Ya Boy Kongming! (manga)
Ya Boy Kongming! (Japanese: パリピ孔明, Hepburn: Paripi Kōmei, lit. “Kongming of the Party People”) is a Japanese manga series written by Yuto Yotsuba and illustrated by Ryō Ogawa. The series was serialized in Kodansha‘s Comic Days website from December 2019 to November 2021 and later in Weekly Young Magazine. It has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes as of April 2022. An anime television series adaptation by P.A. Works premiered in March 2022 on streaming platforms and premiered in April 2022 on television.
Premise
The famous military strategist Zhuge Liang Kongming met his demise in the Battle of Wuzhang Plains. On his deathbed, he wishes that his next life were in a peaceful place, free from bloodshed. He is reborn (in his youth) in modern Japan, appearing in the middle of a costume party for Halloween in the club district of Tokyo. The partygoers (in Japanese, “Paripi“, a contraction of the English ‘party people’) of Shibuya lure him to a night club where he meets Eiko Tsukimi, an aspiring singer, and his second life begins.
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First tankōbon volume cover
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| パリピ孔明 (Paripi Kōmei) |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuto Yotsuba |
| Illustrated by | Ryō Ogawa |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Young Magazine KC Special |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | December 31, 2019 – present |
| Volumes | 9 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shū Honma |
| Written by | Yōko Yonaiyama |
| Music by | Genki Hikota |
| Studio | P.A. Works |
| Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, MBS, BS NTV |
| Original run | April 5, 2022 – present |
| Episodes | 8 |
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