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Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru Comedy Manga Ends With 8th Volume (Updated)
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Kagiri Araido launched manga in October 2019, with TV anime greenlit
The seventh compiled book volume of Kagiri Araido's Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru (Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again) manga revealed on Wednesday that the manga will end with its next volume.
Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.
The comedy manga centers on an old husband and wife who live a quiet life in Aomori harvesting apples. One day, they wake up and find their physical age restored to their 20s.
Araido launched the manga on pixiv in October 2019, and it has since garnered over 100 million views. The manga was ranked #6 in the Web Manga category of the sixth "Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō" in 2020. Kadokawa published the manga's sixth compiled book volume in October 2022.
The manga is inspiring an upcoming television anime.
Update: The manga's eighth volume will ship on June 21, 2024. Source: Kadokawa
Source: Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru volume 7
Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.
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