Shogakukan’s Manga ONE Reports New Author Appointment Issue and Establishes Independent Investigation Committee

Shogakukan further addressed the case of Tatsuki Matsuki, who previously wrote the original story for Act-Age serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, and who has been writing The Counselor Through Years and Stars (JP: 星霜の心理士, Seisou no Shinrishi) for Manga ONE under the different pen name Miki Yatsunami. ……

The company stated that before making the appointment, it confirmed that the verdict had been finalized and that the suspended sentence period had expired. It also reviewed his expressions of remorse regarding the incident, efforts toward preventing recurrence, and the status of professional support for social reintegration. These factors were discussed internally before the decision was made.