mato’s 4-koma gag adaptation of last season’s hit anime “Darling in the FRANXX” has released it’s first compilation book yesterday — 4th October 2018. A comedic spin-off of the anime “Darling in the FRANXX”, which has been co-produced by TRIGGER and A-1 Pictures, thebook has been published in full color.

© mato / Kentaro Yabuki / Darling in the Franxx Production Committee

Darling in the Franxx is a 2018 Japanese science fiction animated television series that premiered on 13th January 2018. It tells the story of Hiro, former pilot-candidate prodigy, can no longer synchronize with his partner and they both fail to complete the training program to control massive defensive mecha called Franxx. Hiro encounters Zero Two, an infamous Franxx pilot with red horns and a mysterious past, and Hiro volunteers to become her new partner or “darling.”