Wandering Son's Takako Shimura Launches New Manga on April 25

Hatsukoi no Tsugi focuses on a married couple and a former lover

The May issue of Kodansha's Kiss magazine announced on Monday that Takako Shimura will launch a new manga titled Hatsukoi no Tsugi (What's Next After First Love) in the magazine's next issue on April 25. The manga will have a color opening page and appear on the cover of this issue.

Image via Kiss Website

The manga focuses on Akai and Chika, lovers who are now married. They should be closer and spend happy days together, but the shadow of Akai's first love threatens to reverse everything.

Shimura will also launch the new manga in the 70th issue of Shodensha's OnBLUE male love magazine on April 25.

Shimura launched the Awajima Hyakkei manga (pictured right) in Ohta Publishing's online magazine PocoPoco in July 2011, but the manga was later moved to Ohta Web Comic. The manga's fourth compilation volume was released in August 2022. The manga will end with the next chapter.

Shimura is best known for her manga Wandering Son and Sweet Blue Flowers, both of which were adapted into animated television series in 2011 and 2009 respectively. She also drew original character designs for the anime Aldnoah.Zero, Battery the Animation and Overtake! racing cartoon. She drew a short comic adaptation of the novel Battery. Fantagraphics Books is publishing her Wandering Son manga series in North America and Viz Media is publishing Sweet Blue Flowers. Seven Seas is releasing Shimura's Even Thought 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.

Source: Kiss May issue