Post by @ChurchHatesTucker@mefi.social

2026-05-18 23:47 UTC

#MangaMonday 109 “When Arika Went Missing” by Moyashi Fujisawa (story) and Kumakuzu (art) Lyrical Trick is a popular idol group that is set back when their center girl, Arika Mamiya, mysteriously goes missing. When the police come up empty after a year, some of her biggest fans and her childhood friend team up to find out what happened to her. They soon find that some of the This is a decent mystery (the final twist took me by surprise) and it has some interesting group dynamics. There’s a drug use subplot that’s a bit eyerolly, but probably the best they could do in “Young Magazine” (where this was serialized.) I don’t know what was in the air in the early twenties, but we started to see #manga take a look at the dark underbelly of the idol industry while still upholding the idea of idols. If you’re missing “Oshi No Ko” this may scratch that itch. Complete with six Japanese volumes. Kodansha has released digital English chapters on their K MANGA app/site. #WhenArikaWentMissing

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@ChurchHatesTucker@mefi.social 2026-05-25 16:35

#MangaMonday 110 “Confession” by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (Story) & Kaiji Kawaguchi (Art) Ishikura confesses to Asai that he murdered Sayuri. The two of them are lost in a snowstorm while attempting to scale Mt. Owari. It’s something both of them have done several times as part of a larger group—the murder occurred on one such expedition—but this time the elements combined with Ishikura’s broken leg mean that his is a deathbed confession. Then Asai discovers that the way station cabin they had been searching for is nearby. Ishikura’s life is saved, but the confession hangs heavily between the both of them. This is a psychological thriller #manga, reminiscent of pre-code EC #comics. It’s a nicely compact story, at only 300 pages. It was first serialized in 1998, but due to the setting the only tell is the style of the cell phones. This English edition (Kodansha) came out in 2024, coincidentally the same year it was adapted as a live-action Japanese #film. #Confession

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