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Kei Ohkubo's Arte Manga's Main Story Ends on April 25, Series Gets Extra Chapters (Updated)
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Comikey publishes the series in English and describes the story:
The story takes place in 16th century Florence during a time when women were relegated to the role of wives and caretakers, a young noble girl named Arte dreams of being an artist's apprentice. One day she stumbles on the workshop of the eccentric Maestro Leo who decides to accept her as his student. Follow Arte on her journey as she discovers the joy and struggles on the path to becoming a maestro.
Ohkubo launched the manga in Monthly Comic Zenon in October 2013, and Tokuma Shoten published the manga's 20th compiled book volume on October 19.
North Stars Pictures and Tokuma Shoten previously digitally published the manga in English in its Silent Manga Audition web manga magazine. Media Do also released the series in English on digital platforms in 2018.
The manga inspired a television anime adaptation that premiered in April 2020. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired, and also streamed an English dub. Funimation released the anime on Blu-ray Disc in July 2021.
Update: The final chapter on April 25 revealed that the manga will get extra chapters that will not be part of the main story and will focus on other characters besides Arte and Leo. The first of these chapters will release in the August issue of Monthly Comic Zenon on June 25. Source: Monthly Comic Zenon June issue
Source: Monthly Comic Zenon May issue
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