The September issue of Shogakukan‘s Monthly Sunday Gene-X magazine announced on Wednesday that Crystal na Yōsuke will launch a new series titled Tokoro de Machi Chūka wa Date ni Irimasu ka? (By the Way, Is the Local Chinese Restaurant a Date Spot?) in the next issue on September 18.

The series involves a love triangle between a girl who loves bing-eating, a food company salaryman, and a food blogging live-streamer.

Yōsuke ended the Bonnō☆Saiyūki manga in the 13th volume on January 19. Crystal na Yōsuke launched the manga in Shogakukan‘s Sunday GX magazine in February 2020.

Crystal na Yōsuke launched the Osake wa Fūfu ni Natte kara manga on Shogakukan‘s free manga website Yawaraka Spirits in 2015, and ended the series in its 12th volume, which shipped in September 2019.

The Osake wa Fūfu ni Natte kara manga inspired a 13-episode series of anime shorts that premiered in October 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the anime under the title Love is Like a Cocktail. A Blu-ray Disc for the series bundled an unaired 14th episode when it shipped in November 2018 in Japan.

Source: Sunday Gene-X‘s September issue

American heavy metal band Metallica praised Japanese singer Ado on Wednesday for her “Summer Sonic 2026” concert performance of the band’s song “Enter Sandman.” Metallica said on social media, “Watching younger generations find their way to our music never gets old… it’s one of the best parts of doing this. But we’ve never seen it done quite like Ado just did it. Opening AND closing Summer Sonic with ‘Enter Sandman’?! We’re blown away. Thank you!”

Ado quote-reposted Metallica’s comments minutes after it was released: “This is huge! A message from Metallica?!?!?! I’m so happy!!!!”

Ado appeared at the annual Japanese summer music festival in Tokyo on August 15 and Osaka on August 16. Ado opened her Tokyo set with “Enter Sandman” and then closed her Osaka set with the song.

The festival started in 2000 at the Fuji-Q Highland theme park in Yamanashi Prefecture and the WTC Open Air Stadium in Osaka. That inaugural festival boasted James Brown, Dragon Ash, Green Day, Weezer, and 311, among many other musical acts. In 2001, the festival moved from Fuji-Q Highland to the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba Prefecture and expanded to two locations in Osaka. Since 2002, the Summer Sonic music festival has been held in the greater Tokyo Metropolitan area in Chiba and Osaka.

Sources: Metallica’s X/Twitter account, Ado‘s X/Twitter account (link 2), Summer Sonic’s website

Netflix began streaming the first two minutes from the live-action series of Kisei Tada‘s S and X: Confession of Therapist (S to X ~Therapist Shimotori Ichito no Kokuhaku) manga for free on Thursday.

The manga centers on sex therapist Ichito Shimotori, whose clinic helps clients in unwanted sexless relationships, treating erectile dysfunction and menopausal disorder, resolving affairs, sexual trauma, and other similar sex-related worries which clients find hard to talk about, though he himself has his own worries.

Kento Nakajima (live-action Bad Boys J, Silver Spoon, Nisekoi) stars in the show as protagonist Ichito Shimotori. Other cast members include Yūko Araki as Yumi Ichinose, as well as Ryōta Miura, Sawako Fujima, Aoi Nakamura, Rinka Kumada, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Yūsuke Santamaria, and Shirō Sano.

Shōgo Kusano is directing the series. Tomoko Yoshida is supervising the scripts, and is also penning the scripts alongside Kusano, Ruriko Matsushima, and Takumi Haba.

The series debuts on Netflix worldwide on Thursday.

Tada launched the manga in Kodansha‘s Evening magazine in August 2021. The manga ended with its third compiled book volume in August 2022.

Source: Comic Natalie