The Goodbye, Lara manga will be illustrated by Citrus creator Saburouta.
Kinema Citrus' original anime Goodbye, Lara is getting a manga adaptation by Saburouta, the creator of the popular yuri manga “Citrus”. The announcement was made by the anime's official X account on Tuesday, with the manga scheduled to launch on Kadokawa's KadoComi platform in October 2026. An English release is unconfirmed.
The anime itself premiered on 5 July, with Crunchyroll streaming the series alongside its English dub.
Goodbye, Lara
Illustrator: Saburouta
Where to read: KadoComi
Release date: October 2026
What storyline will Goodbye, Lara's manga adaptation follow?
No confirmation about the storyline for this manga adaptation has been revealed, so it's likely that it will at least follow the anime's plot.
Goodbye, Lara is a project to celebrate Kinema Citrus’ 15th anniversary. It’s a reimagination of the popular fairytale ‘The Little Mermaid’, set in modern day Japan. The official website describes the story as (machine translated):
Once upon a time, there was a mermaid princess named Lara. She grew up happily, loved by her father, the King of the Sea, and her sisters.
One day, Lara falls in love with a human prince who lives on land. It was a forbidden love, unacceptable in the world of mermaids .
Nevertheless, Lara sets off for the surface world.
She drinks the potion given to her by the witch Grace and transforms into a human.
However, it was a forbidden potion that would transform her into foam bubbles unless she found true love.Despite being a mermaid princess, Lara longed for love with a human. However, her wish was not granted, and she floated in the ocean as foam.
Two hundred years later, Princess Lara the mermaid is resurrected in Lake Biwa.
This time, she will find true love.
Where will the Goodbye, Lara manga be serialised?
The Goodbye, Lara manga will launch on Kadokawa's KadoComi web manga platform in October 2026.
Further details about the manga's release schedule have yet to be announced.
Who is illustrating the Goodbye, Lara manga adaptation?
The manga will be illustrated by Saburouta, the creator of Citrus.
Saburouta is best known for Citrus, a yuri manga that was serialised in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime. The series received an anime adaptation in 2018.