It’s been packed with Kaguya-sama: Love Is War news these past few weeks, and amidst the good news comes another sad one.
Aka Akasaka, the creator of the manga Kaguya-sama: Love is War, stated on Thursday that he will no longer work as a manga artist and will instead focus completely on writing. (Akasaka employs the term “gensaku,” which literally means “original work,” but in the context of manga production, denotes the specific task of writing a manga’s story rather than drawing the art.) He intends Kaguya-sama: Love is War to be his final manga for which he was responsible for the drawing.
He stated that he intends to continue drawing as a soothing hobby.
He also said that, while Kaguya-sama: Love is War finished on Wednesday, the manga ended with some foreshadowing, which he is attempting to “make good” on “in the greatest way possible.”
In recent years, Akasaka has focused more on writing manga that other people draw, such as Oshi no Ko, which Mengo Yokoyari draws. He previously illustrated Hikaru Sugii’s Sayonara Piano Sonata manga. Earlier this year, Shueisha’s Young Jump magazine held auditions for a new manga artist, with the chance to work on a new manga with Akasaka.
In May 2015, Akasaka began the Kaguya-sama: Love is War manga in Shueisha’s Miracle Jump magazine, but it was switched to Young Jump in March 2016. On Wednesday, the manga came to an end. Shueisha released the manga’s 27th compiled book volume on October 19, and the 28th volume will be released in December.
In April 2020, Akasaka and Yokoyari (Scum’s Wish) released the Oshi no Ko manga in Young Jump. The manga will be available in English through Shueisha’s MANGA Plus service. On October 19, Shueisha published the manga’s ninth collected book volume. The manga was licensed by Yen Press. A future anime is also being inspired by the manga.
What do you think of the famous mangaka’s retirement?
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