Manga 'Kimi ni Todoke' to End

by tsubasalover
Oct 13, 2017 12:12 AM | 52 Comments

The official website of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine has announced that Karuho Shiina's shoujo manga Kimi ni Todoke will end in the December issue of the magazine, to be released on November 13.

Kimi ni Todoke began its serialization in 2005 as a prologue one-shot, and currently has 29 compiled volumes in print, with latest published on July 25. The manga won the 32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo Manga, and was nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho Award in 2008. Two anime adaptations by Production I.G aired in Fall 2009 and Winter 2011, and ran for 25 episodes and 12 episodes, respectively. A live-action movie premiered in Japan in September 2010. A novel adaptation by Kanae Shimokawa has been published since 2007. Kanako Shirai launched a second novel adaptation under the Shueisha Mirai Bunko imprint in 2011.

VIZ Media has licensed the manga for North American release, and published the 27th compiled volume on September 5. Both anime seasons were also license by NIS America, Inc. for North American distribution.

Source: Comic Natalie

Series End

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I'm seeing some people complain about how this manga was dragged. I've followed this series to its finish, and honestly I don't think it was at all. The trials and tribulations that the characters endured throughout their 3 years of high school were for good reason. Karuho Shiina actually planned everything out.

Kimi ni Todoke's shining aspect IS the character growth. The second season of the anime is where things begin to get tough, but that's where the characters grow and struggle to properly communicate to each other. The manga extends much beyond this, but not just in Sawako and Shouta's romance. It delves into the relationships between all the other characters.

Many may not like the supporting cast as much as the mains, but I found their stories just as interesting. This manga was excellent imo. More people need to catch up on it.

Jan 4, 2019 7:51 PM by hungryapplepie2

Final volume released
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/274784

Mar 22, 2018 10:31 PM by tsubasalover

It was a long and wonderful journey. i was reading this one (I'm sorry to say goodbye to your favorite characters and join to those who really want anime out!

Nov 13, 2017 1:55 AM by dgreyYuki

Final chapter released: http://natalie.mu/comic/news/256495

Nov 12, 2017 10:29 PM by tsubasalover

It's that time again. Time again for a long running series to end. I'll follow Shirai-sensei to whatever manga she decides to work on next, if she so chooses.

Oct 24, 2017 12:39 AM by Toarujisuru

finally! I liked the anime and the manga but it's dragging long for a shoujo manga

Oct 23, 2017 9:03 AM by SkyFullOfStars

PinkChardam said:
I enjoyed the fluffy nature of the anime so maybe I'll check out the manga. Though if it just devolves into DRAMA and MISUNDERSTANDING like a lot of romance then I'm going to get upset. Great way to ruin good series with that garbage.

you think why i drop it?

Oct 21, 2017 7:43 PM by Kuma

I enjoyed the fluffy nature of the anime so maybe I'll check out the manga. Though if it just devolves into DRAMA and MISUNDERSTANDING like a lot of romance then I'm going to get upset. Great way to ruin good series with that garbage.

Oct 21, 2017 9:50 AM by PinkChardam

ahneeme said:

amateur said:
Did you even watch or read it? It had a genuinely great start that went into the lands of mediocrity as soon as its second season started airing..

He doesn't watch or read 90% of the stuff he so vehemently defends. Idk how he's not embarrassed that he has to defend things for no reason. Just blindly going into topics and seeking out the negative responses, one of the most ignorable MAL users imo.

Funny thing is, you can say the same for most haters too. Just replace defend with attack, and seeking with posting. Simple.

Regardless, it seems like neither of you even read his comment. He wasn’t replying to the part about whether the show is bad or not, but rather the part where the guy didn’t want this series to get a new season.

I mean, it’s understandable if you don’t like a show and even post negative things about it. But wishing that a series you didn’t like, to not get new seasons, is pure selfishness. Just because you didn’t like it, doesn’t mean others felt the same. Your views and opinions are not facts or absolute truths that must be followed.

Would a show you didn’t like, getting a new season, really hurt you that much? Is it fun hoping others would fail or not get what they want? Are you so high and mighty, that seeing people enjoy things you don’t, makes you want them to suffer?

Oct 18, 2017 8:22 PM by AdolTheRed

Always the best shoujo manga ever and ever in my heart, so pure, innocent tennager, respect their culture, hopefully they'll make season 3 24 epsd to complete the anime. Really like this kind manga, "LAST GAME", "Kimi ni Todoke", "Ore Monogatari", they are always be my favorite manga.

Oct 16, 2017 10:13 AM by hu74n

dragged and prolonged romance drama stuff can't be good.

Oct 16, 2017 12:19 AM by GangsterCat

love it beginning, then dragged and dropped it when rondom hot dude starting to like sawako for no good reason... why romance always screwed up in this! fuck this shit...

Oct 13, 2017 8:05 PM by Kuma

kaizakisenpai said:

SweetBiscuit said:
Ahhh!!! I really want to read it. I don't even know in what chapter it is right now!! I'm super sad, since I haven't read it since may... MAY!! The last chapter I read was 112, so can someone please update me on what chapter it is right now and tell me a site where I can read it? Sorry, but I'm really desperate.

Chapter 112 is whats available (translated) so far.

Thanks.
Well, I'll just have to wait for the chapters, and it's not like it'll kill me me (at the least it won't in the outside, ahaha).
But, really, thank you very much.

Oct 13, 2017 6:12 PM by SweetBiscuit

Chapter 112 is whats available (translated) so far.

Oct 13, 2017 4:22 PM by kaizakisenpai

I would never have been able to read a slow paced shoujo while it was ongoing. It'll be nice to read it all in one go.

Oct 13, 2017 3:50 PM by Stripes

Robiiii said:
Do shoujo manga...

If you put it like that, was there any point for me to put a spoiler tag in the first place I wonder O_o

Oct 13, 2017 3:48 PM by shanimebib

I'm actually glad it's ending. I remember loving every bit of the manga but it grew stale when they prolonged it. Could have been a masterpiece if they have timed the perfect ending :<

Anyway, time to resume reading it :3

Oct 13, 2017 1:53 PM by aa-dono

Ahhh!!! I really want to read it. I don't even know in what chapter it is right now!! I'm super sad, since I haven't read it since may... MAY!! The last chapter I read was 112, so can someone please update me on what chapter it is right now and tell me a site where I can read it? Sorry, but I'm really desperate.

Oct 13, 2017 1:49 PM by SweetBiscuit

Season 3 when? Come on sao and other adaptations have s3 while this has none :(

Oct 13, 2017 1:44 PM by nymi

Wow. I was wondering if it would end soon. I'm only on volume 2 at the moment, but I look forward to reading it to the end.

Oct 13, 2017 1:39 PM by Nintendofan204

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