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is a Japanese four-panel
comic strip
manga
series written and illustrated by Tenpō Gensui, which began serialization in Tokuma Shoten
's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū
in October 2008. The manga follows the everyday life of three high school girls. The first bound volume
was released on May 20, 2008, followed by the second volume on August 20, 2009.
Yonkoma
thumb|right|150px|Traditional Yonkoma layout, a comic-strip format, generally consists of gag comic strips within four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series written and illustrated by Tenpō Gensui, which began serialization in Tokuma Shoten
Tokuma Shoten
is a publisher in Japan, that was established in 1954.The company was also the parent company for the film studio Daiei Motion Pictures, bought in 1974, and the record label Tokuma Japan Communications, bought in 1972, until both were sold off when Yasuyoshi Tokuma, who established this company,...
's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū
Monthly Comic Ryu
is a Japanese monthly seinen manga and anime magazine published by Tokuma Shoten. The magazine was originally a quarterly special issue of Animage, beginning in 1979 before switching to a monthly schedule and finally suspending publication...
in October 2008. The manga follows the everyday life of three high school girls. The first bound volume
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
was released on May 20, 2008, followed by the second volume on August 20, 2009.
Characters
- Shōsei is the main character and has a crush on Mayuko. She is usually pretty quiet but occasionally does something crazy.
- Mayuko is a rich girl and Shōsei's best friend. Due to her 'princess cut' hair and other feminine charms, she has become the idol of the school. She is generally a bit of a tease when it comes to Shōsei's flirting.
- Mawata is an otakuOtakuis a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga or video games.- Etymology :Otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another's house or family , which is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun...
and a member of the school's manga club. As such, she is obsessed with everything manga, anime and cosplay. She creates a lot of dōjinshiDojinshiis the Japanese term for self-published works, usually magazines, manga or novels. Dōjinshi are often the work of amateurs, though some professional artists participate as a way to publish material outside the regular industry. The term dōjinshi is derived from and . Dōjinshi are part of a wider...
that she sells at conventions such as ComiketComiket, otherwise known as the , is the world's largest self-published comic book fair, held twice a year in Tokyo, Japan. The first Comiket was held on December 21, 1975, with only about 32 participating circles and an estimated 600 attendees. Attendance has since swelled to over a half million people....
, and usually tricks Mayuko and Shōsei into helping her out. She has a particular interest in yaoiYaoiIn careful Japanese enunciation, all three vowels are pronounced separately, for a three-mora word, . The English equivalent is . also known as Boys' Love, is a Japanese popular term for female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships, usually created by...
and yuri manga.