posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Manga about high school Vocaloid Research Club launched on January 7
©Atsu Benino, Shogakukan
This year’s 40th issue of Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine announced on Wednesday that Atsu Benino‘s Hōkago Voca-Ken de! (Afterschool at the Vocaloid Research Club) manga will end in the magazine’s next issue on September 9.
The series follows first-year high schooler Mira Sasaki, who knows nothing about the singing voice synthesizer Vocaloid. Somehow, she winds up joining the Vocaloid research club with her Vocaloid-loving upperclassmen.
Benino launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday on January 7. Shogakukan published the manga’s first compiled book volume on June 18.
Benino launched the manga adaptation of VTuber Natsume Kurusu‘s A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans light novel series in Kadokawa‘s Shōnen Ace magazine in 2022, ended the manga adaptation in July 2025. Yen Press shipped the third volume on June 23.
Kadokawa shipped the fifth novel with illustrations by Sai Izumi on March 25. Yen Press publishes the novels in English, and shipped the third novel volume on April 14.
The novels inspired a television anime that debuted on January 10.
Source: Weeky Shonen Sunday issue 40
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