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Manga Planet India to Give Out Free Copies of Terako Shima's India Calling Me Now Manga at Bengaluru Comic Con
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Manga Planet India will launch on November 15. The company will attend the Bengaluru Comic Con event, which will take place from November 15 through November 19, and attend the Delhi Comic Con event, which will take place from December 8 through December 10.
Kodansha and JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) launched Shima's manga on Kodansha's Palcy app. Japan airline ANA is collaborating on the manga. Shima is updating new chapters of the manga on the third Wednesday of every month. The manga project also got an accompanying television segment in Japan.
The manga follows the life of 28-year-old manga creator Natsume Kanazawa. Natsume has been a manga creator for five years, but her career has yet to take off. One day her boyfriend tells her he intends to marry her, so he asks her to go to India with him. Even though she doesn't want to quit her job as a manga creator, she takes the chance and goes with him. However, once in India, her boyfriend tells her that she'll be handling all the housework after they're married. Just as Natsume becomes frustrated as to why women have to do housework, she meets a woman from India named Ruby who also is frustrated that it's normal for women to quit work once they get married. Despite cultural differences, the two share the same concerns in life. The manga follows Natsume's travels in India, a country that changes her life.
Shima launched her Babyun to Kareshi manga in Kodansha's Hatsu Kiss magazine in 2017. The manga won the Tomoko Ninomiya Award and the Hatsu Kiss Award at the 2nd Otona Shōjo Manga Awards.
Manga Planet India, Kodansha, and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) collaborated on the Manga Shakti Project in January. The company had a booth at the Mumbai Comic Con 2023 event and had previously announced an April 2023 launch date. On June 9 it further postponed the launch to the end of 2023 due to "technical reasons."
