After making a splash with comics and illustrations uploaded to Pixiv and Twitter, Konishi's professional debut came with the serialization of the manga version of Haru's Curse in Monthly Comic Zero Sum. Asuka Konishi is a penname, and nothing is publicly known about the author, including his or her gender. Konishi represents a new generation of manga artists who have come to fame not through the usual channels but through the internet, much like musical artists made famous by Youtube or Soundcloud.