Kodoani.com – The abrupt cancellation of Endo and Kobayashi Live! manga Rumiwo Sakakiadapted from the light novel Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte by Suzu Enoshimahas caused a lot of controversy and attracted the attention of the fan community. According to the announcement from the magazine's official X account B’s-LOG COMIC (Kadokawa), the incident stemmed from a series of actions lacking approval and supervision from the editorial team, leading to a loss of trust between them and the original author, Enoshima.
Some of the key issues include:
Vertical scrolling manga version uploaded without permission or supervision from Enoshima. Lack of original author's moderation for compiled books and special bonus merchandise.
Delay in communication between the editorial team and Enoshima, leading to difficulties in ensuring production schedules.
Then, the manga author Rumiwo Sakaki had health problems, which made it impossible to complete the storyboard on time. In addition, Enoshima also had health problems, which complicated the renewal of the agreement, and ultimately the Termination of License Agreement in April 2024.
Kadokawa has announced that there are no plans to reprint the released manga volumes, and the current quantity will be sold until supplies run out. However, the supply situation digital version, vertical scroll versionand foreign translation version still undecided
The editorial team affirms that they take full responsibility for this cancellation. The author Rumiwo Sakaki has apologized to fans and encouraged them to turn to the original novel to continue following the story.
This work was first published in the magazine B’s-LOG COMIC in June 2019, and J-Novel Club is publishing both versions. light novel and manga in English.