Io Sakisaka’s Strobe Edge manga has returned after 10 years with a brand-new one-shot printed within the November challenge of Bessatsu Margaret on Oct 10, 2025.
The 32-page story takes place on the similar highschool, following Ando exploring his life after the occasions of the principle sequence. The brand new chapter, titled “This Love Is a Story That Ended,” explores Ando’s lingering heartbreak over his unrequited love for Ninako after she and Ren have lastly confessed their emotions to one another.
It marks the primary new Strobe Edge manga content material because the predominant sequence concluded in 2010.
The particular chapter was created in celebration of the upcoming Strobe Edge live-action drama, which can air and stream on WOWOW beginning Oct. 31.
Creator Sakisaka revealed that the concept for the one-shot got here after visiting the drama’s filming set, the place her editor instructed drawing a particular story to tie in with the difference.
“Once I visited the set of the drama, my editor instructed that I draw a particular chapter to associate with it. That impressed me to carry Ninako and the others again to life as soon as extra. This time, Ando is the principle character. It was fairly a wrestle since I hadn’t drawn them in such a very long time, however I used to be so joyful to see everybody once more. Whether or not you’re an previous fan or studying it for the primary time, I hope this manga will make you look ahead to the drama much more!”
Strobe Edge initially ran in Bessatsu Margaret from 2007 to 2010, The manga has offered over 8 million copies (together with digital editions) throughout 10 volumes and impressed a 2015 live-action movie starring Sota Fukushi and Kasumi Arimura.
The upcoming TV drama adaptation will characteristic Riko Fukumoto as Ninako and Kyohei Takahashi as Ren.
Supply: Oricon
