The manga launches on January 18
© Shizumu Watanabe, Kodansha
This year’s 40th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Shizumu Watanabe’s Dead Account manga will be moving to Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket app, with the next chapter launching in the app on May 7. ten.
The manga is set in a world where ghosts also inhabit the Internet, following the tradition that ghosts linger in places where they have strong attachments. The story focuses on Sōji Enohiro, a 15-year-old boy who also streams under the name “Aoringo”. He streams intentionally violent, clickbait, and provocative content to get a reaction and make money, but all for the sake of taking care of his sister’s medical bills. In real life, he is a simple boy who only likes to eat pudding and love his sister, whom he would go to hell to get back. Once, while online, he was attacked by a ghost residing in the online world and it caused him a spiritual awakening. He was recruited by Miden Academy, a school that specializes in training exorcists to deal with the digital realm. This manga is unrelated to Watanabe and Okushō’s previous Real Account manga.
Watanabe launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine on January 18. Kodansha published the manga’s third compilation volume on August 17 and will publish the fourth volume on October 17.
Watanabe launched the Majo ni Sasageru Trick (Tricks Only for Witches) manga in August 2020. The series ended in April 2021. Kodansha published the manga’s fourth and final compiled book volume in August 2020. June 2021.
Watanabe and Okushō launched their Real Account manga in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in the February 2014 issue and ended it in November 2019. Watanabe (Kono Kanojo wa Fiction desu) drew the art for the manga and Okushō writing stories. The manga moved to Weekly Shōnen Magazine in January 2015, but moved back in June 2018. Kodansha published the manga’s 24th and final volume in December 2019. Kodansha USA is publishing the manga in English and released a manga compilation containing volumes 23-24 on August 29.
The manga is inspiring a live-action film adaptation.
Ren Kanan wrote the novel Real Account 0 based on the manga which shipped in June 2019.
Source: Weekly Shōnen Magazine issue 40
