Midorikawa’s Natsume’s Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga debuted in Hakusensha’s LaLa DX magazine in June 2003.
The May issue of Hakusensha’s LaLa magazine revealed on Tuesday that Natsume’s Book of Friends manga creator Yuki Midorikawa will release a new one-shot for the first time in about five years in the next issue on April 24.
The Natsume Yujin-cho the Movie: Ephemeral Bond film, the most recent anime in the franchise, debuted in September 2018.
The magazine teased, “The one he brought is a questionable, sharp-eyed girl who cannot speak.”