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Shueisha’s Grand Jump magazine just released the final chapter of Karakida-ke no Kosho Gurashi by Kei Toume. This series followed three sisters who take over their grandfather’s old bookstore in Tokyo’s Jinbōchō district, a famous area for second-hand books and publishing.

Toume started this manga in 2021, and after a three-year run, it’s coming to a close. The sixth and last compiled volume will hit shelves in May.

This isn’t the first time Toume has ended a series in recent years. Kūden no Himegimi wrapped up in May 2021.

That manga continued the story from Kūden Noise no Himegimi, which originally appeared in Comic Birz in 2016 before shifting to Evening magazine in 2019. The final volume came out the same year Karakida-ke no Kosho Gurashi began.

Toume’s work has reached international audiences before. Tokyopop published Lament of the Lamb in English, and that series even got a...

TOKYO -- Tokyopop is set to unveil a three-minute trailer for its first live-action feature project, Lament of the Lamb, as part of the In the Spotlight sidebar at the Tokyo International Film Festival later this month. Based on a comic-book tale by Japanese author Kei Toume, Lamb is seen as a crucial step in the company's new film strategy. Based in Tokyo and Los Angeles, where the company employs 80 people, Tokyopop also has offices in Germany and London. "I'm really pleased that the film festival organizers have recognized this project and I'm hoping that the three-minute piece that we will present will help us lock in pre-sales and funding from Japan," CEO and chief creative officer Stuart Levy said. The original manga (Japanese comic books) appeared in Japan in 2001, with Tokyopop this year acquiring worldwide film rights to the title.