New manga announced! On Monday, the March issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine revealed that manga artist Yo Asami will launch a manga adaptation of Natsu Hyga's novel Seijo ni Uso wa Tsjinai (You Can't Lie to a Saint) in the magazine's April issue on March 6. The novel was originally published in Japan under the title You Can't Lie to a Saint. On Monday, Hyga also revealed the following information regarding the manga adaptation of the novel via Twitter:
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The female priest apprentice in the fantasy mystery manga is obsessed with wealth, while the protagonist of the story is an upstart holy knight. They will discover the answers to their questions about the murder of a shrine maiden candidate of the big church by working together.
In May of 2022, the novel written by Hyga was released by the Arian Rose label of Frontier Works alongside drawings created by Chiho Shinishi. Additionally, Shinishi is credited for the original character designs used in the manga.
In 2011, Hyga published their light novel titled "The Apothecary Diaries" (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) on the website known as "Shosetsu-ka ni Narou," which translates to "Let's Be Novelists." The novels are being published in print by Shufunotomo, and Touko Shino is providing the artwork for them. The 12th volume made its debut in print in July 2022. The digital editions of the novels are published in English by J-Novel Club.
In May 2017, the manga adaptation of the novels was premiered in the Monthly Big Gangan magazine published by Square Enix. Nekokurage was responsible for the adaptation. On February 25th, the eleventh volume of the manga will be published by Square Enix. The manga has been granted a license by Square Enix Manga & Books, which will release the eighth volume in the English language on June 6. In the August 2017 issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday GX magazine, Minoji Kurata debuted the spinoff manga Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Mao Mao no Kkyo Nazotoki Tech (The Apothecary Diaries The Palace Cloister Mystery-Solving Notebook of Mao Mao). During the month of November in 2022, Shogakukan released the 15th volume of the spinoff manga.
In June 2017, Asami debuted the first chapter of the manga adaptation of Takaya Kagami's Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose - Catastrophe at 16 light novel series in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine. The original light novel series was titled Owari no Seraph: Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe. The final episode of the series aired in February of 2022. Asami is also responsible for the pictures that were included in Kagami's light novel series, Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Resurrection at Nineteen (Owari no Seraph: Ichinose Guren, 19-sai no Resurrection).
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