Shoujo manga author Karuho Shiina will be launching a brand-new manga titled Toppū to Beat (Blast of Wind and Beat) on March 13th, 2024. This will be the author’s first new series in 18 years since she released Kimi ni Todoke (From Me to You).
Since then, Kimi ni Todoke has consistently ranked among the top-selling manga in Japan with 36 million copies in circulation, and two anime seasons from 2009 to 2011. The anime is getting a new season for the first time in 13 years and will stream exclusively on Netflix.
Toppū to Beat is set in a small seaside town in Hokkaido, where a mysterious girl named Nike reunites with Nemo, a boy who barely shows his face in class. The meeting prompts Nike to go on a mystery-filled journey to remember the parts of herself that she has forgotten.
The manga will have a color opening page, and will be featured on the cover of the April issue of Shueisha’s Bessatsu Margaret magazine. For the first time ever, Karuho Shiina will also have a completely digital workflow for the production of this manga.
