Toshiko Machida's manga Hanako-gari concluded with its final chapter published on August 27 on Kodansha's Pocket Magazine platform. The series launched in September 2025 and depicts a setting where spirits are widespread and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government establishes an organization to search for and protect them, though the group ultimately hunts and eliminates the spirits. The second compiled volume was released on March 9. The third and final volume is scheduled for September 9. Machida's earlier series The Demon Consort: “I Love You” Are Frightening Words ended in April 2025 after beginning on NTT Solmare's Comic CMOA platform in March 2024; Shinchosha published its third and final volume in August 2025. Yen Press handles English release and shipped the first volume on August 25. The upcoming September release will complete the series.