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The November issue of Kodansha‘s Young monthly magazine revealed on Tuesday that Rin Shimokawa’s “Godmother” one-shot manga of the special young magazine US The English edition will be launched as a series in the magazine’s next issue on November 18.
The original one-shot focused on Kinryu, a college girl who is suddenly forced to drop out of college and move abroad to Japan. He’s going to take care of a 114-year-old grandmother who he didn’t even know existed. Disgruntled and angry, she manages to reach Yokohama and finds her grandmother living behind a mahjong hall. There, Kinryu is forced to learn a supernatural secret hidden in the female side of her family.
Nishio released the original one-shot as part of Kodanshait’s special Young Magazine US English edition August 2025.
The top five winners are guaranteed serialization in KodanshaThe K MANGA application. The winners will also be serialized in Japan in Young monthly magazine I Yan Maga Webbeing serialized at the same time in K MANGA.
Other winning titles include still you, At dusk and twilight, The boys lead the riots -In Transition-, Ryugu Protocoland the last terran. At dusk and twilight, Ryugu Protocoland the last terran All are currently in serialization.the last terran was the most recent to start, launching in Young monthly magazine on August 20.
One of the winning manga, Daisuke Itabashi‘s The journey of a dark elf with waning powersbegan serialization in Japan in the January 2026 issue of Kodansha‘s Young monthly magazine in December 2025. Ray Kindō‘s The knight of blasphemy (Tokushin no knight) manga launched in the August issue on July 16. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed The journey of a dark elf with waning powersand will begin publishing it in print in March 2027.
Fountain: Young monthly magazine November number