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In This Corner of the World's Fumiyo Kouno Ends Hyakuichi Manga
posted on by Alex Mateo
Fumiyo Kouno (In This Corner of the World's) ended her Hyakuichi - hyakuichi (101 - One Hundred One) manga on its 100th chapter in Nihonbungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine on Friday. The official Twitter account for the magazine had revealed last Friday that the manga was ending.
フルカラー1コマ漫画連載「#百一」 今週は裏表紙の裏 ❣️そして今回が第99回 来週発売号の第100回で最終回です 💦
おかめちゃんの恋の行方も気になるところ 💕
百人一首の新しい和歌の世界を総天然色でおたのしみください #週刊漫画ゴラク #こうの史代(@BETSUGORAKU)May 29
Kouno launched the manga in Weekly Manga Goraku in March 2018. The magazine serialized the single-panel full-page color manga inside the back covers of its issues. Hyakunin Isshu, a Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka poems by one hundred poets, inspired Kouno's manga.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed Kouno's In This Corner of the World manga in North America. The manga inspired an award-winning anime film directed by Sunao Katabuchi in 2016, and the film got an updated version that opened in Japan in December. The manga also inspired a live-action television special in 2011 and a live-action series in 2018.
Last Gasp Publishing and jaPRESS released Kouno's manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms in North America. This manga inspired a live-action film.
Source: Weekly Manga Goraku's Twitter account