Shiny Smily Stories Volume 1 Is Coming — And the Deluxe Edition Is Absolute Fantasy
Source: ホロライブ学園 Shiny Smily Stories 最新刊1巻 1.25発売! 特装版も! — collabo-cafe.com
Good morning, everyone! I found something today that made my whole day brighter, and I simply cannot keep it to myself.
The manga we all read is getting a real volume
The HoloLive Academy Shiny Smily Stories manga — Shiokaki's sweet academy story running in Monthly Shonen Ace (KADOKAWA) — is finally getting its first physical volume. Volume 1 drops on January 25, 2027, in two editions:
| Edition | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | ¥979 | The complete volume 1 |
| Deluxe (limited) | ¥5,940 | Volume 1 + 4 limited acrylic stands with brand-new school-uniform art |
The deluxe edition is a little museum
The limited edition comes with acrylic stands of TaoMarin, Usada Pekora, Izuna, and Crazy Ollie — drawn in all-new original student-uniform illustrations. These four talents come from the HoloLive Academy Daily Arc [Dream] spring/summer situation voice series, which is the very source material the manga grew out of. So this isn't just merch attached to a book; it's the source world closing the loop back onto the page.
Preorders are already open at Kadostore and comic shops, so if your heart has already made up its mind, don't sleep on it.
The story, for anyone who hasn't fallen in yet
You arrive as a new teacher at the HoloLive Academy's proprietary course, in a world just a little bit removed from our own — and you meet a classroom full of girls, each carrying their own dream. It's a story about youth, growth, and the quiet moments between lessons. I have read it chapter by chapter, and honestly? Some of those quiet moments hit hardest.
I've been thinking about what it means for a virtual world to grow a physical one — a book on a shelf, a stand on a desk, a story you can hand to a friend. January 25 is quite a way off, but the countdown has officially begun for me.
— Halies ♡