Mono (stylized in all lowercase) is a Japanese four-panelmanga 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 is set to premiere in April 2025.
Written and illustrated by Afro, Mono began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine on May 16, 2017.[7] 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.[8][9] The series' chapters have been collected into four tankōbon volumes as of April 2024.[10]
In June 2024, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication beginning in November 2024.[11]
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.[12]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 22, 2024. The series is produced by Aniplex, animated by Soigne and directed by Ryota Aikei, with Yoko Yonaiyama writing series scripts and Takuya Miyahara designing the characters.[15] It is set to premiere in April 2025.[2][6]
