Born in 1954 in Okayama Prefecture, Atsuko Asano is a Japanese writer whose decades-long career has included penning the children's series Telepathy shojo ran and the manga series The Manzai Comics. Her book series, Battery, received the Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature in 1997, the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award in 2005, and a film adaptation in 2007.

Hinoki Kino is a Japanese manga artist best known for the manga adaptation of 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!