The ninth compiled book volume of Hijiki Isoflavone's Phantom of the Idol (Kami Kuzu Idol) manga revealed on July 31 that the manga will end in its 10th volume, which will ship in 2026.
Kodansha USA Publishing has licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Yuuya, one half of the boy pop duo ZINGS, may be the laziest performer in the Japanese music industry. His partner is out there giving 110% every night (and, thankfully, he's quite popular), but Yuuya's half-assed, sloppy dancing, and his frankly hostile attitude toward the audience, has the fans hating him and his agent looking for any excuse to cut him loose. The career of a pop idol just isn't the path of easy leisure and adulation Yuuya expected…After a particularly lifeless concert appearance, Yuuya meets a girl backstage. She's dressed to the nines in a colorful outfit, she's full of vim and vigor, and all she wants from life is to perform. There's just one problem: She's been dead for a year. This is the ghost of Asahi Mogami, the beloved singer whose time on the stage was tragically cut short, unless… If ghosts are real, is spirit possession really that much of a stretch?
Isoflavone launched the manga in Ichijinsha's Comic Zero Sum magazine in December 2017. Kodansha USA Publishing released the seventh volume on April 23.
The manga inspired a television anime that premiered in July 2022. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime and streamed it on HIDIVE with both English subtitles and an English dub.
Source: Phantom of the Idol volume 9