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Arata no Kemono, Essence of Being a Muse, An Gura Manga All End
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The March issue of Suehiro Maruo's An Gura (an abbreviation for "underground") manga will end in the magazine's April issue on March 10.
Kadokawa published the manga's first compiled book volume in March 2022, and the fourth and final volume will release on March 10.
licensed the manga and will publish its first volume in English on June 20. Yen Press describes the manga's story:
Somebody fill my emptiness.The day I was rejected from art school, everything that was “special” about me died. That's why I have no choice. Since I'm back to being “ordinary,” I'll go to the job my mom decided on while wearing the clothes my mom picked for me so that I can find what my mom calls “happiness” alongside somebody my mom can boast about, trapped in a never-ending cycle of “What if?” and “Too bad” all the while.
The An Gura manga is set in the 60s, at the height of both Japan's post-war economic boom, and the protests against the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. In the midst of revolutionary underground Tokyo subcultures, such as avant-garde theater and the folk movement, a part-time high schooler boy named Migeru Mizuki attempts to become a manga creator.
Source: Monthly Comic Beam March issue
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