{"rewrite":{"id":"r_858d751a8a3e1a8ff8e0ba55","clusterId":"c_86a9bd704919c1b5eb573659","slug":"masaki-ando-s-mojiponika-manga-ends-in-afternoon-on-november-25","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Masaki Ando's Mojiponika! Manga Ends in Afternoon on November 25","summary":"Masaki Ando announced on Friday that his Mojiponika! manga will end in the next issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine on November 25. The comedy follows Tsumugu, the son of an embroidery shop owner, who is paid by Gina, a foreign exchange student devoted to kanji and yakuza films, to stitch kanji onto her tokkofuku. Ando launched the manga in Afternoon in May 2025.","whyItMatters":"Mojiponika! closes after roughly a year and a half of serialization, with the third compiled volume, released August 21, standing as the final collection Kodansha has published so far.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKodansha published the first compiled volume in October 2025 and the third on August 21. The series ran in Afternoon, the same magazine that carried Ando\u0026#39;s earlier work in a different publisher\u0026#39;s lineup. Before Mojiponika!, Ando drew Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki, which ran in Ichijinsha\u0026#39;s Comic Rex from May 2016 to September 2022 and inspired a four-season television anime, all four of which Crunchyroll streamed as they aired in Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mojiponika! ran in Afternoon from May 2025 to November 25, roughly six months. Masaki Ando's kanji-and-embroidery comedy ends before it had a chance to build a volume backlog.","twitterPost":"Mojiponika! started in Afternoon in May 2025 and ends November 25. Masaki Ando's serial ran about six months.","threadsPost":"Mojiponika! launched in Afternoon in May 2025 and ends on November 25, so Masaki Ando's kanji-and-embroidery comedy closes out at roughly six months of serialization. That is a short run for a Kodansha magazine slot.","newsletterBlurb":"Masaki Ando announced that Mojiponika! will end in the next issue of Kodansha's Afternoon on November 25. The comedy about a boy who stitches kanji onto a foreign exchange student's tokkofuku began in May 2025, and Kodansha shipped the third volume on August 21. Ando's earlier Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki ran in Comic Rex from 2016 to 2022 and spawned a four-season anime.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-27/masaki-ando-mojiponika-manga-ends-on-november-25/.243238\",\"title\":\"Masaki Ando's Mojiponika! Manga Ends on November 25\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4950,"outputTokens":746,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793159366,"createdAt":"2026-10-28T03:44:49.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-28T03:48:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:48:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_86a9bd704919c1b5eb573659","canonicalTitle":"News\nMasaki Andō's Mojiponika! Manga Ends on November 25","representativeArticleId":"a_35fd1a7e068a7939dbc0211c","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Mojiponika!\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Kodansha\"],\"people\":[\"Masaki Andō\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-28T03:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-28T03:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:48:26.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-27/masaki-ando-mojiponika-manga-ends-on-november-25/.243238","title":"News\nMasaki Andō's Mojiponika! Manga Ends on November 25"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Mojiponika!"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Kodansha"],"people":["Masaki Andō"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Masaki Ando's Mojiponika! manga ends in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine on November 25.","Ando launched Mojiponika! in Afternoon in May 2025.","Kodansha published the manga's first compiled volume in October 2025 and the third volume on August 21.","Mojiponika! follows Tsumugu, the son of an embroidery shop owner, who stitches kanji onto a tokkofuku for exchange student Gina."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["mojiponika","kodansha","masaki-ando"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"mojiponika","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":4,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"kodansha","supported":13,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":34,"overall":"green","story_count":51,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"masaki-ando","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"unverified","story_count":2,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}