Image via Kadokawa, Shō Harusono
The spinoff series Hirano and Kagiura also resumed publication this month.
The latest issue of the Monthly Comic Gene magazine by Kadokawa confirmed that the Sasaki and Miyano manga by Shō Harusono will resume irregular publication in Spring 2025. The February issue of the magazine, which was released on January 15 has also confirmed that Harusono’s spin-off series, Hirano and Kagiura will also be released on a monthly schedule.
Previously, the Sasaki and Miyano manga’s irregular serialisation starting Spring 2025 was revealed by Harusono on their official X (formerly Twitter) account on January 1, 2025. The manga went on a long hiatus after publishing its last chapter on February 23, 2024, due to the author’s poor health. Even the release of its 10th Tankōbon volume was also pushed from December 2023 to March 2024 due to the same reason. Thankfully, it seems that the author has regained their health in the last year and is ready to publish the popular BL manga once again.
Sasaki and Miyano first started publishing back in 2016 on the Pixiv Comic website. The spin-off manga Hirano and Kagiura, about two side characters from the original series, started serialising in 2019 in the Monthly Comic Gene magazine. Both of the manga series also inspired novel adaptations by Kotoko Hachijō. Yen Press releases the manga series in English for international readers. The series even received an anime adaptation in 2022, which became immensely popular.
The story of Sasaki and Miyano revolves around a first-year high school student named Miyano, who is in awe of his upperclassman Sasaki after he saves one of his friends from being bullied. Miyano has a secret, he is a Fudanshi who loves reading BL manga although he doesn’t like men. When Sasaki finds out and takes an interest in his unusual hobby, the relationship between the two begins to change.
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