Dropout Idol Fruit Tart Manga to End in 3 Chapters
The conclusion of Dropout Idol Fruit Tart ends a decade-long serialization in Manga Time Kirara Carat, one of the magazine's longer-running works, and closes the source material for a 2020 anime adaptation that remains available on streaming platforms.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Crunchyroll News.
Sou Hamayumiba's Dropout Idol Fruit Tart manga will conclude in three chapters, as announced by the official X account of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine on Thursday. The final chapter is set to appear in the September issue of Manga Time Kirara Carat, which goes on sale in July. To mark the ending, the magazine plans a special feature with pages of messages from readers. The story follows first-year high school student Ino Sakura, who moves to Tokyo to become an idol and forms the unit Fruit Tart with three other residents of Nezumi Dorm: former child actor Roko, musician HAYU, and model Nina. Together, they aim to save their dorm from demolition. The manga began as a one-shot in 2014 and launched as a full series in 2015. Houbunsha published the eighth compiled volume in December 2024. An anime adaptation by feel. aired for 12 episodes from October to December 2020, streamed by Funimation and Crunchyroll.
The manga's final chapter will appear in the September 2026 issue of Manga Time Kirara Carat, which goes on sale July 28. The magazine's July 2026 issue, which carried the announcement, released in Japan on May 28.
Dropout Idol Fruit Tart is one of the longest-running works in Manga Time Kirara Carat, having run for over ten years. It began full serialization in the July 2015 issue, following guest appearances from January to March 2015.
The manga is author Sou Hamayumiba's second work to receive an anime adaptation. The first was Hanayamata, which aired in 2014 and was produced by Madhouse. That series also ran in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine, from 2011 to 2018, and its 10th and final compiled volume shipped in April 2018. Sentai Filmworks licensed Hanayamata and released it with an English dub on home video in 2016.
For the Dropout Idol Fruit Tart anime, Funimation streamed the series and produced an English dub in 2021. Crunchyroll also streams the anime, which was directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Frame Arms Girl) and produced by feel. for 12 episodes from October to December 2020. Crunchyroll's synopsis describes the four girls raising 100 million yen to prevent their dormitory from being demolished.
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- Anime News Network News Sou Hamayumiba's Dropout Idol Fruit Tart Manga Ends in 3 Chapters
- Crunchyroll News Dropout Idol Fruit Tart Manga to Conclude in 3 Chapters