I saw this keychain thing recently on Akibablog – it’s apparently going to be a promotional item for the February 26th release of Harumi-nation (はるみねーしょん) vol. 1, a manga recently began running in Manga Time Kirara Carat, the same magazine that serializes Hidamari Sketch, Doujin Work, and K-On!. (Related: K-On! v.1 rebranded with a spring anime reminder – Kill Me, Baby v.1 came out on Jan. 27).
All I know about the manga: it covers the life of high school girls (nothing new), Harumi Hosono is an alien who can fly, and her tsukkomi sometimes drives human girls Yuki Takahashi and Kaori Sakamoto into dementia? (I tried to translate the Japanese Wikipedia entry.) Apparently, the three main characters’ names are similar to the primary members of YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra): Haruomi Hosono, drummer/vocalist Yukihiro Takahashi, and keyboardist Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Amazon Japan lists the 120-page volume’s price as 860 yen, which currently converts to about US$9.21. I’ll try to look for it when I visit Japantown SF early next month but I don’t know if they will have imported it of their own volition.
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