{"rewrite":{"id":"r_65b8161d3977017efdb025ca","clusterId":"c_f7f52164c3d40b6347d073e8","slug":"samurai-harem-asu-no-yoichi-gets-new-one-shot-for-20th-anniversary","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi Gets New One-Shot for 20th Anniversary","summary":"Yuu Minamoto published a new one-shot for her manga Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi in the ninth issue of Akita Shoten's Young Champion Retsu magazine on Tuesday. Titled \"Asu no Yoichi! 2026 ~Egao no Riyū~,\" the one-shot celebrates 20 years since the manga launched. The original series ran from May 2006 to February 2011 and inspired a 2009 anime.","whyItMatters":"The one-shot marks a return to a series that ended in 2011, timed to its 20th anniversary, and appears in a different magazine than the one where the original ran.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe one-shot appears in Young Champion Retsu, not in Monthly Shōnen Champion, where Minamoto originally serialized the series from May 2006 to February 2011. Akita Shoten published 15 compiled volumes, and Tokyopop released eight in North America. The manga inspired a 2009 television anime, which Section23 Films and Sentai Filmworks released as Samurai Harem.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinamoto has stayed active since the series ended. She has worked on Haru Polish with Bamboo Blade writer Masahiro Totsuka, Haken no Ninja Akabane, and Kasen Kōshu Yawa. Her current manga, Watashi-tachi wa Kakechigatteiru, has been running since October 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The one-shot's title references 2026, the year of the 20th anniversary, placing the return in the present while the original series ended in 2011. Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi's new chapter is a milestone marker, not a revival.","twitterPost":"Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi's one-shot is titled for 2026, the 20th anniversary year, but the original run ended in 2011. A milestone, not a comeback.","threadsPost":"Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi gets a one-shot for its 20th anniversary, but the title, \"Asu no Yoichi! 2026 ~Egao no Riyū~,\" points to the present year, not the series' 2006 start. It's a nod to the milestone, not a revival of the original run, which ended in 2011 and inspired a 2009 anime.","newsletterBlurb":"Yuu Minamoto published a new one-shot for Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi in Young Champion Retsu, celebrating 20 years since the manga began. The original series ran from 2006 to 2011 and inspired a 2009 anime.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-20/samurai-harem-asu-no-yoichi-manga-gets-new-1-shot/.240674\",\"title\":\"Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi Manga Gets New 1-Shot\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4494,"outputTokens":636,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787268836,"createdAt":"2026-08-20T23:24:41.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-20T23:26:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-20T23:24:41.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f7f52164c3d40b6347d073e8","canonicalTitle":"News\nSamurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi Manga Gets New 1-Shot","representativeArticleId":"a_fe63d8058e3f066a823ff8cd","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-20T21:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-20T21:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-20T23:26:45.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-20/samurai-harem-asu-no-yoichi-manga-gets-new-1-shot/.240674","title":"News\nSamurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi Manga Gets New 1-Shot"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}