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Elex Media Licenses 1-nen 5-kumi Ikimono Gakari, Salon Diana Manga

Indonesian publisher Elex Media Komputindo announced on Thursday that it has licensed Haruka Fukushima's 1-nen 5-kumi Ikimono Gakari, and Mako Nishio's Salon Diana manga. The company will begin releasing both manga on November 1.

1-nen 5-kumi Ikimono Gakari centers on Eru Yamada, a 15-year old girl who is called "Animal Officer" by her classmates due to her tendency to take care of any and all animals. A boy named Ichirō Tanaka enters her life, and she finds out that he's a vampire. Not only that, her teacher also reveals himself as a werewolf. One after another, handsome supernatural guys, from invisible men to zombies, keep appearing, along with a romantic rival with special powers.

Fukushima launched the manga in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine in 2010, and ended it in 2013. Kodansha published six compiled book volumes for the series.

Elex Media previously published all three volumes of Fukushima's Chocolate manga. The company also began releasing Fukushima's Your Melody manga in February, and released the fourth and final volume on April 19.

Salon Diana centers on the titular salon, famous for having a handsome guy named Yuzuki work there as a nailist. However, every girl that arrives in the salon with a lie on their mind is eventually exposed by Yuzuki. For those girls, he puts special nail art that curses them with a unique spell that will force them to come to terms with their lie. Now he beckons all liars to his salon.

Nishio launched the manga in Kadokawa's Sylph magazine in 2014, and ended it in 2015. Kadokawa published two compiled book volumes for the series.