Kodansha
USA's K
MANGA subscription service announced through its official account on X
(formerly Twitter) that it has added to its English catalog the manga Solo
Camping for Two by Yūdai Debata and Dekin no
Mogura by Natsumi Eguchi. Both titles, in addition, are in
the prelude to their respective anime adaptations, which will arrive this July.
Solo
Camping for Two: camping together... But alone
Solo
Camping for Two debuted
in Kodansha's Evening magazine in 2018 and is
currently serialized in Morning magazine. With more
than 3 million copies in circulation, the manga reached
its 20th volume on April 23.
The story
follows Gen Kinokura, a 34-year-old man with a passion for solo
camping, who enjoys being alone in nature. His routine is altered when he
meets Shizuku Kusano, a 20-year-old young woman who is just
starting out in the camp world. Unexpectedly, the two end up sharing a
"solo camping" experience... together.
This manga
was nominated for the 45th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2021 and
has already inspired a live-action adaptation that aired from January 9.
The anime version will premiere on July 10 at 6:30
p.m. (Spanish time) on Tokyo MX. It will then arrive
on July 11 on BS Asahi and Nagasaki
Culture Telecasting, and on July 15 on Yomiuri TV. Crunchyroll will
stream the series simultaneously.
Dekin no
Mogura: the strange is underground
Dekin no
Mogura (also
known as The Banned Mole or The Earthbound Mole)
is the work of Natsumi Eguchi, creator of Hozuki's
Coolheadedness. The series began in April 2021 in
Kodansha's Morning magazine and is also published digitally
on Comic Days. Its volume 9 was released on April
23, and volume 10 is scheduled for July 23.
The plot
revolves around college students Magi and Yaeko,
who witness a strange incident: a Kōjien dictionary falls on a
man's head. Although the subject bleeds, he refuses to receive medical help or
contact the police, generating concern. After this encounter, the protagonists
begin to perceive increasingly strange and disturbing phenomena.
The anime
adaptation, titled Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole, will
premiere on July 7 at 3:00 p.m. (Spanish time) on Tokyo
MX, and later that day on BS11. Crunchyroll will
also stream the series simultaneously.
K MANGA bets on content with anime projection
With these
additions, K MANGA continues to consolidate its strategy of
offering mangas with high popularity potential, especially those that coincide
with their anime releases. English-speaking readers can now enjoy both
stories on the platform, just in time for their animated debuts in July.