Kodansha Comics is bringing another manga series to print as they’ve solicited for the first volume of Sketchy. The first volume is set for an April 9th, 2024 release priced at $13.99 with it listed as coming in at 208 pages.
The property comes from writer/artist MAKIHIROCHI which began serialization in 2019 in Young Magazine the 3rd for Kodansha. Known originally under the same name, it has six volumes out in Japan so far and is listed as complete.
Plot Concept: As her twenties slip by, Ako feels like she’s falling behind. But a group of skateboarding girls will bring a newfound passion into her life in this reflective, relatable josei manga from the creator of Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?
Ako finds herself coasting along, watching her twenties pass her by. Work at the video rental store, see her boyfriend, repeat… Her days are becoming an indistinguishable, listless blur. Until she encounters a skateboarder practicing a trick–and she’s a girl! For some reason, Ako feels a pull toward the sport. Slowly, all the dreams and ambitions she gave up on and the futures she imagined for herself come flooding back, and Ako resolves to change herself now, before it’s too late. But is it ever really too late to discover something new?
