Takako Shimura took to Twitter on March 21 to announce that the previously published one-shot manga Futari de Hitorigurashi (Living Alone Together) will be receiving a regular serialization. The series will debut in the spring issue of Bungeishunju’s Bunshun Woman magazine, released on the same day.
The manga follows the daily lives of two women who are neighbors living the single lifestyle. Bungeishunju originally published the one-shot in the magazine’s fifth-anniversary issue on December 22.
Shimura also recently revealed the Koiiji spinoff manga Hatsukoi no Tsugi (What’s Next After First Love), set to begin serialization in Kodansha’s Kiss magazine starting April 25. Additionally, a new manga by Shimura will launch in the 70th issue of Shodensha’s OnBLUE boys-love magazine, also on April 25.
Previously, Shimura created the Awajima Hyakkei manga, which debuted in Ohta Publishing’s PocoPoco online magazine in July 2011 before moving to Ohta Web Comic. The series concluded with the release of its fourth compiled volume in August 2022.
本日発売の文春WOWAN春号に漫画載ってます。前回読み切りだった『ふたりでひとり暮らし』連載化です。隣同士にそれぞれひとりで暮らすご婦人ふたりの日常こぼれ話、よろしくお願いいたします！ pic.twitter.com/Ais967xR9G
— 志村貴子 (@takakoshimura) March 21, 2024
Shimura’s renowned works include Wandering Son and Sweet Blue Flowers, both of which have been adapted into television anime series in 2011 and 2009, respectively. She also provided original character designs for anime such as Aldnoah.Zero, Battery the Animation, and the Overtake! racing anime.
Additionally, she created a short-run manga adaptation for the Battery novels. Fantagraphics Books handles the North American release of her Wandering Son manga, while Viz Media is responsible for Sweet Blue Flowers. Seven Seas publishes Shimura’s Even Though We’re Adults (Otona ni Nattemo) manga digitally and in print.
Her Happy-Go-Lucky Days (Dōnika Naru Hibi) manga served as the inspiration for an anime film that premiered in Japan in October 2020.
