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My Neighbor Seki (となりの関くん, Tonari no Seki-kun) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takuma Morishige. The series follows a girl named Rumi Yokoi who is constantly distracted by her neighboring classmate, Toshinari Seki, as he indulges in elaborate hobbies and somehow never gets caught in the process.
Tonari no 801-chan (となりの801ちゃん, Tonari no Yaoi-chan, lit. My Neighbor Yaoi-chan) is a Japanese four-panel Internet manga written and illustrated by Ajiko Kojima. . It centers on the relationship between a male otaku named Tibet and his yaoi-obsessed fujoshi girlfriend Yaoi whose obsession manifests as a small, green furry monst
Mike Crandol of ANN praised the manga stating, "I dare say the manga is Hayao Miyazaki's finest work ever—animated, printed, or otherwise—and that's saying a lot. Manga allows for a depth of plot and character unattainable in the cinematic medium, and Miyazaki uses it to its fullest potential."
Neighborhood Story (Japanese: ご近所物語, Hepburn: Gokinjo Monogatari) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It was serialized by Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Ribon from 1995 to 1997, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by ...
Johanna Draper Carlson regards My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor as being "all about the sex", noting the similarities in the storyline to a romance novel where a lower-status female is pursued by a higher-status man. Carlson admired the manga's steadfastness in including sex scenes, as she regards this as being a key draw of yaoi. [5]
People From My Neighborhood (Japanese: このあたりの人たち, Hepburn: Kono Atari no Hito-tachi, lit. ' People Around Here ') is a 2016 short story collection by Hiromi Kawakami published by Switch Publishing. [1] In thirty-six interlinked stories, the book explores the lives of people in a neighborhood outside of Tokyo. [2]
The That's Not My... series and individual books within it have won various literary and children's awards. In 2004 and 2006, That's Not My Penguin... (2003) won the Best Buy award in the Prima Baby Awards. That's Not My Unicorn... (2017), the 50th book in the series, was a Gold Winner in the Made for Mums Awards in 2018.
The manga gained popularity overseas after fan translations of the series were posted on the English-speaking imageboard 4chan, the Western equivalent of Japan's Futaba Channel. [14] Yen Press has licensed the manga in North America and the UK, and began releasing the series from October 29, 2013. [2] [15]