga's Tenpai Gaiten, Kaoru Curry-zawa's Neko mo Kuwanai, Hideki Owada and Kinnosuke Natsume's Bocchan ♥, and Akira Miyashita's Sakigake!! Otoko Juku spinoff manga, Otoko Juku Gaiden Date Omito, will move to the new magazine.
Terushi Satō and Mori Tsukumo will also launch a new series Edomae no Shun: Jun to Daiware in the new magazine. The pair's ongoing Edomae no Shun manga about sushi began in 1999.
Manga Goraku Special will be a monthly publication with new issues shipping on the 10th of every month.
Several other series will move to the web comic magazine Goraku Egg: Makoto Niwano's Mashima, Hazeru!!, Kōji Aihara's Z (Zetto), and Yukio Tamai's Jikoman.
Bessatsu Manga Goraku launched in 2009 as a monthly spin-off to the long-running magazine Weekly Manga Goraku.
