Daisuke Hagiwara

Daisuke Hagiwara is a Japanese manga artist best known for illustrating Horimiya, his most widely translated work. He turned Hero's original web comic "Hori-san to Miyamura-kun" into the full serialized manga that CloverWorks later adapted into the anime.

Horimiya's story began as a web comic that Hero wrote and drew, before Daisuke Hagiwara adapted it into the serialized manga. That manga adaptation introduced Kyoko Hori and Izumi Miyamura to a much wider readership than the original web comic reached.

No, Horimiya is not discontinued. Daisuke Hagiwara's manga adaptation ran for several years in Japan before wrapping up as a completed story, rather than being cancelled.

Hagiwara's paneling, pacing, and character designs shaped how Kyoko Hori and Izumi Miyamura's slow burn relationship unfolded on the page. Much of that groundwork carried directly into the later CloverWorks anime adaptation.

Horimiya's popularity in print during its run in Japan helped set up the eventual CloverWorks anime adaptation. That same popularity also helped drive further overseas releases of the manga.