Series reaches 8.2 million copies globally

Mika Yamamori announced in the author’s notes from the 11th In the Clear Moonlit Dusk (Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki) manga volume on Friday that the series will end in next volume next spring. The wraparound jacket band on 11th volume also announced that the series has reached 8.2 million copies in circulation globally.

Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face…in other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don’t notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she’s had the nickname “Prince” as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai…the only person who’s really seemed to see her for herself. To her surprise, she’s not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, at that). The story of the two high school princes starts here!

Yamamori launched the manga in Dessert magazine in 2020. Kodansha published the manga’s 11th compiled book volume on September 11.

The manga ranked #11 on the list of manga for female readers in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha‘s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.

The manga’s anime adaptation premiered on January 11. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

The live-action film will open in Japan on October 23.

Sources: In the Clear Moonlit Dusk volume 11, Animate Tennōji’s X/Twitter account

Tokyopop announced on Friday it has licensed the following manga titles and will release them in English in spring-summer 2027:

Title: Can’t Buy My Love
Creator: Pitari Mishima
Summary: University student, Yu, lost everything he owned and his home in a fire. Out of luck and money, he had no one to turn to. That is, until the “Odd Jobs” Madoka offered a helping hand. Madoka takes Yu in as a live-in part-timer, and even took care of Yu when he needed him most. The kindness touches Yu, and he feels himself falling for Madoka. But behind the mask of what he thought was a “perfect angel” was actually a money-grubbing man who announces that “the job is only a means to make money, nothing more.”

As the rose-colored glasses fall, Yu gets worked to his bones from his sloppy and candid boss-and-roommate. But at times, Yu notices a mature, sexy side of Madoka that he cannot forget. Before long, Yu finds himself entangled in Madoka’s secret past…

Title: A Fangirl’s Guide to Learning How to Date 3D Men
Creator: Ari Asato (art), Chizu Aoi (original work), Kagari Mizuno (original character design)
Summary: Kaoruko has lived 24 years of her life completely uninterested in men in the 3D world. Being an obsessed otome game fan, she only cares for her 2D men in the 2D world! That is, until her parents force her to go to a matchmaking meeting with a man who looks exactly like her favorite character?! She agrees to the marriage right away! But…he doesn’t! Unlike the prince of her video game, Tsukasa is unfriendly and cold, giving Kaoruko a reality whiplash. But for the first time, her heart moved for a real, 3D man… so her only option now is to “conquer” the Tsukasa route and have her happy ending!

Title: Romantically Challenged
Creator: Hi Calo
Summary: Haruki, an omega, was only trying to buy a second-hand t-shirt. But when the package comes coated in alpha pheromones, it hits Haruki that whoever these pheromones belong to has to be his fated mate.

It has always been his dream to meet his alpha in a romantic, dramatic style and become bonded to them. But when he faces the shocking reality that the owner of those pheromones is far from the ideal man he dreamt of, Haruki has to make a decision.

The gloomy and dark alpha can be described as the opposite of Haruki’s type! But his instincts are screaming for him.

Wavering between his instincts and ideal, will Haruki be able to push his fated mate away? Or will he succumb to his instincts and drown in the ecstasy he never asked for?

Title: LOVE IS PAIN
Creator: Arata Minami
Summary: Yui is at the end of his rope. If he doesn’t snag a client, he’s done for. But today is his chance! And he’s going to show his new client just how good he is in bed… But who would’ve thought that this new client would be a tall, scary-looking man with a menacing aura, Gichi. Lucky for Yui, things seem to be going just as he imagined…until it doesn’t. Gichi takes control and has Yui wrapped around his fingers, bound by these feelings he had never experienced before.

“Aren’t you a pro? Can’t you try a little harder?”

“Screw you and your money! You can shower me with bills and the answer is still no!”

Yui was determined never to see this client a second time…but he can’t seem to get the guy out of his head. When fate brings the two together again, Yui realizes that there might be a kinder side to him behind all the scary muscles.

Title: How to Fall In Love with You Again
Creator: Kazuma Akutagawa
Summary: Shoma Yagi is 18 years old. He’s been harboring one-sided feelings for his childhood friend, Mizuki…or he was.

When Shoma wakes up, an adult Mizuki is standing right next to him. What’s even more shocking, Mizuki claims that they’re boyfriends?! To Shoma’s surprise, he had lost all of his memories of the past 7 years. The Mizuki who stands before him now is mature, sexy, and nothing like the Mizuki in his memories. But to Shoma, the last thing he remembers is realizing that he had a crush on his childhood friend. The sudden change in their relationship may be too much for poor Shoma to handle…

Source: Press release