Ichijinsha’s Monthly Comic Zero-Sum magazine has confirmed that Kikuta Yui’s Mushikaburi-hime (Bibliophile Princess) manga will be on hiatus until later this year. The magazine’s July 2024 issue, which will go on sale on May 28th, 2024, will instead commemorate the release of the manga’s ninth tankoubon volume, which will be released on the same date.
Kikuta (Shunkan Lyle) started the manga in August 2018 in the Monthly Comic Zero-Sum magazine, and Ichijinsha published the manga’s first volume in April 2019 and the eighth volume in May 2023.
The manga is an adaptation of the Mushikaburi-hime light novel series by author Yui and illustrator Shiina Satsuki (Suterare Reijou wa Renkinjutsu-shi ni Narimashita. Kaseida Okane de moto Tekikoku no Shou o Kounyuu Shimasu). Yui began the story in September 2015 on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website, and Ichijinsha released the first novel in July 2016 with illustrations by Shiina. The seventh novel was published in October 2022. The novel series also inspired a TV anime, which premiered in October 2022.
When book-loving Lady Elianna spots Prince Christopher, her betrothed in name only, consorting with another noble lady, she realizes the recent rumors must be true. The prince has someone he truly loves, which means the annulment of their engagement is both inevitable and fast approaching. What she doesn’t realize is that this is merely a surface ripple-one of many where the truth runs deep, in a conspiracy surpassing her imagination!
