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Tonari no Seki no Fukami-kun ga Idol ni Naru Kamo Shirenai Manga Ends in Next Chapter
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The September issue of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine announced on Wednesday that Haruno Aoyama and Haruka Chizu's Tonari no Seki no Fukami-kun ga Idol ni Naru Kamo Shirenai (Fukami-kun, the Guy Sitting Next to Me, Might Become an Idol) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on September 11.
The manga centers on a high school girl otaku of idol audition programs. She plans to produce and turn her classmate into an idol.
The manga launched in Bessatsu Margaret in September 2025. Aoyama is credited for the original work and Chizu is drawing the manga. Shueisha published the manga's first compiled book volume on February 25, and the second volume on July 23.
Aoyama launched the Boku wa Chiisana Shotenin (I'm an Inexperienced Bookstore Clerk.) manga in Shueisha's now defunct The Margaret magazine in 2019. The manga ended in its sixth and final volume in 2023.
Chizu launched the Snow Angel (Kono Setsugen de Kimi ga Waratte Irareru yō ni or literally, May this snowfield keep you smiling all the time) manga in Shogakukan's Cheese! magazine in May 2023. The manga ended in its fourth and final volume, which shipped in December 2024 Viz Media licensed the manga and published the fourth volume in English on March 3.
Source: Bessatsu Margaret September issue
