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Vermeil in Gold Manga Artist Yōko Umezu Dies
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The editors for Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine announced on Wednesday that manga artist Yōko Umezu had died on July 7 due to cerebral infarction (ischemic stroke). The magazine's editors stated that a private funeral was held, attended only by close relatives.
The editors also announced that Vermeil in Gold (Kinsō no Vermeil: Gakeppuchi Majutsushi wa Saikyō no Yakusai to Mahō Sekai o Tsukisusumu), Kōta Amana and Umezu's manga that serialized in Monthly Shonen Gangan, has ended with the chapter that ran in the magazine's July issue on June 12. The editorial staff added that they will announce details regarding the publication of the series' uncollected chapters at a later date.
Amana and Umezu launched the manga in Monthly Shonen Gangan in August 2018. Square Enix published the manga's 11th compiled book volume on June 11. Square Enix's Manga UP! Global service and Comikey both publish the manga in English digitally.
The manga's television anime adaptation premiered in July 2022. HIDIVE streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and also streamed an English dub.
Umezu also drew the Minidura spinoff manga of Ryohgo Narita's Durarara!! light novel series, which ran in Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine from 2013 to 2015.
Sources: Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
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