#Koiiji

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To celebrate the release of Takako Shimura's latest short story collection, a character poll was held where she would draw art of the top three characters from her various series, here's the full ranking:

Saori Chiba (Wandering Son)

Fumi Manjoume (Sweet Blue Flowers)

Anna Suehiro (Wandering Son)

Akira Okudaira (Sweet Blue Flowers)

Shuuichi Nitori (Wandering Son)

Emi Okabe (Awajima Hyakkei)*

Yasuko Sugimoto (Sweet Blue Flowers)*

Yoshino Takatsuki (Wandering Son)**

Nanako Kikuchi, Yuka Kondo, Chiaki Honda (Shikii no Juunin/Inhabitants of the Threshold)**

Kyoko Ikumi, Hinako Yamashina (Sweet Blue Flowers)***

Kanako Sasa (Wandering Son)***

Kaneda-sensei (Shikii no Juunin/Inhabitants of the Threshold)***

Kaoru Fuji, Yuri Machiya (Love Buzz)***

Kusumi-sensei, Tosh-san, Mayuko (Musume no Iede)***

Mame Oohara (Koiiji)***

Tsukasa-kun (Boku wa Onnanoko)***

Mirin, Akira-chan, Rina, Hiro-kun (Majiwaru Chuuou Kanjousen)***

Inaho Kaizuka, Slaine (Aldonoah Zero)***

*Sixth place tie with 5 votes each, **Eight place tie with 2 votes each, ***Ninth place tie with 1 vote each

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I know that the reason I put Umimachi Diary very low on my priority manga buying list is because the series is barely popular (I dunno why Panini MX was betting on it, as Yoshida Akimi's Banana Fish is HER MOST popular work, but I GUESS, Umimachi is slightly more generally accessible than other of her contemporary works, and it might have been part of the BF license package). But, I love myself a slice of life/coming of age nice little story that connects a lot of characters (although the only other one I can think of i probably Shimura Takako's Koiiji or Musume no Iede... and MAN, these two kinda get messy on the connections and character cast and their stories).

It's a small town that somehow everyone has a family member or friend or coworker that is related to another character and so and so. So, I can totally buy that because of the size of the town (says the one that has also watched PLENTY of k-dramas that take place in many coastal towns and tend to have big casts that intertwine with each other, too).

I dunno, it's the whole "chill" factor what attracts me of this series. Same in a sense of Insomnia After School, I guess? There's not too much conflict (besides the necessary for drama), and sometimes I need to chill from others that I might be buying and reading (I say that, but turns out a great majority of the series I buy right now are pretty chill, lmao).

*Okay, I guess one reason I could give Panini for licensing this is that the Koreeda Hirokazu's live action adaptation movie ALSO exists, and I see it's more well-known than the manga itself overseas (i just went through the tag, and it is dominated by the movie's screencaps/gifs), however I'm drawing a blank because, there's a slight chance the movie was projected in one of those Japanese Cinema festivals that certain other distributor may have done during the past few years... ALL I know it's that I only went to the one(s) in 2016 -17 and I BARELY remember this was one of them.

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Koiiji

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I didnt even catch the charas names but... Their parents got married so they're not related by blood but they lived together for some time as siblings.... And the parents divorced but she was dating somebody else anyways did she cheat is that why shes pregnant... From the guy she was raised with for some years... Why does everything have to teeter on incest.... What's the appeal i dont get it....

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Manga title en: Koiiji

Manga title jp: こいいじ

Author:  SHIMURA Takako

The art wasn’t something that I was used to, but I learned to love it. Storywise is amazing, the author did a great job, it is not the “usual” shoujo as it has drama and slice of life, and is not fast paced but I fell in love with this manga 

I think the original one has ended but where I read it it has not

Read en: https://mangarock.com/manga/mrs-serie-138566

Read jp (pay): https://kisscomic.com/c/koiiji.html

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