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Gempak Starz Licenses Yuki Kure's Guaruan Cinta Kosmos Manga

Malaysian publisher Gempak Starz announced last Friday that it has licensed Yuki Kure's Guaruan Cinta Kosmos (Yūsei no Fool) manga.

Gempak Starz describes the manga:

Sena, once a princess but now no longer part of the royal family. But when her twin sister the royal heir goes missing, Sena is forced to attend the prestigious Celsus College, pretending to be her missing sister. Celsus College brings together royal scions from all corners of the world. Sena is accompanied by two bodyguards, Dee and Theo. Despite being forced upon her while unprepared, Sena begins to have a fake college life in the school. Until a conflict centering on the Kreutz kingdom's "Wahrheit" secret treasures begins to brew.

Kure launched the manga in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine in 2014, and ended it in 2015. Hakusensha published the manga's one compiled book volume in June 2015.

Kure is perhaps best known as the character designer for the La Corda d'Oro game series by Koei Tecmo Games' Ruby Party brand. Kure also published three manga adaptations of the game, including La Corda d'Oro, La Corda d'Oro Blue Sky, and La Corda d'Oro 4. The most recent main game in the franchise, the La Corda d'Oro 4 PlayStation Vita dating simulation game, shipped in Japan in March 2016. The game continued the story from the previous La Corda D'Oro 3 game. Ruby Party is also releasing the La Corda d'Oro Octave smartphone game this year.

The La Corda d'Oro game franchise inspired a 26-episode television anime series in 2006, and a two-episode television special sequel, La Corda D'Oro ~secondo passo~, aired in spring of 2009. A third anime, La Corda d'Oro Blue Sky, premiered in 2014 and ran for 12 episodes. Animax Asia aired the first television anime series in 2008.