Tobira Oda of Danchi Tomoo Debuts New Family Drama Manga – Manga

The July edition of Shueisha Creative‘s office YOU magazine revealed on May 23 that manga artist Tobira Oda is set to debut a new series titled Sorowanai Kazoku (Misaligned Family) in the August issue, which will be released on June 21. Shueisha Creative describes the manga as a “gradually humorous family drama.”

Oda introduced the Chotto Fushigi na Kono Uchū (This Slightly Strange Universe) manga on Futabasha‘s Web Action manga website in August 2021, concluding the series in January 2023.

In October 2020, Oda started the Shimeppoi Hanashi desu ga… (This Is a Melancholy Story, But…) series in Shogakukan‘s Big Comic Original Zōkan magazine, with Shogakukan publishing the compiled volume in April 2023.

Oda’s Danchi Tomoo manga began serialization in Big Comic Spirits in 2003 and concluded in February 2019. Shogakukan released the 33rd and final volume in March 2019.

The manga was a contender for the esteemed Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

The series was also adapted into a television anime that aired 78 episodes from April 2013 to February 2015.

Source: office YOU July issue