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Renowned for its action-packed battle shonen series including Naruto, Dragon Ball, and One Piece, weekly Shonen Jump is expanding with a new romantic comedy manga called Hima-Ten%. Designed by Genki Ono, this original interpretation of romance offers a welcome variation from the magazine's regular content.
Hima-ten! presents Tenichi Iemori, a high school student juggling his coursework with a part-time job at a house-cleaning company. When successful businesswoman and beauty guru Himari Yoshino moves to his university, his universe collapses. Tenichi's diligence and dependability win him the duty of "guarding" Yoshino, shielding her from the never-ending swarm of fans at the university.
A possible triangle of love?
The manga suggests a potential love triangle even as the romantic dynamics are still developing. Tenichi's classmate Honoka supports him and harbours sentiments for him. Tenichi represents the class; Honoka is the sub-class representative. Tenichi, Himari, and Honoka's dynamic looks to produce a fascinating and maybe touching narrative.
Featuring a male protagonist who enjoys housework and a female lead who is a successful entrepreneur, Hima-ten! deviates from the usual shonen manga. This unusual combination questions gender roles and presents a novel viewpoint on love relationships.
Though romance is a major component, Hima-Ten! looks at family life, self-fulfillment, and staying true to oneself. Tenichi's commitment to his part-time employment points to a strong sense of accountability and a yearning for financial freedom. The entrepreneurial energy and successful career of Himari emphasize the need of following one's interests and challenging social expectations.
Weekly Shonen Jump is not strange to Genki Ono. Serialized in the magazine from 2017 to 2018, his earlier work, Full Drive, a sports manga with a ping-pong focus, was He also helped on another well-liked WSJ romance manga, Blue Box, which has an anime release later this year.
Hima-Ten! deviates greatly from the typically action-packed fare of Weekly Shonen Jump. It shows the magazine's openness to welcome fresh genres and serve a larger readership. Shonen Jump's future looks bright given this openness to change with the taste of the manga business.
The Shueisha Manga PLUS app lets anyone interested in seeing Hima-Ten! for themselves access the manga for free.