Jun Mayuzuki, author of the Kowloon Generic Romance manga, has announced that the series is entering its final arc. The anime adaptation of the manga recently premiered on April 5.
Mayuzuki initially launched the series in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 2019. The 11th volume will release on April 17. The cast of the recent anime adaptation includes the following:
- Taito Ban as Tao Gwen
- Ryōtarō Okiayu as Miyuki Hebinuma
- Aoi Koga as Yaomay
- Haruka Shiraishi as Reiko Kujirai
- Tomokazu Sugita as Hajime Kudō
Yoshiaki Iwasaki is directing the anime at Arvo Animation. Jin Tanaka is writing the script, Yuka Shibata is designing the characters, and Yūji Kaneko is the art director.
Yen Press currently publishes the manga in English, and the first volume is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Indigo, Kinokuniya, and Crunchyroll Store. It has released nine volumes thus far in English.
Here’s an overview of the manga via Yen Press:
Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai—one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself…
The Kowloon Generic Romance manga is currently in its final arc and will reach its climax soon. The anime adaptation premiered on April 5 and is available to watch on Crunchyroll. Subsequent episodes will premiere on Saturdays on the streaming service.
