Manga launched in June 2020, inspired by live-action series in July 2023
© Yōko Nemu, Shodensha
The November issue of Shodensha's Feel Young magazine revealed on Tuesday that Yōko Nemu's Kocchi Muite yo Manga Mukai-kun (Turn to Me Mukai-kun) will end in the magazine's next issue on November 8 .
The series is about a 35-year-old office worker named Mukai-kun, who has been single for 10 years. now and still emotionally attached to his last ex-girlfriend Miwako. At work, Mukai-kun begins to notice Nakatani-san, a temporary employee. Stuck between an old flame he can't let go of and a new encounter, Mukai-kun begins a love game of “spot the difference”.
Nemu debut manga in Feel Young magazine in June 2020. Shodensha published the manga's seventh compilation volume on July 8.
The manga inspired a live-action film adaptation premiering in July 2023.
Nemu's manga Gozen 3-ji no Muhōchitai (3 a.m. Danger Zone) was also adapted into a live-action television series in 2013. The manga debuted on Feel Young in 2008, and Shodensha has published three volumes. .
Nemu launches Thug Housewife! (Futsutsu na Yome Desu ga!) in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine in 2015. Shogakukan published the manga's fourth and final volume in January 2017. Vertical licensed the manga and published the first volume. in English in September 2018. Vertical released the manga's fourth and final volume in March 2019.
Source: Feel Young November issue