JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World (manga)

JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World (JapaneseJKハルは異世界で娼婦になったHepburnJK Haru wa Isekai de Shōfu ni Natta) is a Japanese novel by Kō Hiratori, first published in Japan as a web novel from October 2016 to August 2017 on the website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Hayakawa Publishing, who published it in December 2017 with cover art by shimano. The novel follows the high school student Haru Koyama, who is transported to another world after her death, where she begins work as a sex worker.

A second volume titled JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World: Summer, which is a collection of several short stories that complement the main story, was published in December 2019. The novel has also been adapted into a manga series, illustrated by J-ta Yamada.

Plot

The high school student Haru Koyama and her classmate Seiji Chiba are killed in a traffic accident and are teleported to another world together. While Chiba becomes an adventurer and goes out to slay monsters, Haru discovers that women are not allowed to have special powers in the new world, so she decides to make a living as a sex worker.

JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World is written by Kō Hiratori. It started as a web novel on the website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in October 2016. In December 2017, it was acquired by Hayakawa Publishing, who published it in print with cover art by shimano. In North America, the publisher J-Novel Club licensed the series and published it as an e-book in English.

manga adaptation, illustrated by J-ta Yamada, started on June 14, 2019. It is serialized on the Manga Ōkoku website under its Utsutsu label. It has been published by Shinchosha in four volumes in the tankōbon format as of July 2021. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in North America and will publish it under its Ghost Ship imprint.

 

JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World
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First novel volume cover
JKハルは異世界で娼婦になった
(JK Haru wa Isekai de Shōfu ni Natta)
Genre Isekai
Novel series
Written by Kō Hiratori
Published by Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run October 26, 2016 – August 2, 2017
Novel series
Written by Kō Hiratori
Illustrated by shimano
Published by Hayakawa Publishing
English publisher
Imprint Hayakawa Bunko JA
Original run December 6, 2017 – December 4, 2019
Volumes 2
Manga
Written by Kō Hiratori
Illustrated by J-ta Yamada
Published by Shinchosha
English publisher
Imprint Bunch Comics
Magazine Manga Ōkoku
Demographic Seinen
Original run June 14, 2019 – present
Volumes 4

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