http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=42271Futabasha's Comic High! magazine has announced that Izumi Kirihara is ending her
Hitohira school comedy manga after four years in the June issue on May 22. However, Kirihara launched a new manga called Akira to Hiyori (Akira and Hiyori) in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine on Friday. She is also still serializing Shirayuki Panimix! in Mag Garden's Comic Blade magazine.
The Hitohira manga centers on a shy girl named Mugi Asai who transforms herself after she is forced to join her school's drama club. The manga inspired a 12-episode television anime series that aired in 2007. Aurora Publishing, the American arm of Japan's Ohzora Publishing, published the third of the current six manga volumes in North America in February.
In the Akira to Hiyori manga, Akira Azuma is a tall, attractive, but aloof Kusunoki High School freshman girl and all-around athlete. Hiyori Motohashi is a short Kusunoki freshman girl in the school's broadcasting club. While trying to set up coverage on Akira, Hiyori finds herself attracted to Akira's mysterious charm. According to Young Gangan magazine, the "sweet soulmate graffiti" story is only planned for a short run.
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Hiyori is very cute and energic girl. She is one of the four members of the broadcasting club. There are two guys and two girls in the club, the other girl likes to tease Hiyori, but the two guys seem to be more on the background at least so far. Akira isn't very social, but she's pretty friendly. What I've seen so far, she doesn't seem to do smiling. On the other hand, her childhood friend seems to be a naturally happy kind of guy, kinda like Koizumi Itsuki in
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. Akira is very good in sports, but she doesn't seem to be fully aware of her abilities. She seems to like sports, but isn't interested in joining a sports club.
So far I've only managed to find two chapters, and I don't think there are many more than that published yet. I like the art and character designs. The story hasn't gone far enough that I could give my option on that. I'm waiting to see how the story will develop, and reading the series chapter at a time. So far it looks pretty promising. Personally I like Kirihara's works, and I'm definitely going to continue reading this new series of hers. What I'm looking forward to is seeing some romance between Hiyori and Akira. If you've only ever read shounen yuri-romance manga, this is definitely good change. The characters are cute without any serious ecchi included. Just the kind of series I like.
I haven't written this kind of text much before, so forgive me if it's (a bit) dull. /(;_;)\
If you're interested in the series, you can download the first two chapters (mediafire) from here:
Original Japanese RAWsEnglish scanlations
