Frieren, Ranma 1/2 artists pull works from Manga One after sexual abuse scandal

Over the past weekend, details emerged of a serious scandal that is rocking the manga world, leading to major authors removing their works from Manga One, the digital reading app of publisher Shogakukan. It has been revealed that the publishing house, one of the biggest in Japan, rehired an author who had been arrested in 2020 for sexual assault of an underage girl under a false name to work on a new manga.