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K Manga Adds Subaru and Subaru, Si Land Manga, 2 More Titles in English
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Kodansha's K MANGA service announced on Sunday it has added Shūichi Shigeno's Subaru and Subaru and Ryo Sumiyoshi's Si Land manga to the service in English. The service also added Masaaki Nakayama's The Silent Forest and Shūzō Oshimi's ME AND BOB DYLAN (AND MY FATHER) one-shot manga. The one-shot titles are also available in the United States digital and print release of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine, which commemorates the magazine's 45th anniversary.
Titles in the magazine are subject to vote, with the most popular titles joining K MANGA's library.
The company describes the story of Subaru and Subaru:
One year after Takumi Fujiwara's student Kanata Rivington tore it up on Japan's mega-popular MFG street racing circuit, two new drivers are itching to try their luck at the event. Their names: Subaru Sato, from Gunma Prefecture, and Subaru Kudo, from Kanagawa. The worlds of Initial D and MF Ghost meld into one as these two Subarus join together to weave the ultimate street racing legend!
Shigeno launched the series in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in July. Kodansha ships the first compiled book volume on November 6.
The company describes the story of Si Land:
In a world where only dogs and cats exist, the dogs gained control of and built a kingdom on the only continent while the cats scattered throughout the great sea and repeatedly looted from the dogs. This mutual hatred has led to many years of strife between the two species… Jean, a young dog who was unconventionally born at sea and raised by a cat, lives with his mother Rosa and his adoptive father Azul as the three move from small island to small island. It is Jean's dream to find a place where the three can live together permanently but…! From Ryo Sumiyoshi, the unparalleled master artist of non-human characters, comes an epic fantasy adventure on the high seas!
Sumiyoshi launched the series on Kodansha's Comic Days platform on August 25.
Sumiyoshi launched the Centaurs manga on East Press' Mato Grosso website in August 2016, and ended it in 2020. East Press published the manga's sixth and final volume in July 2020.
The company describes the story of The Silent Forest:
The master of horror manga, Masaaki Nakayama, returns! The author of Fuan no Tane and PTSD Radio comes back with an all-new tale of horror set in the Edo period!
Nakayama and Ai Saotome launched a new manga titled Matsudai no Honoka (The Eternal Honoka) in Asahi Shimbun's Nemuki+ magazine on August 12.
A short memoir about life with his father and their connection to Bob Dylan. By Shūzō Oshimi, author of The Flowers of Evil and Blood on the Tracks.
Oshimi launched a new youth manga titled Mabataki no Oto (The Sound of Blinking) in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine's first 2025 issue on December 13.
Source: K Manga's X/Twitter account, (link 2), (link 3), (link 4)
