The official Twitter of the Weekly Manga Times magazine announced on Thursday that Yayu Murata's Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru. (If my wife became an elementary school student.) manga is receiving an anime.
Murata began drawing the romantic comedy drama manga as a one-shot in Weekly Manga Times in April 2018 and then began the serialization in July of the same year. The final chapter released on December 16. Houbunsha shipped the 14th and final volume on Thursday.
The manga received a 10-episode live-action drama, which aired on TBS from January to March last year.
Synopsis
Keisuke Niijima lost his beloved wife, Takae, 10 years ago. Since then, he doesn't feel alive and is seen as a gloomy man. The only family Keisuke is left with is his only daughter, Mai. Keisuke wants Mai to be happy but he has not done anything for his daughter other than providing living expenses. The father and daughter's time stopped 10 years ago. They are living in the same house but live very separate lives and do not communicate well. One day, an elementary school girl appears in front of Niijima's house and claims that she is the reincarnation of Takae. (Source: DramaWiki, edited)
Official manga site: https://shukanmanga.jp/work_list/detail/wife-es-student/
Source: Official Twitter
Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru. on MAL
Manga 'Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru.' Gets Anime Project
The official Twitter of the Weekly Manga Times magazine announced on Thursday that Yayu Murata's Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru. (If my wife became an elementary school student.) manga is receiving an anime. Murata began drawing the romantic comedy drama manga as a one-shot in Weekly...
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