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Emma's Mori Draws Shirley Spinoff, Satoshi Fukushima to Start Series (Updated)
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Fellows! Vol. 10 magazine on April 15. The final installment will appear in Vol. 11.
Like Mori's more famous Emma work, Shirley centers on the life of a young maid in Victorian-era England. Mori has been The Bride's Stories (Otoyome-Gatari) in the same Fellows! magazine, so Vol. 10 will contain two stories from her.
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The same Vol. 9 of Fellows! that announced Shirley's return on Monday also announced that Satoshi Fukushima will launch a new unnamed series this summer with a "mischievous robot" as the main lead. Fukushima had launched a series called Long Long Ago — a loose sequel to his earlier Kidō Ryodan Hachifukujin manga — last year.
Source: Comic Natalie
Update: Although Comic Natalie describes Shirley as taking place in Victorian England as Emma did, it actually takes place a little later in the Edwardian era or the first decade of the 20th century. Thanks, Fronzel.
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