News Roundup: Feb. 3-9

February 10, 2017

Koi ga Heta demo Ikitemasu (I’m Bad at Love but I’m Living) by Akira Fujiwara is getting a live-action drama. According to Anime News Network, “The story centers on Misa, a career-minded woman who works in the sales department of her company. She works hard, and often puts in an effort to make herself look beautiful. But she actually has no experience in romance. She can’t act cute, she’s bad at inviting people to outings, and she’s too prideful. All the men she meets end up backing away from her. Her roommate and close friend Chihiro is a department store receptionist. She is good with kids, likes housework, and is passionate about her volunteer work; the exact opposite of Misa. They live together like sisters. But a change is coming to their lives when Misa meets the man of her dreams. Meanwhile, Chihiro is apparently having an affair behind her long-time fiancé’s back.”

Kodansha Comics is releasing three manga in English (digital only). The manga are Tokyo Tarareba Girls by Akiko Higashimura (Princess Jellyfish), Chiyahafuru by Yuki Suetsugu, and Springtime with Ninjas by Narumi Hasegaki. The first volumes are currently available for preorder on several digital platforms.

Yuri!!! on Ice’s Yuri Katsuki nendoroid figure is now available for preorder. There will be another figure featuring Victor Nikiforov coming out as well (no mention of preorder for Victor’s).

Rina Yagami’s Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu (My Big Brother Loves Me So Much It’s a Problem) is ending at volume five, which will be released March 24. According to ANN, “The manga’s story centers on two siblings: Setoka is an unpopular but romantic high school student, and her brother Haruka is a delinquent youth, but cares for his younger sister more than anything else. The two are not related by blood, but only Haruka knows about this. The abrasive Takane Serigawa, Setoka’s first love, returns after many years, and begins to get closer to Setoka again. After that, Setoka is the target of many older men’s affections, and it seems like the first popular phase in Setoka’s life has begun.

Shiro Amano is creating a new manga that takes place in an RPG world with female characters who are in their 30s. The title is Arasa Quest and will be in the Feb. 28 issue of Shonengahosha’s Young King Ours magazine.

Yen Press is publishing chapters of Ne Ne Ne by Shizuka Totono and Daisuke Haigiwara as they are released in Japan. The first four chapters are available today and future chapters will be released monthly. According to Yen Press, “What’s it about? Married off to a man more than twenty years her senior, Koyuki has no idea what her new life has in store for her. She’s so in the dark, in fact, that she hasn’t even seen her husband’s face! But Koyuki isn’t alone in fumbling through the intricacies of wedded bliss. Mask-donning Shin might have many years on his young wife, but as it turns out, he’s just as naïve as she is! Will this pair of innocents ever get past their awkwardness (and the age gap)?!”

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