'"Oshi no Ko"' Author Aka Akasaka Launches New Manga

by Vindstot
Apr 14, 2023 12:19 AM | 38 Comments

Aka Akasaka, the author of "Oshi no Ko" and Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen (Kaguya-sama: Love is War), is pairing with manga artist 5mm Nishizawa for a new manga. Nishizawa posted an illustration on Thursday commemorating the announcement (pictured).

The manga, titled Renai Daikou (Love Agency), will begin in the combined 22nd and 23rd issue of Weekly Young Jump on April 27. Akasaka is penning the story, with Nishizawa in charge of the artwork. This marks Nishizawa's first manga serialization.

Akasaka began serializing "Oshi no Ko" with manga artist Mengo Yokoyari (Kuzu no Honkai) in Weekly Young Jump in April 2020. Shueisha published the 11th volume on March 22. A television anime produced by Doga Kobo premiered on Wednesday.

Akasaka ended Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai's seven-year run in Weekly Young Jump last November. Shueisha published the manga in 28 volumes, which have sold a cumulative 22 million copies. A-1 Pictures adapted the manga into three anime seasons between Winter 2019 and Spring 2022. The First Kiss wa Owaranai (The First Kiss That Never Ends) sequel movie opened in Japan on December 17 last year.

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I never read Oshi no Ko, and maybe that's a good thing; I'm confident that this should be good.

Nov 16, 2:59 PM by malvarez1

@fizzletrie This time he was literally saying that the ending would be controversial and that he wanted fans to debate it passionately. But it seems that this time he objectively overestimated his ability to shock and impress people. And while its fans were simply disappointed with Kaguya's final chapters, the ending of Oshi no Ko really pissed people off. So I'm really interested in how this will affect his career and the adaptations of Oshi no Ko, since many people are already writing that they regret investing in this manga and are losing motivation to follow the anime.

@Oni_Zokuchou People have already joked about this on reddit, but I think it's unlikely that anything can be said until we see the first chapters. But I really think part of the problem with Oshi no Ko was that Aka overestimated his ability to write complex and intricate stories after Kaguya's popularity gave him something of a star fever.

Nov 16, 12:59 PM by RobertBobert

Aka has troubles handling the sauce as of recently. I hope this is good but he peaked with Kaguya I fear.

I suppose we won't see a crossover with previous work like we did in Oshi No Ko if this is a fantasy (unless it's a surprise Isekai lmao)

Nov 16, 9:45 AM by Oni_Zokuchou

eso esta bien :-), pero sigo en la mercedes tintia'

Nov 16, 7:41 AM by nEyToR01

@RobertBobert i personally am not the biggest fan of kaguya (tried to watch it a few times), but even i was shocked to hear how some people were disappointed with the ending of the manga. it seems that aka always tries to find the worst way to push out his work out the door to make room for new series, and despite his attempts at the series being talked about being successful, he's losing credibility the more he does these rushed and unsatisfying conclusions.

Nov 16, 6:26 AM by fizzletrie

@fizzletrie Because this is what happened to Kaguya back when he started writing Oshi no Ko and was one of the reasons why so many fans were furious when they heard about the announcement of a new manga after the fall of Oshi no Ko. @CQLLIST @Natsuki_SanJuan Congratulations on the "I knew this wasn't going to end well" achievement.

@AlexBen It seems he sincerely expected that the ending would create a huge wow factor and that fans would hotly discuss the ending, giving the end of the manga enough hype to end on a positive note. But he forgot that this also requires effort, and not just making the characters do what you want.

Nov 16, 2:58 AM by RobertBobert

@CQLLIST damn, how'd you know?

Nov 16, 2:05 AM by fizzletrie

After the butchering job he did to Oshi no Ko ending I don’t trust him enough to invest my time in another one of his works. That was flat out malicious what he did to the fans. I think this is where me and “Akasaka, Aka” part ways permanently.

Nov 15, 5:12 AM by AlexBen

Wait a minute I didn't know Aka Akasaka is a dude! He writes great female characters though 😬

May 31, 2023 1:10 AM by ShokugekiNoRindo

I'm guessing this is gonna be Aka going for a more lighter/comedy style than Oshi no ko which id welcome

Apr 15, 2023 11:33 AM by JizzyHitler

Fabris said:
Instant Bullet remake never...

I KNOW RIGHT??? just praying he'll do it after oshi no ko finishes or whatever, though i'll miss the akasaka art style on it.

Tokoya said:
Lets see if Aka can go 3/3 lol

he already has gone 3/3, read ib instant bullet to see his greatness at his start

anyways this looks fire as always and ahhhhh cannot wait, i've been missing the 2 series a week that akasaka had :(, but hopefully he'll keep time to himself and the quality continues!

Apr 15, 2023 3:48 AM by Corrout

I hope Oshi no Ko would not suffer as Kaguya-sama did.

Apr 15, 2023 1:22 AM by Natsuki_SanJuan

Aa yes in for another wild ride again 🛐

Apr 14, 2023 9:13 PM by VoidDrifter05

Instant Bullet remake never...

Apr 14, 2023 8:49 PM by Fabris

Hell yes! I'm all in! Sign me up to the Love Agency 😁

Apr 14, 2023 8:41 PM by Yui_Suzumiya69

hopefully it will be as good as oshi no ko and not kaguya sama which fell off hard after the confession/kiss.

Apr 14, 2023 3:10 PM by TheSekiryuutei

Now I'm worried about Oshi No Ko's ending lol

Apr 14, 2023 1:57 PM by CQLLIST

well he clearly just got some inspiration, we are gonna get more good stuff to read

Apr 14, 2023 11:46 AM by Yuuko_Momo

Kazuki_Hoshino said:

RobertBobert said:

I'm interested because I often hear complaints that the manga ignores the female twin too much and in the last arc we just got our first arc about her.

And tbh it was the worst arc in the manga, didn't like it at all.
Well now at least we're back to the normal insanity which I love.

Aka clearly only gives his main love to a male twin?

Apr 14, 2023 10:28 AM by RobertBobert

RobertBobert said:

Kazuki_Hoshino said:

Well, I didn't believe it that Kaguya was close to finish when he started OnK, but judging where we are now, where the story goes, etc, It's pretty much feels like we are in the final act.

I'm interested because I often hear complaints that the manga ignores the female twin too much and in the last arc we just got our first arc about her.