An otaku will turn her partner into an idol: new manga on the way

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The August issue of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine, published on July 11, announced the upcoming release of a new manga titled Tonari no Seki no Fukami-kun ga Idol ni Naru Kamo Shirenai (Fukami-kun, the boy sitting next to me, could become an idol). This work will debut in the October issue of the magazine, which will hit stores in September.


The project brings together two prominent names in manga: Haruno Aoyama, who will be in charge of the original story, and Haruka Chizu, in charge of the art. Chizu also shared the news through her official account on X (formerly Twitter).


From otaku to idol producer?


The plot will focus on a high school girl, passionate about idol audition shows, who decides to become an improvised producer and transform her classmate into an entertainment star.


Authors' careers


Haruno Aoyama debuted the manga Boku wa Chiisana Shotenin (I Am a Little Bookstore Clerk) in Shueisha's now-defunct magazine The Margaret in 2019. The work concluded with its sixth compilation volume in 2023.


Meanwhile, Haruka Chizu launched the manga Snow Angel (original title: Kimi ga Waratte Irareru yō ni's Kono Setsugen, which translates to "So you can keep smiling on this snowy plain") in Shogakukan's Cheese! magazine in May 2023. The series ended with its fourth volume, released on December 25 of the same year.


The Snow Angel manga also captured international attention, being licensed by VIZ Media, which published its first volume in English on May 13.


With this new collaboration, Aoyama and Chizu promise a story full of school excitement, comedy and the always fascinating world of Japanese show business.

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