{"rewrite":{"id":"r_92d58b0a5f1ab002e3e38f68","clusterId":"c_f159583f9e29665ffde64532","slug":"satosumi-takaguchi-launches-new-manga-diamond-s-blues","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Satosumi Takaguchi Launches New Manga Diamond's Blues","summary":"Satosumi Takaguchi's new manga Diamond's Blues: Konami Tsukushi to 7-nin no Ojisan launched on Kadokawa's Comic Bridge online magazine on June 24. The story follows college student Konami Tsukushi, a world-ranked beauty unaware of her own attractiveness, whose troubles are secretly resolved by a group of unassuming middle-aged men in her apartment building.","whyItMatters":"The new series adds to Takaguchi's decades-spanning catalog, which includes the 1985-1995 Hana no Asuka-gumi! and the 2024 live-action adaptation of Grandma no Yūutsu.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSatosumi Takaguchi, a manga creator active since the 1980s, began a new series on Kadokawa\u0026#39;s Comic Bridge platform on June 24. Diamond\u0026#39;s Blues: Konami Tsukushi to 7-nin no Ojisan centers on a college student whose beauty and naivety draw trouble, while a group of seemingly ordinary older men in her building secretly intervene. The manga is Takaguchi\u0026#39;s latest work following the ongoing Bokura wa Mada Sora no Yume wo Mienai, which started in 2025, and the 2016 series Grandma no Yūutsu, which received a live-action adaptation in 2024. Takaguchi\u0026#39;s earlier Hana no Asuka-gumi! ran for a decade and spawned two OVAs in the late 1980s and 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Satosumi Takaguchi's Diamond's Blues sets a beauty unaware of her own appeal against a group of anonymous older protectors. The premise inverts the typical otaku wish-fulfillment by making the helpers invisible to the heroine.","twitterPost":"Diamond's Blues inverts wish-fulfillment: the heroine never sees the men who solve her problems.","threadsPost":"Satosumi Takaguchi's Diamond's Blues pairs a world-ranked beauty unaware of her looks with a secret group of middle-aged neighbors who fix her troubles. The premise flips the typical harem dynamic: the helpers stay anonymous, the heroine stays oblivious, and the power imbalance stays invisible to her.","newsletterBlurb":"Satosumi Takaguchi's new manga Diamond's Blues: Konami Tsukushi to 7-nin no Ojisan began serialization on Kadokawa's Comic Bridge on June 24. The series follows a college student whose beauty attracts trouble, resolved by a group of mysterious older men in her building.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-29/satosumi-takaguchi-launches-new-manga-diamond-blues/.238885\",\"title\":\"Satosumi Takaguchi Launches New Manga Diamond's Blues\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3959,"outputTokens":595,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1782745016,"createdAt":"2026-06-29T14:50:55.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-29T14:54:50.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-29T14:54:50.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f159583f9e29665ffde64532","canonicalTitle":"News\nSatosumi Takaguchi Launches New Manga Diamond's Blues","representativeArticleId":"a_306f2dca0c34df8e0f321b14","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Diamond's Blues\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Satosumi Takaguchi\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-29T14:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-29T14:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-29T14:54:50.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-29/satosumi-takaguchi-launches-new-manga-diamond-blues/.238885","title":"News\nSatosumi Takaguchi Launches New Manga Diamond's Blues"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Diamond's Blues"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Satosumi Takaguchi"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Satosumi Takaguchi launched the manga Diamond's Blues: Konami Tsukushi to 7-nin no Ojisan on Kadokawa's Comic Bridge online magazine on June 24.","Takaguchi's catalog includes the 1985-1995 series Hana no Asuka-gumi!, which spawned two OVAs in the late 1980s and 1990.","Takaguchi's 2016 series Grandma no Yūutsu received a live-action adaptation in 2024.","Takaguchi's ongoing series Bokura wa Mada Sora no Yume wo Mienai started in 2025."]}