ChurchHatesTucker ☑#MangaMonday 109 “When Arika Went Missing” by Moyashi Fujisawa (story) and Kumakuzu (art)
Lyrical Trick is a popular idol group that is set back when their center girl, Arika Mamiya, mysteriously goes missing. When the police come up empty after a year, some of her biggest fans and her childhood friend team up to find out what happened to her. They soon find that some of the
This is a decent mystery (the final twist took me by surprise) and it has some interesting group dynamics. There’s a drug use subplot that’s a bit eyerolly, but probably the best they could do in “Young Magazine” (where this was serialized.)
I don’t know what was in the air in the early twenties, but we started to see #manga take a look at the dark underbelly of the idol industry while still upholding the idea of idols. If you’re missing “Oshi No Ko” this may scratch that itch.
Complete with six Japanese volumes. Kodansha has released digital English chapters on their K MANGA app/site.
