Kodansha Licenses “The Moon on a Rainy Night” Yuri Manga Series

Nov 21

Publisher Kodansha announced at Anime NYC 2022 the license acquisition of the Yuri manga series “The Moon on a Rainy Night” by Kuzushiro.

According to Kodansha, “this highly-anticipated Yuri romance about a high school girl entranced by her intelligent, enigmatic, hearing-impaired classmate is a must-read”.

Known in Japan as “Amayo no Tsuki”, the manga was first serialized in Comic Days in 2021. The on-going manga series currently has 3 volumes in print in Japan. Manga artist Kuzushiro is best known for creating “Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san”, “Living With My Brother's Wife”, which is currently being released in English by Square Enix’s MANGA UP! app, and contributing to “Yuri Hime Wildrose” anthology.

Publisher Synopsis: One day, while rushing to a piano lesson, a girl named Saki collides with someone on the street. As Saki collects herself, the stranger picks up the sheet music Saki dropped, hands it to Saki together with a band-aid, and continues on her way-all without saying a word. Saki is left wondering about the identity of the tall, lovely stranger, only to discover the next day that she is one of her classmates at her new high school. The girl’s name is Kanon, and though she is hearing impaired, she refuses any kind of support or “special treatment” from her teachers or classmates. Over the course of the year, Saki slowly grows closer to Kanon and begins to chip away at her cold exterior.