This year's 23rd issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine revealed four new manga series on Friday, which will debut in upcoming issues of the magazine.
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Will writer Ume Matsutake and artist Komikan Matsumoto launch Tamagawa-san Detemashita? (Did Tamagawa-san Come Out?) (top left in the image above) in the magazine's next issue on December 6. This erotic comedy manga revolves around a convenience store manager named Tamagawa-san, who is having a job interview with a girl who closely resembles the famous sexy actress Yury Miyama. The sexy actress retired at the peak of her popularity, and Tamagawa really wanted to ask and confirm whether that girl was really Yury Miyama.
My Original Dress-Up Darling manga creator Shinichi Fukuda and Choboraunyopomi (Ai Mai Mi) will launch spinoff manga Bisque Doll de chu♥︎ (chu♥︎ with a Dress-Up Doll) (pictured above) in the first issue of the year 2025 edition on December 20. The magazine introduces the spin-off manga,”a school life full of cuteness and chaos begins!”
Manga creator Haru Hisakawa will launch the Takara Shimai (Treasure Sisters) manga (bottom left in image above) in the magazine's second 2025 issue on January 4. The touching money comedy manga revolves around two poor young girls Niina and Mana, who received 300 million yen as a birthday gift from their father.
Tsuniya Kaga will launch the “romantic comedy NTR” manga Watashi no Koto, Netotte Misete (middle left in the image above) on December 20.
Matsutake and illustrator Yata Sagami launch a manga adaptation of the spin-off novel Dead Mount Death Play Gaiden: Kaijin Solitaire no Shinsen Kijutsu on Square Enix's Manga UP! app and website in November 2023. Square Enix will publish the manga's second compilation volume on November 25.
Matsumoto launched a manga adaptation of Kennoji's I Time-Traveled and Confessed to Ｍy Teacher Crush (Kō 2 ni Time) Leap shita Ore ga Tōji Sukidatta Sensei ni Tsugetta Kekka) light novel series in January 2018 and the series has been published. ends December 2020. Square Enix's Manga UP! Global Site and Comikey published the manga digitally in English.
Fukuda launched the My Dress-Up Darling manga in Young Gangan magazine in January 2018. Square Enix will publish the manga's 14th compiled book volume on November 25. Square Enix Manga & Books published the manga's 12th compiled book volume in English on October 22. The manga inspired a television anime that debuted in January 2022. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired airs in Japan and has also streamed an English dub. Crunchyroll is also streaming the anime and dubbing it in English. The anime will have a sequel. The manga also inspired a live-action adaptation, which premiered in Japan on October 8.
Choboraunyopomi launched the four-panel comedy manga Ai Mai Mi in 2009. The series ended with its 11th volume in 2021. The manga has inspired three 13-episode anime television series. The first anime short series premiered in January 2013. The second season, Ai-Mai-Mi Mōsō Catastrophe, premiered in July 2014. The third season, Ai-Mai-Mi Surgical Friends, premiered in January 2017. The franchise has also inspired a musical.
Hisakawa's Cat Massage Therapy (Neko no Massageya-san) manga series debuted in Overlap's web manga magazine Comic Qurie in 2019. Overlap published the third volume of the manga in April 2020. Seven Seas Entertainment published this manga in 2020. full color.
Source: Young Gangan No. 23
