{"id":145469,"date":"2026-01-22T08:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=145469"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:56:47","slug":"manga-about-unhappy-working-adult-debuts-on-manga-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/22\/manga-about-unhappy-working-adult-debuts-on-manga-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Manga About Unhappy Working Adult Debuts on MANGA Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"TitleDetailHeader-module_title_Iy33M\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Smiley &amp; Lively\u2606Your Girl Happy<\/em>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/13\/koji-seos-new-umine-the-island-inn-manga-launches-available-on-k-manga\/\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">new manga<\/a> that follows a despondent working woman with the ironic name of Happy, has begun serialization in English on Shueisha&#8217;s MANGA Plus. It also debuted on Shonen Jump+ in Japan with the title <em>Nikoniko Genki \u2606 Happy-chan<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Here&#8217;s the synopsis:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">I love it when people call me carefree-\u2014that&#8217;s because my Normal Person camouflage is working\u2606 Running on fumes every day! But I&#8217;m still alive! Your girl Happy proudly presents the ultimate happy survival show!<\/span><\/em><\/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=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW SERIES!\ud83c\udf89<br>For English Series<br><br>Running on fumes, but I&#39;m still alive!<br><br>&quot;Smiley &amp; Lively\u2606Your Girl Happy&quot; Chap 001<br>by Nosuke Inujima\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/inujima_inu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@inujima_inu<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dT08dT6MIW\">https:\/\/t.co\/dT08dT6MIW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ct268MKwVD\">pic.twitter.com\/Ct268MKwVD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA (@mangaplus_o) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mangaplus_o\/status\/2014352432986493229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 22, 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\">The manga&#8217;s creator is <strong>Nosuke Inujima<\/strong>, whose previous works include the one-shots <em>Sukima Jikan<\/em> (about a couple struggling with the time it takes for the guy to put on a condom) and <em>Hokago<\/em> (about a girl&#8217;s unusual afterschool activities). You can check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp\/titles\/100674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/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\">@mangaplus_o<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smiley &amp; Lively\u2606Your Girl Happy, a new manga that follows a despondent working woman with the ironic name of Happy, has begun serialization in English on Shueisha&#8217;s MANGA Plus. It also debuted on Shonen Jump+ in Japan with the title Nikoniko Genki \u2606 Happy-chan. Here&#8217;s the synopsis: I love it when people call me carefree-\u2014that&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":145474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1053,10],"tags":[12330],"class_list":["post-145469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-feature","category-anime","tag-smiley-livelyyour-girl-happy"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Smiley-Lively%E2%98%86Your-Girl-Happy.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-BQh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145624,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145469\/revisions\/145624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}