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Festival of Heresies Writer Rokakoen's Ganka wa Kurai Keiōsen Desu Novel Gets Manga

The October 7 issue of Futabasha's Manga Action magazine announced on Tuesday that Festival of Heresies author Rokakoen's Ganka wa Kurai Keiōsen Desu (Below is the Dark Keio Line) novel is inspiring a new manga with art by tomto on the Web Action platform on October 17.

The emotional horror series follows a young girl who attracts a strange phenomenon and a young man who is searching for the supernatural.

Rokakoen debuted the novel in August 2024.

Yen Press publishes Rokakoen's Festival of Heresies light novel in English and describes the story:

There's a reason Emi Shimamoto can't find a job. For as long as she can remember, she's been unable to tell the living from the dead. Resigned to yet another failure, she attends an interview with Moriya Foods, only to find herself strangely attracted to its young president and more determined than ever to get the position. Meanwhile, Emi's brother senses that there is more going on with his sister than meets the eye, and he pays a visit to a certain agency that specializes in matters of the supernatural...

Rokakoen launched the series as a web novel on Kakuyomu in March 2021. Kadokawa published the novel in a compiled book volume in May 2021.

Source: Manga Action October 7 issue

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