Kyō Yoneshiro Launches New Manga Based on Tanizaki's Naomi Novel
Yoneshiro adapts a classic Japanese novel for a modern manga audience, continuing a trend of literary manga adaptations.
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Manga creator Kyō Yoneshiro will launch a new manga titled Netsuzō: Chijin no Ai, based on Junichirō Tanizaki's 1924 novel Chijin no Ai (Naomi), in the next issue of Weekly Big Comic Spirits on August 3. The story follows a salaryman who takes in a teenage waitress, with unexpected consequences.
Kyō Yoneshiro, known for Ageku no Hate Kanon and Ōjōgiwa no Imi o Shire!, is adapting Junichirō Tanizaki's 1924 novel Chijin no Ai (published in English as Naomi) into a manga titled Netsuzō: Chijin no Ai. The series will launch in the next issue of Weekly Big Comic Spirits on August 3. Tanizaki's novel, serialized in 1924, follows salaryman Joji Kawai who meets 15-year-old waitress Naomi and agrees to live together, only for her to become someone he never expected. The novel has been adapted into films in 1949, 1960, 1967, and 2024. Yoneshiro's previous work includes the one-shot 'The 11th hour,' published by Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ in October 2025.
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