{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e2a85bc244ed423ef8bed66a","clusterId":"c_23019cb33054c25a4129fcb1","slug":"manga-up-global-adds-the-viscount-s-porky-portrait-manga","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Manga UP! Global Adds The Viscount's Porky Portrait Manga","summary":"Square Enix's Manga UP! Global service adds Akina's The Viscount's Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected manga on Friday. The adaptation of Mogura Manami's light novels follows Mimosa, a noblewoman who accepts her sister's rejected engagement and finds a kind husband. Akina launched the manga on Gangan Online in August 2023.","whyItMatters":"The addition brings the romantic comedy manga adaptation of Manami's completed light novel series to Manga UP! Global, expanding the service's library with a title that originated on Gangan Online.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAkina\u0026#39;s manga adaptation of Mogura Manami\u0026#39;s light novels arrives on Square Enix\u0026#39;s Manga UP! Global service this Friday. The story follows Mimosa of the Norton family, a bookish young woman who is compared to her sociable sister and accepts an unwanted engagement her sister rejected, expecting to marry a portly man. Instead she finds a kind reception in her new marriage.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkina launched the manga on Square Enix\u0026#39;s Gangan Online website in August 2023, with Yū Andō credited for composition. Square Enix published the first compiled volume in August 2024. Manami\u0026#39;s original story began on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2021, and the novels, illustrated by Kazuno Yuikawa, ran for three volumes ending in May 2023.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Akina's The Viscount's Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected lands on Manga UP! Global. The premise of a rejected engagement turned kind marriage is a direct subversion of the sister-rival trope.","twitterPost":"Akina's The Viscount's Porky Portrait flips the sister-rival trope: Mimosa accepts the rejection and finds kindness.","threadsPost":"Akina's The Viscount's Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected arrives on Manga UP! Global. The title sets up a sisterly rivalry, but the story inverts it: Mimosa takes the rejected knight and ends up with a kind husband. That's a sharper hook than the usual 'stolen fiancé' drama.","newsletterBlurb":"Square Enix's Manga UP! Global adds The Viscount's Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected this Friday. The manga, by Akina, adapts Mogura Manami's light novels about a shy noblewoman who finds kindness in her arranged marriage.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-27/manga-up-global-adds-the-viscount-porky-portrait-i-married-the-knight-my-sister-rejected-manga/.241048\",\"title\":\"Manga UP! Global Adds The Viscount's Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected Manga\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4280,"outputTokens":623,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787912998,"createdAt":"2026-08-28T10:22:43.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-28T10:26:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-28T10:22:43.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_23019cb33054c25a4129fcb1","canonicalTitle":"News\nManga UP! Global Adds The Viscount's Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected Manga","representativeArticleId":"a_3b909026aebbd0b25497c690","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"The Viscount's Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Square Enix\"],\"people\":[\"Akina\"],\"type\":\"license\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-27T15:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-27T15:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-28T10:26:47.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-27/manga-up-global-adds-the-viscount-porky-portrait-i-married-the-knight-my-sister-rejected-manga/.241048","title":"News\nManga UP! Global Adds The Viscount's Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected Manga"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["The Viscount's Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Square Enix"],"people":["Akina"],"type":"license","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}