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Neighborhood Story | ||||
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Mikako Kouda | ||||
ご近所物語 (Gokinjo Monogatari) | ||||
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Akinori Yabe | Genki Yoshimura | November 26, 1995 | ||
12 | "Tsutomu's Been Dumped!" Transliteration: "Furareta Tsutomu!" (Japanese: フラレたツトム!) | Ryō Tachiba | Yumi Kageyama | December 3, 1995 |
13 | "Motorbike Misunderstanding" Transliteration: "Baiku ni kansuru gokai" (Japanese: バイクに関する誤解) | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Genki Yoshimura | December 10, 1995 |
14 | "Pii's Panic" Transliteration: "Pii-chan panikku" (Japanese: ピイちゃんパニック) | Tōru Yamada | Yumi Kageyama | December 17, 1995 |
15 | "A Present to Santa" Transliteration: "Santa e no okurimono" (Japanese: サンタへの贈りもの) | Yoshihiro Oka | Aya Matsui | December 24, 1995 |
16 | "A Love Prayer! Happy New Year" Transliteration: "Renai kigan! Hatsumōde" (Japanese: 恋愛祈願!初もうで) | Atsutoshi Umezawa | Genki Yoshimura | January 7, 1996 |
17 | "Body-ko and Shintarou!!" Transliteration: "Badi-ko to Shintarō" (Japanese: バディ子と新太郎!!) | Akinori Yabe | Yumi Kageyama | January 14, 1996 |
18 | "Friendship? Or Romance?" Transliteration: "Yūjō ka? Renai ka?" (Japanese: 友情か?恋愛か?) | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Yumi Kageyama | January 21, 1996 |
19 | "Revealed! Risa's Boyfriend!" Transliteration: "Hakkaku!! Risa no kareshi!" (Japanese: 発覚!! リサの彼氏!) | Ryō Tachiba | Aya Matsui | January 28, 1996 |
20 | "Lessons in Love At The Flea Market" Transliteration: "Furima de koi no obenkyō" (Japanese: フリマで恋のお勉強) | Tōru Yamada | Aya Matsui | February 4, 1996 |
21 | "If I'm Honest..." Transliteration: "Sunao ni naretara..." (Japanese: 素直になれたら…) | Yoshihiro Oka | Genki Yoshimura | February 11, 1996 |
22 | "Who's Oikawa Ayumi?!" Transliteration: "Oikawa Ayumi tte nanimono?!" (Japanese: 及川歩って何者?!) | Atsutoshi Umezawa | Genki Yoshimura | February 18, 1996 |
23 | "The Alighting Angel!" Transliteration: "Maiorita tenshi!" (Japanese: 舞い降りた天使!) | Akinori Yabe | Genki Yoshimura | February 25, 1996 |
24 | "All Grown Up" Transliteration: "Otona ni nacchatta" (Japanese: 大人になっちゃった) | Hiroshi Shidara | Yumi Kageyama | March 3, 1996 |
25 | "Delusions of the Duo" Transliteration: "Futari ni kansuru mōsō" (Japanese: 二人に関する妄想) | Ryō Tachiba | Genki Yoshimura | March 10, 1996 |
26 | "Fired Up At The Hot Springs!" Transliteration: "Onsen de meramera!" (Japanese: 温泉でメラメラ!) | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Yumi Kageyama | March 17, 1996 |
27 | "Body-ko's Gripe" Transliteration: "Badi-ko no iraira" (Japanese: バディ子のイライラ) | Tōru Yamada | Yumi Kageyama | March 24, 1996 |
28 | "Why So Sullen?" Transliteration: "Fukigen no riyū wa?" (Japanese: フキゲンの理由は?) | Atsutoshi Umezawa | Yumi Kageyama | March 31, 1996 |
29 | "Flea Market Again!" Transliteration: "Furima agein!" (Japanese: フリマ・アゲイン!) | Yoshihiro Oka | Yumi Kageyama | April 7, 1996 |
30 | "Step-By-Step With Dreams and Romance!" Transliteration: "Koi mo yume mo ippozutsu!" (Japanese: 恋も夢も一歩ずつ!) | Akinori Yabe | Yumi Kageyama | April 14, 1996 |
31 | "Omigosh! Teacher Again..." Transliteration: "Doki! Shishō futatabi..." (Japanese: ドキッ!師匠再び…) | Ryō Tachiba | Genki Yoshimura | April 21, 1996 |
32 | "Robots Entwining The Hearts" Transliteration: "Kokoro o tsunagu robotto" (Japanese: 心をつなぐロボット) | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Genki Yoshimura | April 28, 1996 |
33 | "The Guy Who Fell For The Vapid Girl" Transliteration: "Karui onnna ni horeta yatsu" (Japanese: 軽い女に惚れたヤツ) | Atsutoshi Umezawa | Aya Matsui | May 5, 1996 |
34 | "A Night With An Angel... Risa!" Transliteration: "Ichiya no tenshi... Risa!" (Japanese: 一夜の天使…リサ!) | Yoshihiro Oka | Yumi Kageyama | May 12, 1996 |
35 | "Feeling Heartbroken - Ayumi!" Transliteration: "Setsunai omoi - Ayumi!" (Japanese: せつない想い・歩!) | Akinori Yabe | Yumi Kageyama | May 19, 1996 |
36 | "Body-ko's Melancholy" Transliteration: "Badi-ko no yūutsu" (Japanese: バディ子のゆううつ) | Ryō Tachiba | Genki Yoshimura | May 26, 1996 |
37 | "I Still Don't Want to Go Back..." Transliteration: "Mada kaeritakunai..." (Japanese: まだ帰りたくない…) | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Genki Yoshimura | June 2, 1996 |
38 | "Making the Most of 16" Transliteration: "Hanpa janai 16-sai" (Japanese: ハンパじゃない16才) | Hiroshi Shidara | Aya Matsui | June 9, 1996 |
39 | "What I Want the Most..." Transliteration: "Ichiban hoshii mono wa..." (Japanese: 一番ほしいものは…) | Atsutoshi Umezawa | Yumi Kageyama | June 16, 1996 |
40 | "The Albums with No Pictures" Transliteration: "Shashin no nai arubamu" (Japanese: 写真のないアルバム) | Akinori Yabe | Yumi Kageyama | June 23, 1996 |
41 | "A Message for Papa" Transliteration: "Papa e no messēji" (Japanese: パパへのメッセージ) | Yoshihiro Oka | Yumi Kageyama | June 30, 1996 |
42 | "Papa's Blue Skies" Transliteration: "Papa no aoi sora" (Japanese: パパの青い空) | Ryō Tachiba | Yumi Kageyama | July 7, 1996 |
43 | "Mama, Why...?" Transliteration: "Mama, dōshite...?" (Japanese: ママ、どうして…?) | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Genki Yoshimura | July 14, 1996 |
44 | "Storm Warnings" Transliteration: "Arashi no maebure" (Japanese: 嵐のまえぶれ) | Atsutoshi Umezawa | Yumi Kageyama | July 21, 1996 |
45 | "Bad at Lying" Transliteration: "Uso o tsuku no wa... heta" (Japanese: 嘘をつくのは…ヘタ) | Akinori Yabe | Aya Matsui | July 28, 1996 |
46 | "Before I Say I'm in Love With You..." Transliteration: "Aishiteru nante..." (Japanese: 愛してるなんて…) | Yoshihiro Oka | Yumi Kageyama | August 4, 1996 |
47 | "Mama!..." Transliteration: "Mama!..." (Japanese: ママ!…) | Ryō Tachiba | Yumi Kageyama | August 11, 1996 |
48 | "The Love You Have ..." Transliteration: ""Ai" tte yatsu..." (Japanese: ″愛″ってやつ…) | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Yumi Kageyama | August 18, 1996 |
49 | "The Second Proposal" Transliteration: "Nidome no puropōzu" (Japanese: 二度めのプロポーズ) | Atsutoshi Umezawa | Aya Matsui | August 25, 1996 |
50 | "Thank You, Everyone" Transliteration: "Arigatō, minna" (Japanese: ありがとう、みんな) | Akinori Yabe | Genki Yoshimura | September 1, 1996 |
Viz Media's English release won the Japan Society and Anime NYC's first American Manga Awards in the Best New Edition of Classic Manga Series category in 2024. [15] [16] In 2024, through a survey of 100 people by TV Maga (a web magazine operated by TV Log ), Neighborhood Story was voted second for most fashionable manga, along with Paradise Kiss , another series by Yazawa. [17]
Ai Yazawa is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. Yazawa debuted as a manga artist with her short story Ano Natsu (1985). She gained mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s with her series Tenshi Nanka ja Nai (1992), Neighborhood Story (1995), Paradise Kiss (1999), and Nana (2000), the latter being one of the best-selling manga series. Since June 2009, Yazawa has been focusing on illustration projects due to health concerns.
Paradise Kiss, also abbreviated to ParaKiss, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It appeared as a serial in Shodensha's fashion magazine Zipper from March 1999 to March 2003, with its chapters collected in five volumes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Aniplex and studio Madhouse, aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from October to December 2005.
Nana is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. First published as a two-part prologue in Shueisha's monthly shōjo manga magazine Cookie in 1999, Nana was later serialized in the same magazine from May 2000 to May 2009, before going on indefinite hiatus. Its chapters have been collected in 21 tankōbon volumes. The series centers on Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu, two women who move to Tokyo at the age of 20, with the story focused on Nana O.'s pursuit for fame and Nana K.'s pursuit for romance, all while struggling to maintain their friendship.
Tenshi Nanka ja Nai is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Ribon from 1991 to 1994, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. An original video animation (OVA), animated by Group TAC and directed by Hiroko Tokita, was released in 1994.
Last Quarter is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Ribon from the April 1998 to June 1999 issues. A live action film adaptation was released on October 9, 2004.
Jotaro "JoJo" Kujo is a fictional character in the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The main protagonist of the series' third story arc, Stardust Crusaders, Jotaro is depicted as a rough delinquent with a noble heart who journeys from Japan to Egypt with his grandfather, Joseph Joestar, and their allies to defeat his great great grandfather's killer, Dio Brando, and save his mother's life. He has a Stand named Star Platinum, whose power is incredible strength, speed, and precision. Later, Star Platinum gains the ability Star Platinum: The World, enabling Jotaro to stop time for a few seconds. Jotaro returns in subsequent story arcs of the manga as a supporting character. In Diamond Is Unbreakable, he meets his 16-year old biological uncle Josuke Higashikata. Jotaro also appears briefly in Golden Wind when he sends Koichi Hirose to Italy to spy on Dio's son, Giorno Giovanna, and in Stone Ocean to aid his daughter Jolyne Cujoh against the forces of Enrico Pucci. The siblings Yoshikage and Kei Kira take his place in the Joestar family tree in the alternate universe of JoJolion.
Phantom Blood is a 1987 manga series created by Hirohiko Araki, and the first part of the larger JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. The manga was originally serialized by Shueisha in Weekly Shōnen Jump under the title JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1 Jonathan Joestar: His Youth and was collected in five volumes; a three-volume collection was released by Shueisha in Japan in 2002, and by Viz Media in North America in 2014. The arc was serialized for more than 10 months; from January 1, 1987, to October 26 of that same year. It was followed by Battle Tendency.
Battle Tendency is the second story arc of the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was serialized for around 1+1⁄2 years in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 2, 1987, to March 27, 1989, for 69 chapters, which were later collected into seven tankōbon volumes. In its original publication, it was referred to as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2 Joseph Joestar: His Proud Lineage. The arc was preceded by Phantom Blood (1987) and followed by Stardust Crusaders (1989–1992).
Ao Haru Ride is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka. It began serialization in the February 2011 issue of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret and ended in February 2015.
My Love Story!!, is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written by Kazune Kawahara and illustrated by Aruko. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine from October 2011 to July 2016. Viz Media published the series in English. The story follows dense but kind-hearted giant Takeo Gōda, who falls head-over-heels for Yamato Rinko after he defends her from a groper on the train.
I'm From Japan is a Japanese series written and illustrated by Seiji Hayashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 2018 to May 2019 and in Saikyō Jump from June 2019 to April 2020. Its chapters were collected in six tankōbon volumes. Viz Media published the first three chapters for its "Jump Start" initiative. Shueisha simulpublished the series in English on their app and website platform Manga Plus in January 2019. A 50-episode anime television series adaptation by ODDJOB was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2019 to March 2020.
Astra Lost in Space is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara. It was serialized online from May 2016 to December 2017 via Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website/app. It was collected in five tankōbon volume. Viz Media published the series in English. An anime television series adaptation produced by Lerche aired from July to September 2019.
Me & Roboco is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shuhei Miyazaki. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2020. The series is published digitally in English language by Viz Media. A 28-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Gallop was broadcast on TV Tokyo from December 2022 to June 2023. An anime film adaptation is set to premiere in April 2025.
Witch Watch is a Japanese fantasy and romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump since February 2021, with its chapters collected into twenty tankōbon volumes as of January 2025. By November 2022, the manga had over 1.1 million copies in circulation. An anime television series adaptation produced by Bibury Animation Studios is set to premiere in April 2025.
Marriagetoxin is a Japanese manga series written by Joumyaku and illustrated by Mizuki Yoda. It has been serialized on the mobile app and website of Shueisha's online magazine Shōnen Jump+ since April 2022, with its chapters collected in 11 tankōbon volumes as of November 2024. Viz Media licensed the series for English release.
Romantic Killer is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wataru Momose. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website from July 2019 to June 2020, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes.
Jolyne "JoJo" Cujoh is a fictional character in the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The main protagonist of the series' sixth story arc, Stone Ocean, Jolyne is falsely accused of murder by Dio's most loyal friend, Enrico Pucci, and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Eventually, from a pendant given to her by her father, Jotaro Kujo, she acquires her Stand, Stone Free, which gives her the ability to unravel her body into string. Originally having a strained relationship with him due to his long absence from the majority of her life, she vows to stay in prison in order to save her father and recruits a group of Stand users to help her in her quest to save Jotaro and defeat Pucci.
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