Wakame Konbu

**Wakame Konbu** (昆 (こん) 布 (ぶ) わかめ, *Konbu Wakame*?) is a Japanese manga artist and the author and illustrator of *The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!*.

## About

Konbu is a Japanese manga artist known mostly for her comedy and yuri manga. She began activity as a mangaka in 2013, debuting in the September-October 2013 issues of Hobunsha's *Manga Time Kirara MAX* with the one-shot ***Akari Mimi is what Mimi?*** (あかりのみみはなんのみみ?, *Akari no Mimi wa Nan no Mimi?*?), before gradually releasing a number of other one-shots in the same magazine and then finally beginning to serialize her first proper series.

On August 20, 2019, Konbu created a YouTube channel to release speedpaints of her illustrations. She debuted her own VTuber character (drawn by herself) in a radio stream she later did alongside Nishizawa, a fellow illustrator known for being the "mama" of hololive's 5th gen VTuber Momosuzu Nene, who is coincidentally one of the three hololive members who sang the ending song for *The Great Jahy*'s anime series. Konbu eventually had her character rigged into a proper live 2D model on April 29, 2020, and continued to consistently stream, sing and post her speedpaints as a VTuber on YouTube, amassing 50K subscribers as of April 2022.

## Notable Works

Konbu's first well-known manga began on Feb 19, 2016, and was a comedy ballet manga named ***Dreaming Prima Girl!*** (夢見るプリマ・ガール！, *Yumemiru Purima Gāru!*?) that was published by Manga Time Kirara MAX.

During its run, Konbu also took up writing her next manga, ***Breasts Are My Favorite Things in the World!*** (世界で一番おっぱいが好き！, *Sekai de Ichiban Oppai ga Suki!*?), published in Comic Cune, which started on Jul 27, 2017 and is still currently ongoing. ***The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!*** (ジャヒー様はくじけない！, *Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!*?) then began on the 22nd of the following month, and *Prima Girl!* finished its run the next year on Jan 19, spanning 25 chapters across 2 volumes in total.

On Jan 22, 2020, Konbu then began another manga, ***The Maid I Recently Hired is Mysterious*** (最近雇ったメイドが怪しい, *Saikin Yatotta Meido ga Ayashī*?), which is currently being serialized in Gangan JOKER alongside *The Great Jahy*.

### Gallery

*Dreaming Prima Girl!**Breasts Are My Favorite Things in the World!**The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!**The Maid I Recently Hired is Mysterious*
## Collaborations

Konbu also participated in a number of collaboration works with other mangaka, the most prominent of these being ***Shadowverse: Dengeki Comic Anthology*** (シャドウバース 電撃コミックアンソロジー, *Shadoubāsu: Dengeki Komikku Ansorojī*?) (Mar 27, 2017), ***JC no Miryoku wo Tanoshimu Kenzen na Anthology Comic*** (JCの魅力を楽しむ健全なアンソロジーコミック, *JC no Miryoku wo Tanoshimu Kenzen na Ansorojī Komikku*?) (May 27, 2017) and ***Precious. 4P Short Stories*** (尊い。 4Pショート・ストーリーズ, *Tōtoi. 4 P Shōto Sutōrīzu*?) (Oct 25, 2019).

## The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!

*Main article: The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!*
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Oneshot Serialization Announcement IllustrationManga Serialization Announcement IllustrationAugust 2017 Gangan IllustrationSeptember 2017 Gangan IllustrationOctober 2017 Gangan JOKER Issue Release IllustrationNovember 2017 Gangan JOKER Issue Release IllustrationDecember 2017 Gangan IllustrationDecember 2017 Gangan Illustration 2

January 2018 Gangan JOKER Issue Release IllustrationVolume 1 Release IllustrationApril 2018 Gangan JOKER Issue Release IllustrationApril 2018 Gangan IllustrationApril 2018 Gangan Illustration 2Volume 2 Release IllustrationApril 2018 Gangan Illustration 3June 2018 Gangan IllustrationAward Nomination Announcement IllustrationJuly 2018 Gangan IllustrationTuesday IllustrationVolume 3 Release IllustrationVolume 3 Release Illustration 23 Volumes Celebration Illustration

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## References

1. ↑ Wakame Konbu on Wikipedia (JP)
2. ↑ MyAnimeList Profile