The
publisher Hayakawa Publishing, through its Hayacomic portal,
revealed on July 29 that mangakas est em and Sayaka
Mogi are preparing the release of two new original titles. Although
the platform has not confirmed the premiere date, the announcement has aroused
great interest due to the variety and contrast of its proposals.
Est em
adapts a Booker Prize-winning novel
Est em will
work on the manga adaptation of the novel The Remains of the Day by Kazuo
Ishiguro, known in Japan as Hi no Nagori. This work, published
in 1989, narrates the life of Stevens, a butler who served for
decades a British aristocrat named Lord Darlington. Over time, his memoirs move
from a romantic vision to a painful understanding of the true nature of his
patron.
The book
won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1989 and was made into a
film in 1993 in a film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma
Thompson, nominated for eight Academy Awards. The author, who has been
publishing Ō-sama no Mimi: Himitsu no Bar e Yōkoso in Josei
Seven magazine since 2021, is also known for titles such as Age
Called Blue, IPPO and Golondrina, several of
them with English editions.
Sayaka
Mogi and her new dark fantasy
For her
part, Sayaka Mogi will release Kuroneko Sensei to
Hotsureta Kanja-tachi ("The Black Cat Doctor and the Frayed
Patients"), described as a dark fantasy with fairy tale overtones set
in a hospital. The author is recognized for her disturbing stories and dense
atmospheres, such as in Pupa (2011), which even had an anime
adaptation in 2014.
Most
recently, Mogi published the manga Happy Hypoxia -The Grey Child- in
June and concluded her Girl, Meat Girl series in February. He
is also responsible for Red Riding Hood's Wolf Apprentice and
its sequel Final Testament to the Moon, published both in Japan and
in international editions.
Expectations
for two contrasting visions
The arrival
of these works promises a fascinating creative clash: on the one hand, the
adaptation of a British literary classic with the delicacy of this em; on the
other, Mogi's dark and symbolic narrative. Both proposals, with different
styles and audiences, reinforce Hayacomic's appeal as a space
to discover unconventional manga.
