Fly Me to the Moon, Vol. 24

First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world!

From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space…whether he likes it or not. His efforts to outperform the space program veer off course when an accident introduces him to Tsukasa, a mysterious girl with strange powers. Is she an alien, a moon goddess, or something else? Since she insists on marrying him, Nasa will have plenty of chances to find out!

Tsukasa is the kind of girl who takes half a manga volume just to work up the nerve to tell her husband she cares about him. Sure, it’s cute in a tsundere way, but the ice-queen act carries a chilling risk. What if another girl comes along who’s more open about her feelings? Panty-flashingly open, even? And what if she’s also Nasa’s childhood friend, the most powerful trope in romantic comedy manga? Anyway, here’s Himari. You and Nasa have met her before, but she’s grown up a lot since then.

Without ever receiving any kind of manga award, Kenjiro Hata’s first series, Umi no Yuusha Lifesavers, was published in Shonen Sunday Super. He followed that up with his smash hit Hayate the Combat Butler. Fly Me to the Moon began serialization in 2018 in Weekly Shonen Sunday.