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Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san Manga Goes on Hiatus, Returns in September

This year's combined 36th and 37th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine announced on Wednesday that Aiko Koyama's Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san (Makanai in the Maiko Lodge) manga will go on hiatus, and will return in the magazine's 41st issue in September.

The manga's story is set in Kyoto's "hanamachi" geisha quarter. Here, after geisha finish their work late at night, they spend the night resting at a lodge to prepare for the next day. The story centers on Kiyo, an Aomori native who works as a cook in a geisha lodge in Kyoto after finishing junior high school and leaving home. She also has a friend named Sumire who is a maiko, or apprentice geisha.

Koyama launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine in December 2016. Shogakukan published the manga's 23rd compiled book volume on May 12, and it will publish the 24th volume on September 12. The manga won the Best Shōnen Manga award in the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards in January 2020.

The manga inspired an anime adaptation titled Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House. The anime premiered on the NHK World channel with English subtitles in February 2021, and new episodes debut once a month. Crunchyroll is also streaming the anime.

The manga also inspired a live-action series titled The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, which debuted on Netflix worldwide on January 12.

Source: Weekly Shonen Sunday combined issue 36/37