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Akinari Asakura's Ore de wa Nai Enjō Novel Gets Manga Adaptation on July 15

This year's 13th issue of Futabasha's Manga Action magazine announced on Tuesday that Akinari Asakura's Ore de wa Nai Enjō (It's Not Me in Flames) novel will get a manga adaptation by manga artist Ōtori556 (read as Kokoro) in the magazine's 15th issue on July 15.

The original novel is about a sales manager named Taisuke Yamagata, who has been accused as the murderer of a female college student. His identity gets exposed online and the whole of Japan has become his enemy. To prove his innocence, Taisuke goes on the run and discovers the shocking truth.

Futabasha published the novel in 2022. The story is inspiring a live-action film adaptation that will premiere in Japan on September 26.

Keiga Ōsawa's Rokunin no Usotsuki no Daigakusei: Plus One (Six Lying College Students: Plus One) manga, the adaptation of Asakura's Rokunin no Usotsuki na Daigakusei novel, launched in Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine in June 2022, and ended on November 1. The original novel also inspired a live-action film that premiered in Japan on November 22.

Asakura is the writer of the Show-ha Shoten! manga, which Death Note and Platinum End artist Takeshi Obata draws. The pair launched the manga in Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine in October 2021, and it will end with its 11th compiled book volume, which will ship on September 4. The manga is available in English through both Viz Media and Shueisha's MANGA Plus service.

Source: Manga Action issue 13