Nao Emoto Launches Manga of Mokuyōbi ni wa Cocoa o Novel
Manga creator Nao Emoto launched a new manga based on Michiko Aoyama's Mokuyōbi ni wa Cocoa o novel on the websites for Takarajimasha's Takarajima Sugoi! Web and Takarajimasha's Liniere fashion and lifestyle magazine on Tuesday.
The original novel's story centers on a cafe. A barista observes that every Thursday, without fail, a woman enters the cafe and picks the same seat to order a cup of cocoa and write a letter. One day, she seems to come in with a different mood than usual.
Aoyama released the original novel in August 2017. Aoyama later released a related novel titled Itsumo no Mokuyōbi in August 2022.
Emoto launched a manga adaptation of Shinkoshoto's Maryoku Zero no Saikyō Kenja ~Mahō Riron o Kiwametara, Sekai Saikyō ni Natteita~ (The Strongest Sage With Zero Magic Power ~Once I Advanced Magical Theory, I Became the Strongest~) story on May 1.
Emoto previously drew the O Maidens in Your Savage Season (Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo) manga alongside author, anime writer, and later anime director Mari Okada. The manga launched in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in December 2016, and ended in September 2019. Kodansha USA Publishing released the manga in English. The manga inspired a television anime adaptation that premiered in July 2019.
Emoto drew the manga adaptation of the Josee, The Tiger and the Fish anime film (which opened in Japan in December 2020), for which she is also the character designer. Yen Press licensed the manga.
Emoto serialized her Forget Me Not romance manga, inspired by Mag Hsu's original Taiwanese novel Mǎzimen, from 2013 to 2016. Kodansha USA Publishing also publishes Forget Me Not in English.
Emoto launched the manga adaptation of author NisiOisin's Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka (The New Orthodox Magical Girl Risuka) novels in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in April 2021, and ended it in December 2024. Kodansha published the manga's seventh and final compiled book volume in April 2024.
Sources: Takarajima Sugoi! Web, Liniere, Kono Manga ga Sugoi's X/Twitter account
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