Kuri Hime Ayakashi Yobanashi Manga Ends on October 28

The November issue of Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Zero-Sum magazine announced on Monday that Anko Chōchin's Kuri Hime Ayakashi Yobanashi, the manga adaptation of Hyuganatsu's novel series of the same title, will end in the magazine's next issue on October 28. 

The story centers on Kinuko, a part-time college lecturer teaching weaving and Japanese studies, who lives in a weaver's hut in the grounds of a shrine called Tamamayu Shrine. Though her accomodations are irregular, she is well taken care of, as a rich family takes care of the shrine, and young children named Shiro and Kuro always bring her good food. But one day, she begins to realize that there might be something supernatural living alongside her.

Chōchin launched the manga adaptation in Monthly Comic Zero-Sum in December 2024. Ichijinsha published the manga's first compiled book volume in July 2025, and the second volume on April 30. 

Hyuganatsu first published the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website titled Otsukaresan Desu, Gokurō Sama, but later took the story down after MyNavi Publishing released the first print version of the story in November 2016. Munashitsu drew the illustrations. Hyūga later reuploaded the original story on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in November 2017 with agreement from the publisher. Hyūga later released a new volume for the story in May 2018.

Hyuganatsu began serializing The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) light novel series on the "Shōsetsuka ni Narō" (Let's Become Novelists) website in October 2011. Shufunotomo began publishing the novels in print volume with illustrations by Touko Shino in August 2014. The novels have inspired a manga and an anime adaptation. The anime adaptation's third season will debut on October 2. 

Hyuganatsu and artist Modomu Akagawara's The Failure at God School (Kami-sama Gakkō no Ochikobore) manga is also getting a television anime.

Source: Monthly Comic Zero-Sum November issue