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Shū Okimoto's Yoshiwara Platonic Manga Ends in 4th Volume
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The third compiled book volume of Shū Okimoto's Yoshiwara Platonic manga revealed on December 22 that the manga will end with its next volume.
The manga centers on Sadachika, an Edo period samurai who is obsessed with ukiyo-e art. In an effort to teach him the ways of winning over women, Sadachika's father takes him to one of the most desired courtesans of the Yoshiwara red light district, the high-ranking tayū Murasaki. Sadachika is nervous when he meets Murasaki, but what ends up starting their relationship is Sadachika's home-made cooking.
Okimoto launched the manga in Kodansha's Morning magazine in November 2021.
Siblings Shin and Yuko Kibayashi — under the pen name Tadashi Agi — launched The Drops of God manga with artist Okimoto in Kodansha's Morning magazine 2004. A live-action series based on the manga aired in Japan in 2009. The manga ended in June 2014, and the 44th and final compiled book volume shipped in July 2014. The manga's final arc, titled Marriage: Kami no Shizuku Saishūshō (Marriage ~The Drops of God Final Arc~), launched in May 2015, and it ended in October 2020.
Comixology and Kodansha USA Publishing have released the manga in English digitally.
Throughout its serialization, the manga had famously boosted the sales of wines profiled in the story. The French wine magazine La Revue du vin de France has recognized the manga, giving it the magazine's top award in 2010. The New York Times also profiled the manga in its Dining and Wine section in 2008.
The manga is inspiring a new upcoming live-action television series that will be multilingual as a collaboration between U.S., French, and Japanese companies.
Update: The manga ended in the seventh 2023 issue of Morning on January 12, 2023. The manga's fourth and final volume will ship on March 23.
Source: Yoshiwara Platonic volume 3
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