Manga with twisted take on Sleeping Beauty tale launched in August 2025<\/p>\n
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Manga creator yoruhashi<\/a><\/cite> indicated in the April issue of Kodansha<\/a><\/cite>‘s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> on Monday that the Nemureru Mori no Rega<\/cite> (Sleeping Rega, or literally, Sleeping Rega in the Woods) manga has ended, but also said the story is only halfway through its journey. The magazine also asked readers to look forward to yoruhashi<\/cite>‘s next work. <\/p>\n The manga is a twist on the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, whose Japanese title (“Nemureru Mori no Bijo”) is referenced by the manga’s own title. In the manga, a princess’ love destroyed the world, corrupting the forest where she dwells into one that takes all life. Even so, a knight ventures forth into the nightmarish forest to save her. With the knight is his companion, a leather-booted cat named Pancha. Theirs is a journey to fight against the past, against curses, and against love.<\/p>\n The manga launched<\/a> in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine<\/cite><\/cite> in August 2025. Kodansha<\/cite> published the manga’s first compiled book volume in December 2025, and will publish the second volume on April 9.<\/p>\n The creator launched The Kingdoms of Ruin<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> (Hametsu no Ōkoku<\/cite><\/cite>) manga in Mag Garden<\/a><\/cite>‘s Monthly Comic Garden<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> magazine in April 2019. The ongoing manga also runs on the Manga Doa<\/a><\/cite>, Mag Comi<\/a><\/cite>, and pixiv Comic<\/a><\/cite> websites. Seven Seas<\/a><\/cite> is releasing<\/a> the manga in English.<\/p>\n The Kingdoms of Ruin<\/cite> <\/cite>manga’s anime adaptation premiered<\/a> in October 2023. Crunchyroll<\/a><\/cite> streamed<\/a> the series as it aired and is also streaming an English dub<\/a>.<\/p>\n yoruhashi<\/cite> launched<\/a> the Kokusan Shōjo Clarith<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> (Domestically Produced Girl Clarith) manga in Kodansha<\/cite>‘s Shonen Magazine Edge<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> in December 2022. The manga moved<\/a> to Kodansha<\/cite>‘s Comic Days<\/a><\/cite> app in January 2024, when Shonen Magazine Edge<\/cite><\/cite> ended<\/a> publication in October 2023. Kodansha<\/cite> published the manga’s second compiled book volume in December 2023.<\/p>\n Source: Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine<\/cite> April issue<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n <\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manga with twisted take on Sleeping Beauty tale launched in August 2025 Image via Amazon © yoruhashi, Kodansha Manga creator yoruhashi indicated in the April issue of Kodansha‘s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on Monday that the Nemureru Mori no Rega (Sleeping Rega, or literally, Sleeping Rega in the Woods) manga has ended, but also said the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27943,"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27938\/revisions\/27943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animewondercon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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