Kodansha Co., Ltd. A Noto recovery support project has started with the manga “Skip and Loafers” whose main character is from Noto. “Skip and Loafers and Noto” is a special site where if you read the first episode, 100 yen will be donated to No

[Kodansha Co., Ltd.] A Noto recovery support project has started with the manga “Skip and Loafers” whose main character is from Noto. “Skip and Loafers and Noto” is a special site where if you read the first episode, 100 yen will be donated to Noto. ​ Kodansha Co., Ltd. Press release: December 23, 2024 A Noto recovery support project has started based on the manga “Skip and Loafers,” whose main characters are from Noto. “Skip and Loafers and Noto” is a special site where if you read the first episode, 100 yen will be donated to Noto. On the special site, up to three volumes are available for free. Through the manga, a connection with Noto is formed through the main character, Mitsumi.
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The main character of the manga was from Noto. During summer vacation, I eat my fill of tomatoes and watermelons, go to the beach with my childhood friends, and watch fireworks. During winter vacation, spend the new year shoveling snow with your family and sitting around the kotatsu. Noto is an important hometown for Mitsumi, the main character in “Skip and Loafers.” Reading this manga will make you feel closer to Noto, even if you have never been there. This is the first step in thinking about the disaster-stricken areas and thinking about what can be done for reconstruction. Therefore, the Afternoon Editorial Department has set up a special website and will be releasing up to three volumes of “Skips and Loafers” for free. For each person who reads the first episode on the same site, each person will donate 100 yen(※1)to the Ishikawa Prefecture donation account(※2)We will do it. Readmanga. We want as many people as possible to start supporting reconstruction through such small actions. I hope that through Mitsumi, as many people as possible will feel a connection to Noto. *1 Even if you view the first episode multiple times from the same browser, your donation will be 100 yen. *2 The maximum donation amount is 10 million yen.
The latest 11th volume of the manga “Skip and Loafers”, currently being serialized in “Monthly Afternoon”, will be released on December 23, 2024 (Monday), which is almost one year since the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, as part of the Noto Recovery Support Project. Skip, Loafers and Noto” will start. For each person who reads the first episode of “Skip and Loafers” on the special website of the same name, 100 yen will be donated to the Ishikawa Prefecture relief fund account, with the aim of encouraging people to start supporting recovery efforts through the small act of reading the manga. The site also offers free access to the third volume. By reading the manga, you can deepen your connection with Noto by getting to know the main character, Mitsumi, who is from Noto. Furthermore, on the same day, the Asahi Shimbun morning edition carried an advertisement featuring a new illustration drawn by author Misaki Takamatsu. Some bookstores will give away free original mini cards with the same stamp-like design as the special site.
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https://skiloa.kodansha.co.jp Opening period: December 23, 2024 (Monday) 00:00 – January 22, 2025 (Wednesday) 23:59 *The maximum donation amount is 10 million yen. You can still read manga even after reaching the limit. *There is no contribution burden for viewing users. • A special advertisement featuring original illustrations by Misaki Takamatsu will be published in Asahi Shimbun!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/6846/1719-6846-0f44a9733bb3c01eabdf251bd0466cce-2007×2700.jpg An advertisement for the project was published in the Asahi Shimbun morning edition on Monday, December 23rd. The illustration of the main character, Mitsumi, was created specifically for this project by author Misaki Takamatsu. • Distribute mini cards at bookstores! 3 prefectures in Hokuriku have a special version where you can actually get stamps
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/6846/1719-6846-7b14ad6a3aa9270ea3a4b361b533f0c3-3104×2160.jpg Mini cards (approximately 60 mm square) announcing the project will be distributed free of charge at some bookstores nationwide. There are a total of four types of stamp-like designs that are the same as those on the special site. In addition, some bookstores in the three Hokuriku prefectures of Toyama, Ishikawa, and Fukui have a special edition where you can actually stamp a blank card and take it home. Please check this out as well. Click here for a list of distribution bookstores. (https://afternoon.kodansha.co.jp/news/5670.html) ・Mini cards will be distributed from the release date of volume 11 of the comics. The release date in the metropolitan area is December 23, 2024, but the release date may differ depending on the region. Distribution will begin on December 24th in the three Hokuriku prefectures. ・The mini card can be taken home freely, not only by the purchaser of “Skip and Loafers”. Please be considerate so that as many people as possible can take it home. ・The number of mini cards is limited. Please note that distribution will end as soon as the stock runs out. ・Please contact each target bookstore for distribution locations.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1719/6846/1719-6846-d08f3978745348fbaabe7c59c23fb994-1763×2508.jpg Work information ■Title “Skip and Loafers” Volume 11 ■Author name Misaki Takamatsu ■Publisher Kodansha ■Release date: Monday, December 23, 2024 *Excluding some areas ■Format B6 ■List price: 792 yen (tax included) ■Afternoon official website
https://afternoon.kodansha.co.jp/c/skiptoloafer/ 〈Synopsis〉 Mitsumi entered a high standard high school in Tokyo from a depopulated area at the top of her class. She is a natural influencer who loosens up everyone without even realizing it! Mitsumi Iwakura is a high school student in Tokyo from today! She came to Tokyo from a rural area to enroll, and although she is able to study, she has little experience communicating with her peers because she grew up in a depopulated area. On top of that, it’s a little natural, and it’s quite annoying to be at a city high school because you’re not used to it! However, Mitsumi-chan’s straightforward and pure presence makes her classmates happy without even realizing it! Misaki Takamatsu Misaki Takamatsu After winning an honorable mention in the Fall 2012 Afternoon Shiki Award contest for “Children in a miniature garden,” she made her debut in the intensive series “Canary Tachi no Fune” (all 1 volume). “Skip and Loafers” will be serialized in the October 2018 issue of “Afternoon”.