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Nodame's Ninomiya to Return to Kiss Magazine in March (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
Manga artist recover from carpal tunnel syndrome. According to her blog, she finished coloring the cover for an issue of Kiss and is now plotting out a story.
Ninomiya's reported in a November blog entry that she could not raise her right arm because an unknown pain in her shoulder and arm. She then wrote in January that the numbness led to swelling and pain, so she saw a doctor.
The new Del Rey will publish the 16th of the 21 current volumes of the manga in North America this month.
Source: Comic Natalie
Update: Ninomiya also noted in her newest blog entry that her family held the traditional Japanese weaning ceremony for her baby. (The blog entry has photographs of the food and the baby sleeping while a "real Nodame" plays on the piano.) She adds that her carpal tunnels in her wrists are fine now, but she cannot turn her right shoulder as usual. Still, she said that she will continue serializing her work however she can.
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