{"id":144232,"date":"2026-01-06T19:42:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=144232"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:42:57","slug":"the-person-i-loved-asked-me-to-die-in-my-sisters-stead-gets-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/06\/the-person-i-loved-asked-me-to-die-in-my-sisters-stead-gets-anime\/","title":{"rendered":"The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister&#8217;s Stead Gets Anime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister&#8217;s Stead<\/em> series is inspiring an anime adaptation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2500\u2022\u2726\u2022\u2500 \ud83e\udd8b\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u5316\u4f01\u753b\u9032\u884c\u4e2d\ud83e\udd8b \u2500\u2022\u2726\u2022\u2500<br><br>\u3064\u3044\u306b\uff01\uff01<br>\u300e\u604b\u3057\u305f\u4eba\u306f\u3001\u59b9\u306e\u4ee3\u308f\u308a\u306b<br>\u6b7b\u3093\u3067\u304f\u308c\u3068\u8a00\u3063\u305f\u3002\u300f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E6%81%8B%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u604b\u3057\u305f\u4eba\u306f<\/a> \u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u5316\u4f01\u753b\u9032\u884c\u4e2d\u3067\u3059\uff01\uff01<br><br>\u3044\u3064\u3082\u8aad\u3093\u3067\u304f\u3060\u3055\u308b\u7686\u69d8\u3001<br>\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude4f<br><br>\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u3082\u7d2f\u8a08110\u4e07\u90e8\u7a81\u7834\uff01\uff01<br>\u3068\u3066\u3082\u5b09\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\uff01\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nKDdBe6bJd\">pic.twitter.com\/nKDdBe6bJd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6c38\u91ce\u6c34\u8cb4\ud83e\udd8b\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u5316\u4f01\u753b\u9032\u884c\u4e2d (@nagano_mizuki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nagano_mizuki\/status\/2008737571057398033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 7, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Originating as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel by <strong>Mizuki Nagano<\/strong> in 2020, <em>The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister&#8217;s Stead\u00a0<\/em>(<em>Koishita Hito wa, Imoto no Kawari ni Shinde kure to Itta. \u2014Imoto to Kekkon shita Kataomoi shita Aite ga Naze Imasara Watashi no Moto ni? to Omottara\u2014<\/em>) received a light novel series starting in 2021, followed by a manga. The CORONA EX manga service from <em>he Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister&#8217;s Stead <\/em>publisher TO Books describes the synopsis as such:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tagged-description text-sm\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Lady Wisteria&#8217;s greatest wish is to be worthy of the man she loves, Lord Bright. But when Wisteria\u2019s little sister, Rosalie, is selected to enter the Predawn Realm as its guardian, never to return, Bright begs Wisteria to take Rosalie\u2019s place! After all, Wisteria is skilled with magic, and resistant to the sinister miasma that threatens the mortal world. Heartbroken, Wisteria enters the Predawn Realm, accompanied by the sacred sword, Sartis. Twenty years later, a stranger with a familiar face appears, demanding the sword and challenging Wisteria. Who is he, and why does he resemble Lord Bright\u2026?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The light novel series, which is illustrated by <strong>Saori Toyota<\/strong> and published under the Celica Novels label, will release its eighth volume in Japan on<span id=\"productSubtitle\" class=\"a-size-medium a-color-secondary celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"fw8c4w-3ce87c-ocqfgm-vlv13n\" data-cel-widget=\"productSubtitle\"> January 10, 2026. The manga is drawn by <strong>Maki Yamori<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-1tl8opc\">@nagano_mizuki<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister&#8217;s Stead series is inspiring an anime adaptation. 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