Takano launched Tomodachi kara de mo Ii desu ka manga on July 31Manga creator Hitomi Takano launched a new manga titled Tomodachi kara de mo Ii desu ka ( Can we start as friends? ) on Shinchosha 's Comic Bunch Kai web manga magazine, on Friday. Image via Hitomi Takano's X/Twitter account ©Hitomi Takano, ShinchoshaThe manga centers on streaming company employee Sono Tajima, and Fukuoka local TV personality Koharu Shiraishi, who were friends in their student days. Takano launched the Gene Bride manga in Shodensha 's Feel Young magazine in June 2021. Takano launched the My Boy manga in Futabasha 's Monthly Action magazine in 2015, then moved the manga to Young Magazine in 2018.