{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b8f206c78bd06ca1bfbfb1f9","clusterId":"c_1da3531c083342951396f55d","slug":"hitomi-takano-launches-new-manga-tomodachi-kara-de-mo-ii-desu-ka","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Hitomi Takano Launches New Manga Tomodachi kara de mo Ii desu ka","summary":"Manga creator Hitomi Takano launched a new manga titled Tomodachi kara de mo Ii desu ka on Shinchosha's Comic Bunch Kai web manga magazine on Friday. The story follows Sono Tajima, a streaming company employee, and Koharu Shiraishi, a Fukuoka local TV personality, who were friends in their student days. Sono takes Koharu in after learning of her affair with a popular male idol group member.","whyItMatters":"Takano's new manga marks her first serialization since Gene Bride ended in 2024, and it reuses the fraught-friendship dynamic she explored in My Boy.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eHitomi Takano\u0026#39;s new manga, Tomodachi kara de mo Ii desu ka, began serialization on Shinchosha\u0026#39;s Comic Bunch Kai web magazine on Friday. The setup is a reunion with baggage: Sono Tajima, a streaming company employee, once had negative memories of her student friend Koharu Shiraishi because of Koharu\u0026#39;s promiscuity. When Sono learns of Koharu\u0026#39;s affair with a popular male idol group member, she comes home to find Koharu waiting for help. Sono takes her in, and privately takes a strange delight in Koharu\u0026#39;s dependence.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTakano is best known for My Boy, which ran from 2015 to 2021 and was nominated for the 10th Manga Taisho awards. Her most recent work, Gene Bride, ended in 2024 with a fourth volume published in January 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Tomodachi kara de mo Ii desu ka opens with an affair, but Hitomi Takano's focus is on the friendship that survives it, not the scandal.","twitterPost":"Hitomi Takano's new manga centers the friendship between a streaming employee and a TV personality, not the affair that brings them together.","threadsPost":"Hitomi Takano's Tomodachi kara de mo Ii desu ka starts with Koharu's affair, but the setup is a friendship story: Sono takes in her old friend, and the drama is in how that bond holds up, not in the scandal itself.","newsletterBlurb":"Hitomi Takano, creator of My Boy and Gene Bride, has launched a new manga on Comic Bunch Kai. Tomodachi kara de mo Ii desu ka follows two former friends reunited when one turns up needing help after a scandal.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-03/my-boy-gene-bride-author-hitomi-takano-launches-new-manga/.240193\",\"title\":\"My Boy, Gene Bride Author Hitomi Takano Launches New Manga\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4304,"outputTokens":613,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1785971166,"createdAt":"2026-08-05T22:58:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-05T23:02:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-05T22:58:31.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1da3531c083342951396f55d","canonicalTitle":"News\nMy Boy, Gene Bride Author Hitomi Takano Launches New Manga","representativeArticleId":"a_bffdc08793488fee8ee9164a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Tomodachi kara de mo Ii desu ka\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Hitomi Takano\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-03T06:55:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-03T06:55:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-05T23:02:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-03/my-boy-gene-bride-author-hitomi-takano-launches-new-manga/.240193","title":"News\nMy Boy, Gene Bride Author Hitomi Takano Launches New Manga"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Tomodachi kara de mo Ii desu ka"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Hitomi Takano"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}