Renowned
mangakas Yuto Yotsuba (Ya Boy Kongming!) and Yoshie
Katō (Assassins Pride) have joined forces to launch a new manga
titled Tokyo Kinoko ~The High School Girl with the World's Worst
Social Skills~. The first chapter is now available from Friday,
August 1 on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump site.
A world
where everything is measured... Even what you can't see
The story
takes place in a modern version of the world, where 25 years ago elements of a
fantasy universe began to appear. Since then, people have figured out how
to measure and rank their skills globally. In the midst of
this new reality we meet Kinoko Kino, a shy girl from Gunma
Prefecture who moves to Tokyo to start high school. Although her goal is to
overcome her social awkwardness and make friends, she has no
idea that she is ranked as world number 1 in an as-yet-unknown
category.
Authors'
careers
Yuto
Yotsuba is widely known for being the screenwriter of Ya Boy
Kongming! (Paripi Kōmei), a series that debuted in 2019 and
got an anime adaptation in April 2022. The production was broadcast
globally by HIDIVE, both in subtitled version and with English
dubbing. In March 2024, the compilation film Paripi Kōmei
Road to Summer Sonia was released in Japan, and shortly after,
in April, the live-action film based on the story hit Japanese
theaters, following the broadcast of a TV series between September and November
2023.
For his
part, Yoshie Katō is remembered for illustrating the manga adaptation of Assassin's
Pride, based on the light novels by Kei Amagi. This work was published
in Ultra Jump magazine between May 2017 and August
2022, and also inspired an anime adaptation in 2019.
A
promising collaboration
With an
original premise that combines comedy, modern fantasy, and an unexpected
protagonist, Tokyo Kinoko promises to deliver a fresh and
emotional story about self-improvement and hidden
abilities. Readers can now follow their first steps on the official
Shueisha platform.
