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Black Rock Shooter's 4-Panel Manga Launches This Week

The figure manufacturer Good Smile Company confirmed in a Sunday blog entry (Japanese) that the Black Rock-chan four-panel manga will launch in the inaugural issue of Kadokawa Shoten's 4-Koma Nano Ace magazine on Wednesday. In the manga, the artist ringo turns the Black Rock Shooter franchise's title character and her nemesis Dead Master into the super-deformed characters "Rock-chan" and "De-chan."

According to Good Smile Company, it is "pure coincidence" that the manga is launching on the same day as the browser-based game Puchitto Rock Shooter. Black Rock Shooter originated as an illustration by the artist huke, and has since spawned both anime and games.

The first issue of 4-Koma Nano Ace will also include the following titles:

• Nichijō
  By Keiichi Arawi 
• Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Dya
  By Koizumi, based on original story by Kenji Inoue and original character designs by Yui Haga
• Sora no Otoshimono no Pico
  By ms, based on original story by Suu Minazuki 
• The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan
  By Puyo, based on original story by Nagaru Tanigawa and original character designs by Noizi Ito
• Hōzuki-san Chi no Aneki
  By Ran Igarashi
• Lucky Star
  By Kagami Yoshimizu
• Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Force Dimension
  By Asuka Kanan, based on original story by Masaki Tsuzuki
• Nanoha ViVid Colors
  By Neko-Tofu, based on original story by Masaki Tsuzuki
• Yu-yuru Shikkōbu
  By bomi
• Upotte!!
  By Kitsune Tennouji
• Maka Maka
  By Verno Mikawa
• 4-Jiten Pocket
  By Ryō Hirao
• Kidō Senshi Gundam-san (Mobile Suit Gundam-san)
  By Hideki Ohwada, based on original story by Hajime Yatate and Yoshiyuki Tomino

[Via Temple Knights]