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Comikey Launches Shinchosha Series, “Starting Today, We're Childhood Friends”

Kicks off mobile app launch with newly-strengthened Shinchosha partnership

Portland, Oregon (May 02, 2022) — Comikey is pleased to announce the launch of “Starting Today, We're Childhood Friends” by Obiya Midori—a popular manga from Shinchosha.

All-new comics are now available to read on the Comikey website, as well as the Company's iOS and Android app.

Comikey will be providing English translations for the officially-licensed comic from Shinchosha, bringing the manga to an English-speaking audience for the first time.

Starting Today, We're Childhood Friends (今日から始める幼なじみ)
Summary: Transfer student, Yuzuki Kaede wants to have a childhood friend. She forms a friendship with her next-door neighbor and classmate Aida Kouhei, beginning the everyday story of two childhood friends.
By: Obiya Midori
Publisher: Shinchosha

This marks the second English release of a manga from Shinchosha; the first being Girl Crush by Tayama Midori.

The Company plans to release chapters weekly and aims to catch up with the Japanese release schedule, after which it will switch to a simultaneous publication schedule.

Comikey first announced the partnership with Shinchosha in July 2021, and followed that announcement with the release of Girl Crush in August 2021. Additional releases for new comics are planned to follow shortly.

About Comikey Media Inc.
Founded in 2020, Comikey Media Inc. is a free website and app for reading all of your favorite Manga, Manhua, Manhwa, and Webtoons in English. From action and romance to isekai, discover new free stories to binge every day! Read simulpub chapters of officially licensed comics, support creators and publishers by reading your favorite series on Comikey.

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