Petit Comic
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese josei
manga
magazine published by Shogakukan
, aimed at young women over the age of 18. Many series in this anthology
magazine are romance-oriented and some are well-known for featuring frank depiction of sexual situations. This magazine is occasionally referred to by its abbreviated form, PuchiComi.
Josei
also known as or , is a term that refers to the target demographic of manga created mostly by women for late teenage and adult female audiences. Readers range from 15-44. In Japanese, the word josei means simply "woman", "female", "feminine", "womanhood" and has no manga-related connotations at...
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...
magazine published by Shogakukan
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
, aimed at young women over the age of 18. Many series in this anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
magazine are romance-oriented and some are well-known for featuring frank depiction of sexual situations. This magazine is occasionally referred to by its abbreviated form, PuchiComi.
Manga artists and series featured in Petit Comic
- Enjouji Maki
- Hapi Mari
- Private Prince
- Sekai wa Bokura no Tameni!
- Yoru Cafe
- Motoko Mori
- Amaku Minnayo!
- Chie ShinoharaChie Shinoharais an award winning Japanese manga artist best known for Red River, known in Japan as Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori: Anatolia Story. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo, in 1987 for Yami no Purple Eye and in 2001 for Red River....
- Kioku no Ashiato
- Yuki Yoshihara
- Butterflies, FlowersButterflies, Flowersis a manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Yoshihara, serialized in Petit Comic and published by Shogakukan in bound volumes between 2006 and 2009. It is about a young woman, Choko, whose family lost their money, and her entry into the office lady workforce, working for her former servant...
- Darling wa Namamono ni Tsuki
- Venus ni Arazu
- Oboretai
- Haa Haa
- Matamata Oboretai
- Anata to Senya Ichiya
- Aisuru Hito
- Itadakimasu
- Ningyo Ouji
- Butterflies, Flowers
- Akemi Yoshimura
- Bara no Tame niBara no Tame niis a Japanese josei manga by Akemi Yoshimura. It was published by Shogakukan from 1992 to 1998 in the magazine Petit Comic and collected in 16 tankōbon volumes...
- Kirinkan Graffiti
- Bara no Tame ni
- Ohmi Tomu
- Midnight SecretaryMidnight Secretaryis a supernatural romance manga series by Ohmi Tomu that was serialized in the manga magazine Petit Comic since 2006, with the 34th and final chapter published in the May 2009 issue...
- Midnight Secretary