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Takako Shimura's 1-Shot Futari de Hitorigurashi Gets Regular Manga Series
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Takako Shimura revealed on Twitter on March 21 that the previously published one-shot Futari de Hitorigurashi (Living Alone Together) manga is getting a regular series, beginning in the spring issue of Bungeishunju's Bunshun Woman magazine that released on March 21.
本日発売の文春WOWAN春号に漫画載ってます。前回読み切りだった『ふたりでひとり暮らし』連載化です。隣同士にそれぞれひとりで暮らすご婦人ふたりの日常こぼれ話、よろしくお願いいたします！ pic.twitter.com/Ais967xR9G
— 志村貴子 (@takakoshimura) March 21, 2024
The story follows the daily lives of two women who are neighbors living the single lifestyle.
Bungeishunju published the one-shot in the magazine's fifth anniversary issue on December 22.
Shimura recently announced the Koiiji spinoff manga Hatsukoi no Tsugi (What's Next After First Love). The series begins serializing in Kodansha's Kiss magazine on April 25.
Shimura will also launch a new manga in the 70th issue of Shodensha's OnBLUE boys-love magazine on April 25.
Shimura is best known for her Wandering Son and Sweet Blue Flowers manga, both of which have inspired television anime series adaptations in 2011 and 2009 respectively. She also drew the original character designs for the Aldnoah.Zero anime, Battery the Animation, and the Overtake! racing anime. She drew a short-run manga adaptation for the Battery novels. Fantagraphics Books is releasing her Wandering Son manga in North America, and Viz Media is releasing Sweet Blue Flowers. Seven Seas is releasing Shimura's Even Though We're Adults (Otona ni Nattemo) manga digitally and in print.
Shimura's Happy-Go-Lucky Days (Dōnika Naru Hibi) manga inspired an anime film that opened in Japan in October 2020.
Sources: Takako Shimura's Twitter account, Takako Shimura's blog
