A comic about two classmates who create VTuber artists together launched in 2021
© Tama Azuma, Shueisha
The April issue of Shueisha’s Ultra Jump magazine revealed on Tuesday that Tama Azuma’s VTuber wa Mama Naranai! The manga (A Virtual YouTuber Can’t Be a Mom!) will end in the magazine’s next issue on April 19.
Azuma launched the manga in Ultra Jump magazine in December 2021. Shueisha published the manga’s third compilation volume on October 19, and the fourth volume will be released on May 17.
The manga’s story focuses on Kiyoshi Koyama, a gloomy high school student who secretly has a crush on popular VTuber Hikari Kirari. His cheerful classmate, Nene Otokawa, who is also a fan of Hikari Kirari, sees him illustrating a VTuber, and they immediately hit it off. Suddenly, Nene asks Kiyoshi to draw and turns her into a VTuber. Together, they develop their own virtual heroine.
Azuma draws the ongoing manga I Fell in Love, So I’m Streaming It (Koi shita no de, Haishin shite mita) on Comic Smart’s Ganma! comic website. The manga launched in 2019. Kadokawa published the manga’s first compilation volume in March 2020. Ganma! published the manga’s seventh volume digitally on November 1.
Mangamo licensed the manga and released it in English. The sixth “Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō” (upcoming manga awards) nominated the manga for the 2020 web manga category.
Source: Ultra Jump April issue
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