Romantic comedy opens at Ciao in April Image via Amazon Japan
© Yū Yabuuchi, Shogakukan
The May issue of Shogakukan's Ciao magazine revealed on Wednesday that Yū Yabuuchi will launch his new manga Uesugi-kun wa Onna no Ko wo Yametai (Uesugi Wants to Stop Being a Girl) in the magazine in April .
The announcement teased a romantic comedy involving an extremely cute hero, whose body can change into a woman's, in a love triangle.
Yabuuchi's Ao no Iris (Blue Iris) manga ended in November 2022. The manga launched on Ciao in January 2021 and revolves around a middle school student named Airi who is a bit of a failure in studies. She gets into an incident after discovering a mysterious painting at school.
Yabuuchi ended the “first season” of his Sorairo Memorial (The Road We Had, pictured right) manga in October 2020, and the ongoing series continued in December 2020 in Ciao Deluxe magazine. Yabuuchi launched the manga on Ciao in February 2020. Shogakukan published the manga's third compilation volume on February 26.
Yabuuchi's manga series Mizuiro Jidai and Naisho no Tsubomi previously inspired a 1996 anime television series and a 2008 OVA series, respectively.
Source: Ciao Magazine May issue