Akira Failing in Love Manga Tops 1 Million in Circulation Globally
This year's 42nd and 43rd combined issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine announced on September 16 that Shinta Harekawa's Akira Failing in Love (Momose Akira no Hatsukoi Hatan-chū) manga has over 1 million copies in circulation worldwide.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English and describes the story:
Akira returns to the countryside for high school with a plan to win the heart of her childhood crush! They're both fools in love… because she's too dense to figure out he likes her back!
Harekawa launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday in August 2024. Shogakukan published the manga's first compiled book volume in December 2024, and the eighth volume on September 16. Viz Media published the manga's fourth volume on September 8.
Harekawa launched the Senpai, This Can't Be Love! ( Sempai! Danjite Koi de wa!) BL manga on Kadokawa's Comic Fleur website in July 2019, followed by the sequel Sempai! Danjite Koi de wa! Brush up in 2020.
Kadokawa published one compiled book volume of Senpai, This Can't Be Love! in July 2019. Yen Press released the manga in English in June 2024.
Kadokawa published the first volume of Sempai! Danjite Koi de wa! Brush up sequel manga in September 2020, and the second volume in May 2023. Yen Press released the sequel manga's first volume in December 2024.
The Senpai, This Can't Be Love! manga inspired an eight-episode live-action series in 2022.
Harekawa launched the Three Exorcism Siblings (Tengu Barai no San Kyōdai) manga in Coamix's Web Comic Zenyon in 2021. Coamix published the manga's first volume in 2022, and the seventh and final volume in September 2023. Titan Comics licensed the manga and published the fourth volume in English on July 28.
Source: Weekly Shonen Sunday combined issue 42/43
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