Konao Menrui

Description
Konao Menrui is the original creator of the Japanese light novel series, manga, and anime short "Isekai Onsen Paradise". The original Japanese name for the creator is 綿涙粉緒, which can be romanized as Menrui Konao. Konao Menrui began serializing the story as a web novel on the user-generated novel publishing website Novel Up Plus on September 6, 2019. The series was later acquired by Hobby Japan, who began publishing it as a light novel under their HJ Novels imprint in August 2021, with illustrations provided by Yoshitake. As of August 2022, three volumes of the light novel had been released.

Following the light novel's publication, a manga adaptation of "Isekai Onsen Paradise" was created, with Konao Menrui credited as the original author and Masahito Sasaki handling the illustration. This manga adaptation was serialized online via Hobby Japan's Comic Fire website from November 19, 2021, to December 25, 2023, and was collected into two tankōbon volumes. The story was subsequently adapted into a short-form anime television series, which was produced by studios BloomZ and Wolfsbane. The anime series aired from January 12 to March 29, 2024, and consisted of twelve episodes. In the context of the anime production, Konao Menrui is listed as the original creator, with the copyright for the series attributed to Menrui Konao and Hobby Japan.
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