{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c96a1c41c3247c34e39ad81d","clusterId":"c_fcc184f6c9ee7cefa8e6e2e4","slug":"ghost-mikawa-s-mercenary-sisters-novel-gets-manga-adaptation","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Ghost Mikawa's Mercenary Sisters Novel Gets Manga Adaptation","summary":"Kadokawa's Comic Newtype announced on July 16 that manga artist Ka Sakana will launch the manga adaptation of Ghost Mikawa's novel Mercenary Sisters on Tuesday. The story follows two unrelated sisters, a rookie and a veteran mercenary, surviving in a conflict zone. Mikawa originally published the novel on Kakuyomu in June 2025, with a print edition by Kadokawa in July 2025.","whyItMatters":"The adaptation extends Ghost Mikawa's pattern of moving his light novel works into manga, following his other series that have already received both manga and anime adaptations.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKa Sakana, a manga artist whose name romanization has not been officially confirmed, will draw the adaptation. The series centers on 17-year-old Rinko Isumi, who joins a private military company on a whim and ends up in a foreign conflict zone with veteran mercenary Nagisa Mizusaki. The two are not related by blood but learn to trust each other as Rinko picks up survival skills from Nagisa. Mikawa launched the novel on the Kakuyomu website in June 2025, and Kadokawa published it with illustrations by kappe the following month. The manga debuts on Kadokawa\u0026#39;s Comic Newtype website.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ghost Mikawa's novel Mercenary Sisters is getting a manga adaptation by Ka Sakana, launching Tuesday on Comic Newtype. The story follows two unrelated sisters surviving as mercenaries.","twitterPost":"Ghost Mikawa's Mercenary Sisters novel gets a manga adaptation by Ka Sakana, starting Tuesday on Comic Newtype. The story follows two unrelated sisters in a conflict zone.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Ghost Mikawa's military novel Mercenary Sisters is being adapted into a manga by Ka Sakana, launching this Tuesday on Kadokawa's Comic Newtype. The story follows two unrelated sisters, a rookie and a veteran mercenary, surviving together in a war zone.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-19/ghost-mikawa-mercenary-sisters-novel-gets-manga-adaptation/.239769\",\"title\":\"Ghost Mikawa's Mercenary Sisters Novel Gets Manga Adaptation\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4033,"outputTokens":1406,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1784473199,"createdAt":"2026-07-19T14:50:50.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-07-19T14:52:28.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-19T14:50:50.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fcc184f6c9ee7cefa8e6e2e4","canonicalTitle":"News\nGhost Mikawa's Mercenary Sisters Novel Gets Manga Adaptation","representativeArticleId":"a_6ef3aee8bf5e33a91aa0e531","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Mercenary Sisters\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Ghost Mikawa\",\"Ka Sakana\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-19T09:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-19T09:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-19T14:52:29.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-19/ghost-mikawa-mercenary-sisters-novel-gets-manga-adaptation/.239769","title":"News\nGhost Mikawa's Mercenary Sisters Novel Gets Manga Adaptation"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Mercenary Sisters"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Ghost Mikawa","Ka Sakana"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}