A desperate
marriage proosal will be turned into an anime. The Shogakukan publishing
house inaugurated on Monday the official website for the television adaptation
of the manga Hotaru no Yomeiri (Firefly Wedding), the
work of Oreco Tachibana. The announcement confirmed that the series
will premiere in October 2026 within Fuji TV's prestigious programming
block noitaminA.
The David
Production studio has been chosen to bring this story to the screen,
under the direction of Takahiro Kamei. The character design will be
in charge of Yukiko Aikyou. Along with the announcement, a teaser
visual was revealed that sets the dramatic tone of the work.
The manga began
serialization on the MangaONE platform in January 2023 and has
quickly amassed 3.5 million copies in circulation. Her quality
has been recognized in multiple awards, reaching tenth place in the 2023 Tsugi
ni Kuru Manga Taisho and ninth place on the women's list of
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2024.
About Hotaru
no Yomeiri
The story
follows Satoko, the eldest daughter of a noble family, who suffers
from heart disease that shortens her life expectancy. Despite rejecting
marriage proposals so as not to be a burden, her life takes a turn when she is
kidnapped by mercenaries. One of them is Shinpei Gotou, a legendary
assassin hired to kill her.
With no options
and looking to survive, Satoko makes a risky bet: she feigns love at first
sight and proposes to the killer. Unexpectedly, Gotou agrees to protect her,
starting an escape where Satoko struggles to maintain her lie in the face of a
man as dangerous as he is mysterious.
