Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Rie Aruka's Josei Romance "Perfect World" Heads To The Silver Screen

 

Perfect World, a josei manga romance by Rie Aruka about a couple struggling to live and to love in the face of a permanent disability, is being adapted into a live-action film. Further details about the production (such as the cast, crew, and release date) have not yet been revealed.

 

 

The story of Perfect World follows Tsugumi Kawana, a 26 year old employee at an interior decorating company. One day at a mixer, Tsugumi is reunited with Shigeru Ayukawa, her first love and her ex-boyfriend from high school. Tsugumi is shocked to learn that an accident during college has left Shigeru confined to a wheelchair. At first, Tsugumi is scared of Shigeru's disability, but soon she discovers that her world feels imperfect without him.

 

 

Perfect World is serialized in Kodansha's Kiss josei manga magazine. A total of 5 collected volumes of the manga have been published in Japan so far.

 

Source: Comic Natalie

 

Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

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