In the 15th edition of Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine this year, readers bid farewell to Ryūdai Ishizaka’s manga adaptation of the Love Flops (Renai Flops) original TV anime. The story revolves around Asahi Kashiwagi, a student who experiences a string of peculiar mishaps on his way to school, all foretold by a vague morning TV fortune.
These incidents inevitably lead to unexpected encounters with various girls, most of whom are new students or teachers. Suspicion arises when Asahi’s friend, Yoshio, notices his knowledge of these girls. Later, a mysterious love letter in his shoe locker prompts Asahi to head to the cherry blossom tree behind the school, once again aligning with his morning fortune.
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Ishizaka introduced the manga in Young Animal in June 2022, before the anime’s debut. The second compiled volume hit shelves in December 2022, with the third one scheduled for release on September 29, as published by Hakusensha. The anime premiered in Japan in October 2022 and was streamed on HIDIVE. Sentai Filmworks has plans to release the anime on home video.
Prior to this work, Ishizaka created the Iwa-Kakeru! -Climbing Girls- manga on Cygames’ Cycomi website in December 2017, which concluded in May 2019, spanning four volumes published by Shogakukan. A sequel, Iwa-Kakeru!! -Try a new climbing-, followed on Cycomi in June 2019 and concluded with its sixth volume in May 2021.
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The Iwa-Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls- television anime, based on both the original manga and the sequel, aired in October 2020 and consisted of 12 episodes, streamed by Crunchyroll.
Source | Young Animal issue 15
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