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Akeji Fujimura Launches New Manga Based on Novel About Tokugawa Ieyasu as Prime Minister
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The April issue of Moshimo Tokugawa Ieyasu ga Sōri Daijin ni Nattara (What if Tokugawa Ieyasu Became Prime Minister?) business novel in the magazine's next issue on April 5. The manga's first chapter will have 33 pages and will have a color opening page.
The original novel explores a historical fantasy, taking warlord and shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and placing him in the modern age as a prime minister of Japan. The book speculates on how he might manage the modern Japanese government, staffing his cabinet with fellow well-known heroes of the Warring States period (including Sakamoto Ryoma as his chief cabinet secretary), and touching on topics such as business, politics, and even mystery. Manabe published the novel in March 2021.
Kodansha Comics released all 21 compiled volumes digitally.
Kami-sama no Iu Toori Takashi Miike in 2014.
Kaneshiro and Fujimura Comic Days websites when it returned in August 2021.
Source: Bessatsu Young Champion April issue and website
