Rie Aruga's Sheltering Eaves Manga Ends with Volume 8

Rie Aruga's Sheltering Eaves is ending with Volume 8. The series, which launched in September 2022, will conclude with this volume. Thus Aruga, known worldwide for Perfect World, will present readers with one more farewell story.

Rie Aruga had previously made a big breakthrough with Perfect World, published in Kodansha's Kiss magazine. That series, focused on the life of an architect who uses a wheelchair, won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category in 2018 and reached a wide audience with a live-action film adaptation. Under the same publisher, Sheltering Eaves began serialization in September 2022, continuing Aruga's narrative in the josei genre, which appeals to adult female readers.

The series' completion in eight volumes points to a shorter, more concise storytelling style compared to Aruga's long-running Perfect World. With the final volume, fans will have the chance to evaluate the entire story as a single body of work. Aruga's nuanced character art and emotional depth have made Sheltering Eaves one of the important works of the josei genre.

So far, announcements have not specified a release date for the eighth volume. However, the final announcement indicates that the series will hit shelves soon. Whether Rie Aruga will take on a new project after this series is already a topic of curiosity among fans. The end of Sheltering Eaves can be seen as both a sad farewell and a signal for a new era in Aruga's career.