Manga News: THE WALLFLOWER Coming From KODANSHA

APRIL 5, 2022 Classic Shojo Romance The Wallflower Makes Digital Debut in April All 36 volumes will be available, April 12, 2022, wherever Kodansha manga is sold digitally Continuing the trend of reviving classic Kodansha manga digitally for a new generation of manga fans, Kodansha USA Publishing announced that the classic shojo series, The Wallflower by Tomoko Hayakawa, will debut digitally on April 12, 2022! Upon launch all 36 volumes of the goth-recluse-turned-radiant-beauty rom-com will be available to purchase and read across participating digital vendors: Bookwalker, Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, Nook, Kobo, izneo, MyAnimeList and more. Be on the lookout for The Wallflower pre-orders wherever you buy Kodansha digital manga. Learn about The Wallflower: It's a gorgeous, spacious mansion, and four handsome, fifteen-year-old friends are allowed to live in it for free! There's only one condition—that within three years the guys must transform the owner's wallflower niece into a lady befitting the palace in which they all live! How hard can it be? Enter Sunako Nakahara, the agoraphobic, horror-movie-loving, pockmark-faced, frizzy-haired, fashion-illiterate recluse who tends to break into explosive nosebleeds whenever she sees anyone attractive. This project is going to take more than our four heroes ever expected: it needs a miracle! Volumes of The Wallflower are also currently available in print. Manga fans eager to experience The Wallflower can read the first chapter free at kodansha.us!   About Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC A subsidiary of Kodansha, Japan’s largest publisher, Kodansha USA Publishing is the English-language publisher of some of the world’s most recognizable manga properties, including Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA and Naoko Takeuchi’s Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, along with a robust catalog of English-language Japanese novels, cookbooks, craft guides, historical and cultural literature, and more. Today, thanks to recent fan-favorite and critically acclaimed hits like Attack on Titan, Battle Angel Alita, Witch Hat Atelier, and the popular MONOGATARI novels, Kodansha USA Publishing is one of the best-selling manga publishers in the United States. Kodansha USA Publishing’s print offerings are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services, and their digital manga and select digital books are available across a number of digital comics, manga, and book vendors. For more information visit kodansha.us.