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Waiting for the Sunlight

陽光ヲ待ツ

“1940 Shigaraki: young potter Yoko's dreams collide with WWII's looming darkness in Shonen Jump+ commemorative manga.”

Manga16 chapters2 volumes

Shounen, Historical, Visual Arts, Drama2025

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1940 Shigaraki: young potter Yoko's dreams collide with WWII's looming darkness in Shonen Jump+ commemorative manga.

Summer of 1940 in Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. Yoko Matsubara is a young girl with a talent for pottery. She dreams of becoming a ceramic artist, unaware of the horrors yet to come… In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of World War II, Shonen Jump+ presents an untold account of life during the war. (Source: MANGA Plus)

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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-M79914

A Manga Publication

Format: 16 × 2; ch × vol
Total read: 2h 08m; approx
Published: Jan 2025 – Oct 2025
Source: Manga; media type
Ref.: BS-M79914; catalog

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