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Although still vastly overshadowed by shonen and seinen anime, the 2025 fall season saw a huge boom in shojosei series. We’ve put together this guide ahead of the upcoming season to help our readers stay abreast of what’s coming out.
In addition to her original works, Kurata’s name is attached to two properties that have become widely known all over the world: The Apothecary Diaries and Assassin’s Creed. We had a chance to sit with her at Otakon to talk about how she brings her voice as a creator to a series that has multiple versions running concurrently, the growth of female-driven stories in seinen manga, and balancing life as both a mother and a mangaka.