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Nao Emoto's Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka Manga Scheduled to End in 7th Volume
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Manga author Nao Emoto revealed on her X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday that her Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka manga is scheduled to end in its seventh compiled book volume. Emoto posted the volume cover art of the manga's sixth volume, which shipped on Thursday. A follower asked if it would be the final volume, to which, Emoto replied that the manga is scheduled to end in its seventh volume. The sixth volume revealed on Thursday that the manga's seventh volume will ship on April 9, 2024.
漫画「新本格魔法少女りすか」⑥巻、明日11/9(木)発売です！
— 絵本奈央「新本格魔法少女りすか」漫画⑤巻 (@emoto__nao) November 8, 2023
蠅村召香の魔法によって完全密室に閉じ込められてしまったキズタカ達。
もはや降伏しか術はない…？！
いよいよクライマックスに向けて急展開に次ぐ急展開の巻です！！
よろしくお願いします✨#漫画りすか#新本格魔法少女りすか pic.twitter.com/Q2Hc3VJj0x
最終巻は⑦巻の予定です！
— 絵本奈央「新本格魔法少女りすか」漫画⑤巻 (@emoto__nao) November 8, 2023
The novels are set in world where Nagasaki prefecture on the island of Kyushu is home to a long-standing kingdom of magic users, who are nevertheless trapped on the island. Their power was once so great that the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on the city during the Second World War. Now there are still tensions in the kingdom on if and when this might happen again. The story is told from the point of view of fifth grader Kizutaka Kugi, a model student with "thorns in his heart" that make him look down on others as mere pawns. When he meets classmate Risuka Mizukura, a young witch who has the ability to transform into her 27-year-old self on the verge of death, they are whisked away into a fantastical magical adventure.
NisiOisin first began serializing the story in the literary magazine Faust in 2003. Kodansha published the first volume in 2004 with illustrations by Kinu Nishimura (Street Fighter illustrator/character designer, Overman King Gainer, Sirius the Jaeger character designer). The fourth and final volume shipped in December 2020.
Emoto previously drew the O Maidens in Your Savage Season (Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo) manga alongside author 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 concluded 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 Comics also publishes Forget Me Not in English.
Sources: Nao Emoto's X/Twitter account, Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka volume 6
