Square Enix announced that Daisuke Hagiwara (Horimiya’s illustrator) will debut her Hardly Enough to Call it Love, But… manga in the November issue of Monthly Shonen Gangan. The publisher has revealed few details about the upcoming manga apart from its synopsis and its age-gap and rom-com tags.
Hardly Enough to Call It Love, But… Synopsis
When Umi Sayama’s mom leaves for a prolonged business trip, she leaves her daughter in the care of her next-door neighbors—the Hiori family. While most girls would experience varying degrees of anxiety over this, Umi can hardly contain her excitement. With a racing heart, she eagerly looks forward to cohabiting with the Hiori family’s son, Shouya. Despite being eight years her senior, Umi has always admired the affable and assiduous Shouya.
However, when the two reunite, Umi can’t believe the change she sees in Shouya. The once studious honor student now creates hentai manga for a living! Will Shouya’s profession scare Umi away, or will she still love him despite his penchant for erotic art? Be sure to check out Hardly Enough to Call it Love, But.. on Monthly Shonen Gangan to find out!
Daisuke Hagiwara Deets
Apart from her work on the Horimiya manga, Hagiwara-sensei is credited with the original character design on the Horimiya, Horimiya: Piece, and the Hori-san to Miyamura-kun anime.
Hagiwara-sensei provided the illustrations for Ne Ne Ne, a supernatural slice-of-life manga written by Otousan. The mangaka also contributed to the Daily Lives of High School Boys anthology, the Back to Jack story in Comic Anthology Kiwami: Horror, Suspense, Mystery, and the Touken Ranbu Online anthology comic.
She has also published a pair of one-shot manga
- Raise wa Bishoujo, a supernatural drama, was released via Gfantasy in December 2024.
- Inu to Watashi no Kazoku Jijou, a supernatural, comedic slice-of-life published in Sylph in 2013.
Hardly Enough to Call it Love, But… will be Daisuke Hagiwara’s first solo work in almost an year.
Source: Square Enix
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