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Webtoon-Based Live-Action Series Mousetrap Premieres on Netflix on August 28 – News
Series follows reclusive novelist Moon-jae, whose life is turned upside down by “Field Mouse”
Netflix will premiere its new mystery thriller series Mousetrap, based on the webtoon Field Mouse, on August 28. The company also unveiled the poster and English-subtitled teaser trailer:

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The series follows reclusive novelist Moon-jae, whose life is turned upside down by a mysterious figure known only as “Field Mouse.” In a desperate attempt to reclaim what he’s lost, Moon-jae teams up with No-ja, a ruthless loan shark who once pursued him.
Hong-sun Kim directs the series, with Jun-yeol Ryu starring as Moon-jae, Kyung-gu Sul as loan shark Noja, and Kyoo-hyung Lee as detective Sun-yong.
Field Mouse was originally serialized from 2017-2020 by webtoon artist Ludovico. Its story is inspired by the Korean folktale “The Rate That Ate Fingernails,” which tells the story of a rat that transforms into a human after consuming someone’s fingernails.
An English version of the webtoon is not currently available.
Sources: Netflix
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Tonari no Seki no Fukami-kun ga Idol ni Naru Kamo Shirenai Manga Ends in Next Chapter – News

©Haruno Aoyama, Haruka Chizu, Shueisha
The September issue of Shueisha‘s Bessatsu Margaret magazine announced on Wednesday that Haruno Aoyama and Haruka Chizu‘s Tonari no Seki no Fukami-kun ga Idol ni Naru Kamo Shirenai (Fukami-kun, the Guy Sitting Next to Me, Might Become an Idol) manga will end in the magazine’s next issue on September 11.
The manga centers on a high school girl otaku of idol audition programs. She plans to produce and turn her classmate into an idol.
The manga launched in Bessatsu Margaret in September 2025. Aoyama is credited for the original work and Chizu is drawing the manga. Shueisha published the manga’s first compiled book volume on February 25, and the second volume on July 23.
Aoyama launched the Boku wa Chiisana Shotenin (I’m an Inexperienced Bookstore Clerk.) manga in Shueisha‘s now defunct The Margaret magazine in 2019. The manga ended in its sixth and final volume in 2023.
Chizu launched the Snow Angel (Kono Setsugen de Kimi ga Waratte Irareru yō ni or literally, May this snowfield keep you smiling all the time) manga in Shogakukan‘s Cheese! magazine in May 2023. The manga ended in its fourth and final volume, which shipped in December 2024 Viz Media licensed the manga and published the fourth volume in English on March 3.
Source: Bessatsu Margaret September issue
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Bunny Drop’s Yumi Unita Launches New Manga in September – News
New manga is titled Heights Nanten ~2-mei-sama Gentei Desu~
The September issue of Shodensha‘s Feel Young magazine revealed last Friday that Yumi Unita will launch a new manga titled Heights Nanten ~2-mei-sama Gentei Desu~ in the magazine’s next issue on September 8.
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発売中の9月号に予告カットが載ってます(モノクロカットも) pic.twitter.com/JARtckv3g0— 宇仁田ゆみ (@unita_y) August 10, 2026

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Unita launched the Nekomata Shirushi no Somemonoya-san (The Dye House with the Nekomata Mark) manga in Takeshobo‘s Manga Life Original magazine in November 2023, and ended it on April 11. Takeshobo will release the manga’s second and final compiled book volume on August 17.
Unita’s original slice-of-life manga Bunny Drop began serializing in Shodensha‘s Feel Young magazine in 2005 and ended in April 2011. Yen Press published the manga in North America. A television anime adaptation aired in Japan from July to September 2011, and a live-action film version opened in Japan in December 2011.
Seven Seas Entertainment has released Unita’s Slumbering Beauty (Nemurime Hime) manga in English.
Sources: Feel Young September issue and website, Yumi Unita‘s X/Twitter account
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Live-Action Love is Better the Second Time Around Season 2 Series Reveals 3 New Cast Members, Opening Song in New Video – News
The official website for the live-action series of Keiko Kinoshita‘s Koi o Suru Nara Nidome ga Jōtō (falling in love for the second time, bring it on; the live-action series uses the English title Love is Better the Second Time Around) boys-love manga started streaming a new trailer video and revealed three new cast members for the series’ second season on Tuesday. The video reveals and previews the second season’s opening theme song “Scenario” by artist Mel, who also performed the first season’s opening theme song.

©「恋をするなら二度目が上等 season2」製作委員会・MBS
The three new cast members, who will all play as Takashi’s ex-boyfriends are (image above from left to right):

©「恋をするなら二度目が上等 season2」製作委員会・MBS
The second season is an original story set two years after the first season’s ending, with Akihiro and Takashi now living together. Original author Kinoshita stated in their comment that they had the privilege to see the original story in advance.
The Rampage male idol group member Makoto Hasegawa (left in visual right) reprises his role as Akihiro Miyata, while Robin Furuya (right) returns as Takashi Iwanaga. Other returning cast members are Aloha Takamatsu as Yūto Shiraishi, and Junya Shiraishi as Kyōsuke Sugimoto.
Yuka Yasukawa and Nao Nomura return as directors alongside new director Shinju Funabiki. Funabiki is also penning the scripts for the series. Erina Koyama is composing the music. Mamino Kawamoto is credited as LGBTQ advisor.
The second season will premiere on the “Dramaism” programming block on MBS, TBS, CBC, RKB, and HBC on September 1.
The first season premiered in March 2024.
The manga’s story begins when Miyata, a business magazine editor who just entered the 10th year of his career, receives a proposal for a new column from a popular college professor named Iwanaga, who happens to be his first love. Miyata promised to elope with Iwanaga in their high school years, but got teased for it, leading to their eventual breakup. With their new professional reunion, a relationship both old and new begins.
Kinoshita launched the manga in Tokuma Shoten‘s Chara Selection magazine in March 2018, and ended the series with its third compiled book volume in April 2023.
Digital Manga Publishing has previously released Kinoshita’s Little Crybaby, You & Harujion, That Cute Kid is Mine and Mine, Kiss Blue, The Boyfriend Next Door, Honey Colored Pancakes, Want to Depend on You, Yuri Sensei Is In A Good Mood Today As Well, A Night Of A Thousand Nights, and You and Tonight manga in English. JManga has released Kinoshita’s I Love You, Chief Clerk! manga in English.
Sources: Koi o Suru Nara Nidome ga Jōtō live-action series’ website, Comic Natalie
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