{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (1987–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox comics creator |name_nonEN = 佐野 菜見 |nonUS = ja |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1987|4|17|df=y}} |birth_place = Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan |death_date = {{death date and age|2023|8|5|1987|4|17|df=y}} |death_place = |nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> |alias = |signature_alt = |notable works = {{hlist|''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto''|''Migi & Dali''}} |collaborators = |relatives = |awards = Comic Natalie Grand Prize (2013) |manga artist = y |signature = Nami Sano's signature 2016-08-13.svg }}
{{Nihongo|'''Nami Sano'''|佐野 菜見|Sano Nami|17 April 1987 – 5 August 2023|lead=yes}} was a Japanese manga artist. She made her debut in 2010 with the one-shot title ''Non-Sugar Coffee''. She later published two series, ''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' (2012–2015) and ''Migi & Dali'' (2017–2021), which were both adapted into anime series.
==Early life== Sano was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, on 17 April 1987.<ref name="Natalie-2023-08-16">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「坂本ですが？」「ミギとダリ」佐野菜見がガンにより死去、家族とハルタが追悼コメント|trans-title=''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' and ''Migi & Dali''{{'}}s Nami Sano dies of cancer; family and ''Harta'' give memorial comments|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/537036|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=16 August 2023|access-date=16 August 2023|language=ja|archive-date=16 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816105700/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/537036|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:佐野 菜見|trans-title=Nami Sano|url=https://mangapedia.com/佐野菜見-ge6a502ff|website=Mangapedia|publisher=Voyage Group|access-date=25 October 2023|language=ja|archive-date=25 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025095449/https://mangapedia.com/佐野菜見-ge6a502ff|url-status=live}}</ref> She attended {{ill|Gakubun Junior High School|ja|西宮市立学文中学校}}, where she served as the head of the tennis club.<ref name="Asahi-2023-12-25">{{cite web|script-title=ja:夢かなえ逝った先輩忘れないで 漫画家・佐野菜見さん母校で追悼企画|trans-title=Make your dreams come true, don't forget your seniors who passed away: memorial project for manga artist Nami Sano at her alma mater|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASRDT5HDGRDTPIHB00T.html|website=The Asahi Shimbun|date=25 December 2023|access-date=28 May 2024|language=ja|archive-date=28 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528115051/https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASRDT5HDGRDTPIHB00T.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She later attended and graduated from {{ill|Naruo High School|ja|兵庫県立鳴尾高等学校}}.<ref name="Asahi-2023-12-25"/> According to a former classmate, Sano was a quiet student but was skilled in painting, stating that she drew the background for a class play during their school's cultural festival.<ref name="Kobe-2023-08-17">{{cite web|script-title=ja:人気漫画「坂本ですが？」作者早世、西宮で惜しむ声と感謝相次ぐ 阪神沿線に舞台が集中「地元愛が随所に」|trans-title=The author of the popular manga ''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' dies early; Nishinomiya receives many condolences and thanks. Scenes are concentrated along the Hanshin railway line "Local love is everywhere"|url=https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/hanshin/202308/0016710125.shtml|website=Kobe Shimbun|date=17 August 2023|access-date=25 October 2023|language=ja|archive-date=25 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025103821/https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/hanshin/202308/0016710125.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> She had wanted to be a manga artist since she was in elementary school and started drawing manga while in high school.<ref name="ANN-2016-09-07">{{cite web|last=Aoki|first=Deb|title=Interview: Nami Sano, Author of ''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto''|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2016-09-07/nami-sano-author-of-havent-you-heard-im-sakamoto/.106181|website=Anime News Network|date=7 September 2016|access-date=11 June 2021|archive-date=17 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117054605/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2016-09-07/nami-sano-author-of-havent-you-heard-im-sakamoto/.106181|url-status=live}}</ref> Sano graduated from Kyoto Seika University under its Cartoon Manga course.<ref name="BookLive-2015-11-06">{{cite web|script-title=ja:田中圭一×『双星の陰陽師』助野嘉昭先生インタビュー|trans-title=Interview with Keiichi Tanaka and ''Twin Star Exorcists''{{'}} Yoshiaki Sukeno|url=https://booklive.jp/feature/index/id/wagakoma12|website={{ill|BookLive|ja|BookLive}}|date=6 November 2015|access-date=25 October 2023|language=ja|archive-date=25 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025113027/https://booklive.jp/feature/index/id/wagakoma12|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Twin Star Exorcists'' author {{ill|Yoshiaki Sukeno|ja|助野嘉昭}}, an alumni and professor at the university, said that Sano once served as his assistant.<ref name="BookLive-2015-11-06"/>
==Career== At age 20, Sano submitted her comics to three publishers, receiving a reply from Tatsuya Shiode, an editor for the magazine ''Harta'' (formerly named ''Fellows!'').<ref name="ANN-2016-09-07"/> Shiode said that he "felt a lot of energy" in Sano's drawings despite them not being polished.<ref name="ANN-2016-09-07"/> She debuted as a manga artist in April 2010 with the one-shot ''Non-Sugar Coffee'', which was published in ''Fellows!''<ref name="Natalie-2023-08-16"/> The following year, Sano's one-shot ''Broad-Shouldered Hiroshi'' was included in the ''Costume Fellows! 2011'' booklet.<ref name="Natalie-2011-02-13">{{cite web|script-title=ja:締切り間近！森薫、雁須磨子ら参加、制服テーマの小冊子|trans-title=Deadline is approaching! Kaoru Mori, Sumako Kari, and others participate in a uniform-themed booklet|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/44895|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=13 February 2011|access-date=16 August 2023|language=ja|archive-date=15 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215071933/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/44895|url-status=live}}</ref> Her next one-shot ''Taylor's House'' was released in ''Fellows!'' that year.<ref name="Natalie-2011-02-14">{{cite web|script-title=ja:ひな祭りを先取り！Fellows!で森薫らが描く「雛祭画廊」|trans-title=Ahead of Hinamatsuri! ''Fellows!'' presents "Hinamatsuri Gallery" by Kaoru Mori and others|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/44947|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=14 February 2011|access-date=22 August 2024|language=ja|archive-date=22 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822132055/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/44947|url-status=live}}</ref>
Sano's debut series was originally planned to be a "romantic comedy about [a] boy who can see the five seconds into the future, and how he falls in love with other girls."<ref name="ANN-2016-09-07"/> After Sano sent some storyboards, Shiode said the story was "not funny at all", prompting her to change it into a gag manga.<ref name="ANN-2016-09-07"/> The series ''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' was initially a one-shot published in ''Fellows!'' in August 2011, before being serialized in the same magazine from April 2012 to December 2015.<ref name="Natalie-2023-08-16"/><ref name="Natalie-2015-12-14">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「坂本ですが？」スタイリッシュに完結！ハルタ書店特典に特製しおり|trans-title=''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' completed in style! Special bookmark available at ''Harta'' in bookstores|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/169165|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=14 December 2015|access-date=10 April 2024|language=ja|archive-date=10 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410015711/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/169165|url-status=live}}</ref> It revolves around a high school student named Sakamoto who has a reputation for being the "coolest" person in the entire student body.<ref name="ANN-2016-09-07"/> It was compiled into four {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, which have collectively sold over 3.5 million copies.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:坂本ですが？4|trans-title=''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' 4|url=https://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/g/gKIZX-255/|publisher=King Records|access-date=28 March 2024|language=ja|archive-date=13 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013224931/http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/g/gKIZX-255/|url-status=live}}</ref> The series won the Comic Natalie Grand Prize in 2013 and was nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Nami Sano's ''Sakamoto desu ga?'' Manga Wins Comic Natalie Grand Prize|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-18/nami-sano-sakamoto-desu-ga-manga-wins-comic-natalie-grand-prize|website=Anime News Network|date=18 September 2013|access-date=17 August 2023|archive-date=7 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707204112/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-18/nami-sano-sakamoto-desu-ga-manga-wins-comic-natalie-grand-prize|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:マンガ大賞：10作品がノミネート 「乙嫁語り」が3度目の選出 「ワンパンマン」「七つの大罪」も|trans-title=Manga Taishō: 10 works nominated; ''A Bride's Story'' was selected for the third time, ''One-Punch Man'' and ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' were also selected|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20140120dog00m200008000c.html|website=Mantan Web|date=20 January 2014|access-date=17 August 2023|language=ja|archive-date=17 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817084800/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20140120dog00m200008000c.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Studio Deen adapted the manga into an anime series in 2016; a spin-off one-shot titled ''A.K.A. 8823'' was published in ''Harta'' in the same year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hikaru Midorikawa Stars in DEEN's ''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-14/hikaru-midorikawa-stars-in-deen-havent-you-heard-im-sakamoto-anime/.97586|website=Anime News Network|date=14 January 2016|access-date=16 August 2023|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108103849/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-14/hikaru-midorikawa-stars-in-deen-havent-you-heard-im-sakamoto-anime/.97586|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Natalie-2016-07-15">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「坂本」8823先輩スピンオフがハルタに、「ふうらい姉妹」再開＆新連載も|trans-title=''Sakamoto'' 8823-senpai spin-off to be published in ''Harta'', ''Fūrai Shimai'' restart & new series|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/194709|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=15 July 2016|access-date=16 August 2023|language=ja|archive-date=16 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716134330/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/194709|url-status=live}}</ref> Sano was a special guest at Anime Expo 2016 where she held autograph sessions.<ref name="ANN-2016-09-07"/>
Sano stated that her next series would also be a comedy, but it would focus more on the characters' feelings and a goal that they would work towards.<ref name="ANN-2016-09-07"/> The series was titled ''Migi & Dali'', which was serialized in ''Harta'' from July 2017 to November 2021.<ref name="ANN-2017-06-16">{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Nami Sano's New Manga Titled ''Migi to Dari'', Story Revealed|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-16/nami-sano-new-manga-titled-migi-to-dari-story-revealed/.117550|website=Anime News Network|date=16 June 2017|access-date=11 June 2021|archive-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611012746/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-16/nami-sano-new-manga-titled-migi-to-dari-story-revealed/.117550|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Natalie-2021-11-15">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「FOOLPROOF」規格外の学園生活がハルタで開幕！ミギとダリ、九国のジュウシは完結|trans-title=''Foolproof'' non-standard school life begins in ''Harta''! ''Migi & Dali'' and ''Kukoku no Jūshi'' are completed|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/453613|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=15 November 2021|access-date=16 August 2023|language=ja|archive-date=15 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215071934/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/453613|url-status=live}}</ref> It follows the titular twins Migi and Dali who pose as a boy named Hitori while finding out the truth surrounding their mother's death.<ref name="Natalie-2023-12-15">{{cite web|script-title=ja:佐野菜見「ミギとダリ」単行本未収録のマンガ＆イラストを収めた小冊子がハルタに|trans-title=A booklet containing manga and illustrations not included in the volumes of Nami Sano's ''Migi & Dali'' is available in ''Harta''|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/553210|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=15 December 2023|access-date=28 March 2024|language=ja|archive-date=15 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215135051/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/553210|url-status=live}}</ref> Seven {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes were released, which have a total of 350,000 copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:TVアニメ『ミギとダリ』オリジナルサウンドトラック|trans-title=TV Anime ''Migi & Dali'' Original Soundtrack|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/722506|website=Billboard Japan|access-date=28 March 2024|archive-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204063019/https://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/722506|url-status=live}}</ref> It was adapted into an anime series by Geek Toys and CompTown in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chapman|first=Paul|title=''Migi & Dali'' TV Anime Hits Japanese Airwaves in October 2023|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/7/23/migi-dali-tv-anime-hits-japanese-airwaves-in-october-2023|website=Crunchyroll News|date=23 July 2023|access-date=16 August 2023|archive-date=23 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723201229/https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/7/23/migi-dali-tv-anime-hits-japanese-airwaves-in-october-2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Sano drew the illustrations shown in the anime's ending sequence;<ref name="Animate-2023-12-18">{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ミギとダリ』より、第12話「ぼくらの復讐」先行場面カット＆あらすじ到着！ BD BOXⅠに特典追加、EDの佐野菜見先生描きおろしイラストをポストカードにして封入|trans-title=The preliminary scene cut and synopsis of episode 12 "Our Revenge" from ''Migi & Dali'' has arrived! Bonus added to BD box I, ED illustration drawn by Nami Sano is included as a postcard|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1702831687|website=Animate Times|date=18 December 2023|access-date=28 March 2024|language=ja|archive-date=18 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218020057/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1702831687|url-status=live}}</ref> they were later included in a 28-page booklet titled ''The Timeless Collection of Arts from "Migi & Dali"'' that was bundled with an issue of ''Harta''.<ref name="Natalie-2023-12-15"/> She also illustrated the cover art of Nulbarich's "Skyline", the anime's ending song.<ref name="RealSound-2023-09-26">{{cite web|script-title=ja:Nulbarich、新曲「Skyline」がTVアニメ『ミギとダリ』エンディング主題歌に 台湾公演含む全国ツアー開催|trans-title=Nulbarich's new song "Skyline" will be used as the ending theme song for the TV anime ''Migi & Dali''. Nationwide tour including performance in Taiwan will be held|url=https://realsound.jp/2023/09/post-1443731.html|website={{ill|Real Sound (website)|lt=Real Sound|ja|リアルサウンド}}|publisher=Blueprint Co., Ltd|date=26 September 2023|access-date=8 April 2024|language=ja|archive-date=8 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408025352/https://realsound.jp/2023/09/post-1443731.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Sano finished supervising the adaptation prior to her death.<ref name="Asahi-2023-11-12"/>
==Death== In May 2023, Sano went for a checkup after she felt tension in her abdomen.<ref name="Asahi-2023-11-12">{{cite web|script-title=ja:急逝の漫画家「坂本ですが？」の佐野菜見さん 尽きない情熱、アバヨ|trans-title=Sudden death of manga artist, ''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto''{{'}}s Nami Sano. Endless passion, farewell|url=https://digital.asahi.com/articles/ASRC265THRC2PIHB015.html|website=The Asahi Shimbun|date=12 November 2023|access-date=17 March 2024|language=ja|url-access=subscription|archive-date=17 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317110459/https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASRC265THRC2PIHB015.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A tumor was discovered in her ovary; a month before her death<ref name="ANN-2023-08-16"/> it was diagnosed as malignant and already in its fourth stage.<ref name="Asahi-2023-11-12"/> Sano died of ovarian cancer on 5 August 2023 at age 36;<ref name="Asahi-2023-11-12"/> a funeral was held on 7 and 8 August. She was in the process of planning a new manga while undergoing treatment. Her death was made public on 16 August.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:漫画家・佐野菜見さんが死去 36歳 『坂本ですが?』『ミギとダリ』など描く|trans-title=Manga artist Nami Sano dies at age 36, illustrator of works such as ''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' and ''Migi & Dali''|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2291027/full/|website=Oricon|date=16 August 2023|access-date=16 August 2023|language=ja|archive-date=16 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816035154/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2291027/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> The announcement included a passage from her final letter, which stated, "This ended up being a fun life. I am now going to a more free world. Goodbye."<ref name="ANN-2023-08-16">{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' Creator Nami Sano Passes Away at 36 Due to Cancer|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-16/havent-you-heard-im-sakamoto-creator-nami-sano-passes-away-at-36-due-to-cancer/.201304|website=Anime News Network|date=16 August 2023|access-date=17 August 2023|archive-date=16 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816103606/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-16/havent-you-heard-im-sakamoto-creator-nami-sano-passes-away-at-36-due-to-cancer/.201304|url-status=live}}</ref> {{ill|Takuto Kashiki|ja|樫木祐人}}, author of ''Hakumei and Mikochi'', and voice actors Ayumu Murase and Shun Horie were among those who offered their condolences.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:漫画家・佐野菜見さん死去 漫画家&声優たちが追悼 10月にアニメ『ミギとダリ』放送控え関係者「本当に信じられない」|trans-title=Manga artist Nami Sano dies: manga artists and voice actors pay their respects, an official of the anime ''Migi & Dali'' to be aired in October: "I can't believe it"|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2291083/full/|website=Oricon|date=16 August 2023|access-date=16 April 2024|language=ja|archive-date=16 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416024412/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2291083/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sano, ''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'', ''Migi & Dali'', and the phrase "one month of illness" also became trending topics on Twitter in Japan following the announcement.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ミギとダリ』アニメ化を控えた漫画家・佐野菜見さんが死去「闘病1カ月はさすがに」悼む声相次ぐ|trans-title=Manga artist Nami Sano, whose ''Migi & Dali'' was about to be made into an anime, dies: "It's been a month of fighting the disease", voices of mourning one after another|url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/749874|website=Chunichi Shimbun|date=16 August 2023|access-date=16 April 2024|language=ja|archive-date=16 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416050757/https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/749874|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『坂本ですが？』作者・佐野菜見先生が死去 読者から「本当に残念だな」「遺書がカッコ良すぎる」の声|trans-title=''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' author Nami Sano dies, readers said "That's really unfortunate" and "The note is so cool"|url=https://nijimen.net/topics/415941|website=Nijimen|date=16 August 2023|access-date=16 April 2024|language=ja|archive-date=16 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416025057/https://nijimen.net/topics/415941|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Style, influences and legacy== Sano has cited ''Magical Circle Guru Guru'' as her inspiration to become a manga artist, calling the story "very down to earth" and adding that she liked the humor.<ref name="ANN-2016-09-07"/> She was also inspired by manga artist Kaoru Mori.<ref name="ANN-2016-09-07"/> ''The Asahi Shimbun'' called Sano's style unique, stating that she does not incorporate a straight man character into the story, but rather leaves the humor to the reader's interpretation.<ref name="Asahi-2023-11-12"/> Reviewers for Anime News Network said that she had "a distinctive perspective and gauge for hilarity" and "a unique knack for absurdist humor."<ref>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Episodes 12-13 - ''Migi & Dali''|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/migi-and-dali/episodes-12-13/.205792|website=Anime News Network|date=28 December 2023|access-date=3 April 2024|archive-date=3 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403154916/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/migi-and-dali/episodes-12-13/.205792|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Migi & Dali'' - The Fall 2023 Anime Preview Guide|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2023/fall/migi-and-dali/.202665|website=Anime News Network|date=2 October 2023|access-date=8 April 2024|archive-date=8 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408020615/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2023/fall/migi-and-dali/.202665|url-status=live}}</ref>
The setting of ''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' is primarily modeled after locations in Sano's hometown of Nishinomiya, particularly those along the Hanshin Main Line.<ref name="Kobe-2023-08-17"/> In 2016, a collaboration was held between the anime adaptation, the city of Nishinomiya, and Hanshin Electric Railway which involved various projects, including a stamp rally and posters being displayed in various locations in the city.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「坂本ですが？」が阪神電鉄＆西宮市とコラボ、駅内に坂本君がクールに出現|trans-title=''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'' collaborates with Hanshin Electric Railway & Nishinomiya City, and Sakamoto-kun coolly appears in the station|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/206588|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=24 October 2016|access-date=24 March 2024|language=ja|archive-date=24 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324144514/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/206588|url-status=live}}</ref> The collaboration led to local and overseas fans traveling to Nishinomiya as a form of pilgrimage.<ref name="Kobe-2023-08-17"/> After the announcement of Sano's death, the local community offered their condolences.<ref name="Kobe-2023-08-17"/> A column published by the Nishinomiya Mayor's Office thanked her for "sharing the wonders" of the city.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:令和5年9月（学文の 坂本ですが 鳥渡る）|trans-title=September 2023 (I'm Sakamoto of Gakubun, but I'm a bird crossing over)|url=https://www.nishi.or.jp/shisei/mayor/tekuteku_backno/tekuteku-R0509.html|publisher=Nishinomiya Mayor's Office|access-date=24 March 2024|language=ja|archive-date=24 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324152718/https://www.nishi.or.jp/shisei/mayor/tekuteku_backno/tekuteku-R0509.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2023, a special program about Sano was presented during the Fureai Festival at Gakubun Junior High School.<ref name="Asahi-2023-12-25"/>
In August 2024, a 50-page feature on Sano was published in ''Harta''; it contains illustrations and messages from over 20 authors and editors, and includes ''Happy Chocolate'', a one-shot made by Sano prior to her debut.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:今号ハルタは「佐野菜見超特集号」20名以上の作家らが佐野菜見を偲ぶ お蔵出し読切も|trans-title=This issue of ''Harta'' is a "Super Special Issue on Nami Sano" in which over 20 authors remember Nami Sano, also includes an unreleased one-shot story|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/585897|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=9 August 2024|access-date=5 November 2025|language=ja|archive-date=9 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809122202/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/585897|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Nami Sano Collection'', an anthology that compiles Sano's unpublished works, was also released that month.<ref name="Natalie-2024-08-09">{{cite web|script-title=ja:未発表原稿から「坂本ですが？」のスピンオフまで収録 永久保存版「佐野菜見作品集」|trans-title=A permanent collection of Nami Sano's works, from unpublished manuscripts to the spin-off of ''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto''|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/585919|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=9 August 2024|access-date=5 November 2025|language=ja|archive-date=9 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809124327/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/585919|url-status=live}}</ref> An art exhibition featuring illustrations and drafts from Sano was held in Tokyo, Nishinomiya, Kobe, and Nagasaki from September 2024 to July 2025.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:佐野菜見展 初の九州開催が決定！|trans-title=Nami Sano exhibition to be held in Kyushu for the first time!|url=https://www.harta.jp/articles/100194.html|website=Harta|date=26 June 2025|access-date=5 November 2025|language=ja|archive-date=9 July 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250709180643/https://www.harta.jp/articles/100194.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Works== ===Serials=== * {{Nihongo|''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto''|坂本ですが?|Sakamoto desu ga?}} (2012–2015, serialized in ''Harta'')<ref name="Natalie-2023-08-16"/><ref name="Natalie-2015-12-14"/> * {{Nihongo|''Migi & Dali''|ミギとダリ}} (2017–2021, serialized in ''Harta'')<ref name="ANN-2017-06-16"/><ref name="Natalie-2021-11-15"/>
===One-shots=== * {{Nihongo|''Non-Sugar Coffee''|ノンシュガーコーヒー}} (2010, published in ''Fellows!'')<ref name="Natalie-2023-08-16"/><ref name="NSCollection">{{cite book|script-title=ja:佐野菜見作品集|trans-title=Nami Sano Collection|date=9 August 2024|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|language=ja|id={{ISBN|9784047379411}}}}</ref> * {{Nihongo|''Broad-Shouldered Hiroshi''|肩幅ひろし|Katahaba Hiroshi}} (2011, published in ''Costume Fellows! 2011'')<ref name="Natalie-2011-02-13"/><ref name="NSCollection"/> * {{Nihongo|''Taylor's House''|テイラーズ・ハウス}} (2011, published in ''Fellows!'')<ref name="Natalie-2011-02-14"/><ref name="NSCollection"/> * {{Nihongo|''Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto''|坂本ですが?|Sakamoto desu ga?}} (2011, published in ''Fellows!'')<ref name="Natalie-2023-08-16"/> * {{Nihongo|''Tall Man Here''|のっぽがいる|Noppo ga Iru}} (2016, published in ''U12 Kodomo Fellows'')<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:U12 こどもふぇろーず|trans-title=U12 Kodomo Fellows|editor=''Harta'' Editorial Department|date=March 2016|pages=107–114|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|language=ja}}</ref><ref name="NSCollection"/> * {{Nihongo|''A.K.A. 8823''|人よんで8823|Hito Yonde 8823}} (2016, published in ''Harta'')<ref name="Natalie-2016-07-15"/><ref name="NSCollection"/> * {{Nihongo|''My Dear Girlfriend''|いとしの紙一重|Itoshi no Kamihitoe}} (2018, published in ''Slender Fellows'')<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:スレンダーフェローズ|trans-title=Slender Fellows|editor=''Harta'' Editorial Department|date=May 2018|pages=223–226|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|language=ja|id={{JPNO|23955688}}}}</ref><ref name="NSCollection"/> * Unpublished one-shots, later included in {{Nihongo|''Nami Sano Collection''|佐野菜見作品集|Sano Nami Sakuhinshū}} (2024)<ref name="Natalie-2024-08-09"/><ref name="NSCollection"/> ** {{Nihongo|''Tulip for You''|チューリップを君に|Tulip o Kimi ni}} (2007) ** {{Nihongo|''Happy Chocolate''|幸せのチョコレート|Shiawase no Chokorēto}} (2008) ** {{Nihongo|''Moon Song''|月のうた|Tsuki no Uta}} (2009) ** {{Nihongo|''La Rue''|La Rue ラ・ルー}} (2009) ** {{Nihongo|''My Home''|マイホーム}} (2010)
===Other=== * ''Harta'' volume 81 (magazine; 2021) – cover illustration<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:九井諒子のラフスケッチ集第4弾がハルタ付録に、今回はマンガも収録|trans-title=Ryoko Kui's fourth collection of rough sketches is included in the ''Harta'' appendix, this time with manga as well|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/416386|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=15 February 2021|access-date=6 April 2024|language=ja|archive-date=6 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406061221/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/416386|url-status=live}}</ref> * ''Migi & Dali'' (anime; 2023) – ending sequence illustrations<ref name="Animate-2023-12-18"/> * "Skyline" (song; 2023) – cover illustration<ref name="RealSound-2023-09-26"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Anime News Network|person|124154}}
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