{"rewrite":{"id":"r_82055c4dbff75d74020f4e17","clusterId":"c_fbb2388edf9349e1e894ac18","slug":"k-manga-adds-daisaku-tsuru-s-protocol-ryugu-manga","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"K Manga Adds Daisaku Tsuru's Protocol Ryugu Manga","summary":"Kodansha's K MANGA platform added Daisaku Tsuru's ocean science fiction manga Protocol Ryugu as a simulpub on Wednesday. The manga recently began serialization on Kodansha's YanMaga Web website and was previously featured in a special English issue of Weekly Young Magazine.","whyItMatters":"The simulpub release on K MANGA brings Tsuru's latest work to English readers in near-real-time, following a preview in the magazine's special English issue.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKodansha\u0026#39;s K MANGA platform added Daisaku Tsuru\u0026#39;s Protocol Ryugu as a simulpub on Wednesday. The ocean science fiction manga began its Japanese serialization on Kodansha\u0026#39;s YanMaga Web website on Thursday. It was first featured in a special English issue of Kodansha\u0026#39;s Weekly Young Magazine published last year, where it was one of the titles eligible for a readers\u0026#39; vote.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat special issue described the story: in a world encased in ice, a group that obtains a UFO become the rulers of Earth. Tsuru\u0026#39;s previous works include nacuN, serialized in Kodansha\u0026#39;s Afternoon from 2006 to 2010, and Mushinuyun, which ran in Shogakukan\u0026#39;s Big Comic Superior from 2013 and ended with its sixth volume in 2018. His most recent manga, Uichi no Shima, launched on Shinchosha\u0026#39;s Kurage Bunch website in November 2023 and finished with its fifth volume in December.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Protocol Ryugu's English debut on K Manga follows a preview in a special English issue of Weekly Young Magazine. Kodansha is testing the manga's international appeal before a broader English release.","twitterPost":"Protocol Ryugu's English debut on K Manga follows a preview in a special English issue of Weekly Young Magazine.","threadsPost":"Protocol Ryugu's English release on K Manga is not a straight simulpub. It had a preview in a special English issue of Weekly Young Magazine first. Kodansha is gauging international demand before a wider push.","newsletterBlurb":"Kodansha's K MANGA platform added Daisaku Tsuru's Protocol Ryugu as a simulpub. The ocean science fiction manga began serialization on YanMaga Web this week, following a preview in a special English issue of Weekly Young Magazine.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-17/k-manga-adds-daisaku-tsuru-protocol-ryugu-manga/.238616\",\"title\":\"K Manga Adds Daisaku Tsuru's Protocol Ryugu Manga\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3761,"outputTokens":605,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1781715480,"createdAt":"2026-06-17T16:45:15.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-17T16:49:57.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-17T16:49:57.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fbb2388edf9349e1e894ac18","canonicalTitle":"News\nK Manga Adds Daisaku Tsuru's Protocol Ryugu Manga","representativeArticleId":"a_0da0e8dc118673532b5c99bd","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Protocol Ryugu\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Daisaku Tsuru\"],\"type\":\"license\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-17T16:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-17T16:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-17T16:49:57.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-17/k-manga-adds-daisaku-tsuru-protocol-ryugu-manga/.238616","title":"News\nK Manga Adds Daisaku Tsuru's Protocol Ryugu Manga"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Protocol Ryugu"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Daisaku Tsuru"],"type":"license","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["K MANGA added Daisaku Tsuru's ocean science fiction manga Protocol Ryugu as a simulpub on Wednesday.","The manga began its Japanese serialization on Kodansha's YanMaga Web website on Thursday.","Protocol Ryugu was first featured in a special English issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine published last year, where it was one of the titles eligible for a readers' vote.","The story is set in a world encased in ice, where a group that obtains a UFO become the rulers of Earth."]}