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The Demon Girl Next Door's Izumo Ito Goes on Hiatus for Health Reasons
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Manga creator Izumo Ito announced on her Twitter account last Friday that she will go on hiatus from drawing manga for a "little while" for health reasons. She explained that the treatment for her ongoing illness has severely impacted her stamina and vision, and she has been unable to work on manga for long periods of time. After consultation with Houbunsha's editorial staff, she decided that she will take a break in her manga serialization.
Her The Demon Girl Next Door (Machikado Mazoku) manga has already been on hiatus for two months, absent from the previous two issues of the Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine. The manga also previously went on a two-month hiatus in November 2019.
The manga launched in Manga Time Kirara Carat in September 2014. Houbunsha published the sixth compiled volume in February. Seven Seas Entertainment is publishing the manga in English, and it released the fourth volume on October 5.
The manga inspired a television anime adaptation that aired from July to September 2019. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime and streamed it on HIDIVE as it aired in Japan. HIDIVE also began streaming an English dub for the anime in August 2020. Sentai Filmworks describes the story:
Yuko Yoshida is just an ordinary schoolgirl — until one day her dormant, devilish powers are unleashed by the demon Lilith! Yuko transforms into Shadow Mistress Yuko, a supernatural powerhouse with horns and a devil tail. Now she must defeat another mystical being named Momo Chiyoda, the shrine maiden of the Light Clan… who just so happens to go to Yuko's school! But being a demonic magical girl isn't as easy as it looks, and Yuko has a whole lot to learn before she's ready to fulfill her destiny and take on the Clan of Light.
A second anime season titled Machikado Mazoku 2-Chōme will premiere next April.
