During his long career, Aka Akasaka has worked on several projects that have appeared in various magazines. Sayonara Piano Sonata, Instant Bullet, but above all Kaguya-sama: Love is war. The latter is the manga that made it famous, with an anime divided into three seasons and a planned film.
However, a statement by the same author announces this Kaguya-sama: Love is War will be his latest manga as a cartoonist. Aka Akasaka posted a message on Twitter stating that he will retire from the arts sector and become a mangaka focused only on the script. Thanks to all his fans and confirms that he will create new mangaas well as Oshi no Ko, which is already in the works, and another comic coming out in 2023 with a different author.
It also confirms once again that there could be spin-offs of Kaguya-sama: Love is War to explain some situations that weren’t fully covered in the main manga. Aka Akasaka’s choice was already clear to many since she had made her choice Collaboration with Yokoyari Mengo for Oshi no Ko and for the recent announcement of wanting to find a new designer. As a result, once Kaguya-sama is done, he will rarely pick up the pen.
Are you satisfied with this mangaka’s choice and will you follow his future works in the world of Japanese comics?
Kaguya-sama creator Aka Akasaka has announced that he will retire from manga drawing after the end of Kaguya. In the future he will only be the author of new works.
He also reiterated that there are still some great forebodings in Kaguya that he wants to present in the best possible form pic.twitter.com/OUfRuTUy5U
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