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Mitsuru Hattori's Wash it All Away Manga Gets New Side Story
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
This year's 11th issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine revealed on May 16 that Mitsuru Hattori's Wash it All Away (Kirei ni Shite Moraemasu ka.) manga will have a new side story chapter in the magazine's next issue on June 6. The chapter will have a color opening page.
Square Enix Manga & Books publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:
With an endearing protagonist and luscious art, this seaside slice-of-life story offers tranquility in the chaos of the modern world. For two years, Wakana Kinme has run a laundry service in the seaside resort town of Atami, where she's built a fulfilling life making friends with the locals and visiting hot springs. Although Wakana has no knowledge of her own past, her cleaning services safeguard memories imbued in customers' precious items.
Hattori published the zombie comedy manga Sankarea from 2009 to 2014, and it inspired a 2012 anime that Funimation released in North America. Kodansha Comics published the original manga in English. Hattori's earlier Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho manga also inspired a television anime.
Hattori also provided the art for the manga adaptation of NisiOisin's Imperfect Shojo novel. Vertical licensed and released all three volumes of the manga for North America. Hattori also launched the Kaiju-iro no Shima manga in Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age magazine in 2018, and the manga is ongoing. Yen Press will release the manga in English under the title Monster-Colored Island.
Source: Young Gangan issue 11 and magazine's X/Twitter account
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