Rin Shimokawa's 'Godmother' Manga from Young Magazine US Starts Seralization on November 18
The original one-shot centered on Kinryu, a college girl who is suddenly forced to drop out of college and move overseas to Japan. She goes to take care of a 114 year old grandmother whom she did not even know existed. Disgruntled and angry, she nevertheless makes it to Yokohama, and finds her grandmother living behind a mahjong parlor. There, Kinryu is forced to know about a supernatural secret that runs in the female side of her family.
Nishio launched the original one-shot as part of Kodansha's special Young Magazine US English issue in August 2025.
The top five winners are guaranteed serialization on Kodansha's K MANGA app. The winners will also be serialized in Japan in Monthly Young Magazine and/or YanMaga Web, serializing at the same time on K MANGA.
Other winning titles include Still You, To Dusk and Twilight, Boys Run the Riot -In Transition-, Protocol Ryugu, and The Last Terran. To Dusk and Twilight, Protocol Ryugu, and The Last Terran are all currently in serialization.The Last Terran was the most recent to start, launching in Monthly Young Magazine on August 20.
One of the winning manga, Daisuke Itabashi's The Journey of a Dark Elf with Fading Powers, began serialization in Japan in the January 2026 issue of Kodansha's Monthly Young Magazine in December 2025. Ray Kindō's The Knight of Blasphemy (Tokushin no Chevalier) manga launched in the August issue on July 16. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed The Journey of a Dark Elf with Fading Powers, and will begin releasing it in print in March 2027.
Source: Monthly Young Magazine November issue
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