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Harada to Debut First Seinen Series Akuen on September 9

Hakusensha announced the launch in Young Animal’s 17th issue; the manga will run in Young Animal Zero and on Young Animal Web.

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Boys-love manga artist Harada will launch her first seinen manga, Akuen, on September 9. Her earlier work One Room Angel received a live-action TV adaptation in 2023.

Boys-love manga artist Harada will debut her first seinen series, Akuen, on September 9 in Hakusensha’s Young Animal Zero magazine and on Young Animal Web. This year’s 17th issue of Young Animal announced the news on Friday.

Harada’s boys-love manga One Room Angel became a live-action TV series in 2023. The manga reworks her 2013 short story “Tomarigi” (Perch).

One Room Angel ran in Shodensha’s on BLUE magazine from 2017 to 2019. Shodensha collected it in one volume in 2019. futekiya licensed the manga and released its English edition on Manga Planet in December 2020.

Other English releases and licenses for Harada’s manga include:

  • KUMA published Happy Crappy Life in May 2023.
  • KUMA released The Song of Yoru & Asa in March 2022.
  • KUMA published its sequel, The Song of Yoru & Asa Encore, in October 2022.
  • Denpa licensed Yata-Momo.

Sources: Harada's X/Twitter account via ANN

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