{"id":2034,"date":"2023-03-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:32:10","slug":"waypoints-season-3-preview-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/waypoints-season-3-preview-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Waypoints Season 3 Preview (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Waypoints returns in less than a month!<\/strong> We\u2019re looking forward to bringing you new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/manga\/\">manga<\/a> featuring the work of both new and returning collaborators. Expect variety again this year as we continue to tell tales of life-changing encounters from various points-of-view in collaboration with various artists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Season 3 starts on <strong>April 7<\/strong>, 2023, with <strong>\u201cA Bigger Story.\u201d<\/strong> This one\u2019s illustrated by an artist who is new to Waypoints but has a lot of skill and experience \u2013 <strong>Igor Cicarini<\/strong>. Here\u2019s a sneak peak at some of Igor\u2019s art from this manga:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-1a.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-1a.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-1a-480x496.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-2038\" title=\"2023-03-preview-1a\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-1b.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-1b.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-1b-480x338.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-2039\" title=\"2023-03-preview-1b\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <strong>May<\/strong>, regular Waypoints collaborator <strong>Ryo Azumi<\/strong> returns as the artist on a new story. Here are some character sketches Azumi did, along with one page of her manga layouts:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-2b.jpg\" width=\"842\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-2b.jpg 842w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-2b-480x339.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 842px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-2040\" title=\"2023-03-preview-2b\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_3 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-2a.jpg\" width=\"842\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-2a.jpg 842w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-preview-2a-480x339.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 842px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-2041\" title=\"2023-03-preview-2a\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope you\u2019ll be back to check these manga out when Waypoints returns in April!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>See you soon!<\/strong><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_post_nav_0 et_pb_posts_nav nav-single et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"nav-previous\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/2020-2\/\" rel=\"prev\" class=\"\"><span class=\"meta-nav\">&larr; <\/span><span class=\"nav-label\">Previous Post<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"nav-next\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/what-is-easter\/\" rel=\"next\" class=\"\"><span class=\"nav-label\">Next Post<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manga","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}