Mono (manga)

Mono (stylized in all lowercase) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Afro. It began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine in May 2017, and was later transferred to the Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine in December 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Soigne premiered in April 2025.

Characters

Satsuki Amamiya (雨宮さつき, Amamiya Satsuki): Voiced by: Haruna Mikawa
An Kiriyama (霧山アン, Kiriyama An): Voiced by: Aoi Koga
Sakurako Shikishima (敷島桜子, Shikishima Sakurako): Voiced by: Hikaru Tono
Haruno Akiyama (秋山春乃, Akiyama Haruno): Voiced by: Reina Ueda
Kako Komada (駒田華子, Komada Kako): Voiced by: Maki Kawase

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Afro, Mono began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine on May 16, 2017. After the final issue of Manga Time Kirara Miracle! was published on October 16, 2017, the series was transferred to the Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine on December 28 that same year. The series' chapters have been collected into four tankōbon volumes as of April 2024.

In June 2024, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication beginning in November 2024.

A collaboration chapter with Afro's other series Laid-Back Camp was published in the March 2021 issue of Manga Time Kirara Carat on January 28, 2021.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 22, 2024. It is produced by Aniplex, animated by Soigne and directed by Ryota Aikei, with Yoko Yonaiyama writing series scripts, Takuya Miyahara designing the characters, and Hajime Hyakkoku composing the music. The series premiered on April 13, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The ending theme song is "Weekend Roll" (ウィークエンドロール), performed by Halca. Aniplex of America licensed the series and streams it on Crunchyroll. Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia and broadcasts it on Aniplus Asia.