mememe's manga "Taro DON'T ESCAPE!" (Taiyo Tosho) is an unprecedented hit. Although mememe is a new manga artist who debuted in 2025, the comic book version of the work, released last December, has already surpassed 400,000 copies in total sales. It has also garnered attention for winning first place in the overall comic category of the BL ranking project "BL Award 2026".
Those involved are amazed, saying, "It's spreading explosively through word of mouth and social media, an unprecedented phenomenon for a newcomer. It's spreading beyond BL fans. Its momentum is unstoppable."
"Taro DON'T ESCAPE!" tells the story of Taro, a shy high school student who has grown distant from his best friend and spends his birthday alone. He makes a promise to meet "Ai," whom he met on social media out of loneliness, on his birthday, but a man in a mascot costume shows up...
