I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up (manga)

I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up (Japanese親がうるさいので後輩(♀)と偽装結婚してみたHepburnOya ga Urusai node Kōhai (♀) to Gisō Kekkon Shitemitalit. “I Fake Married My (Female) Kōhai Because of My Annoying Parents”) is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Kodama Naoko. The series follows Machi Morimoto, a woman who enters into a same-sex sham marriage with her kōhai (junior). I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up was serialized in the manga magazine Comic Yuri Hime in 2018 and collected into a bound volume by Ichijinsha that same year, and was licensed for an English-language release by Seven Seas Entertainment in 2019.

Synopsis

Machi Morimoto, an office lady in her early thirties, feels pressured by her parents to find a husband and settle down. Her friend and kōhai Hana Agaya, in need of a new apartment, suggests they move in together and enter a sham marriage by obtaining a partnership certificate. While Machi is hesitant about the arrangement – Hana is a lesbian who expressed romantic feelings for Machi in their youth, and unbeknownst to Machi, still harbors feelings for her – she agrees. Their relationship grows into a pleasant cohabitation, and as they overcome various hardships (including the homophobia of Machi’s parents and the return of Hana’s ex-girlfriend Ayaka), Machi begins to develop feelings for Hana. The series concludes with the couple entering into a genuine romantic relationship.

Media

I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up was originally serialized in Comic Yuri Hime from June to August 2018, and collected into a bound volume by Ichijinsha. In September 2018, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that it would be publishing an English-language translation of the series, which was published in June 2019. The manga was creator Kodama Naoko’s first serialized work following the conclusion of her earlier NTR: Netsuzou Trap; Naoko called the series “the first work by ‘Light Kodama’ in a long time,” in reference to the comedic tone of I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up relative to the darker tone of NTR.

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 July 18, 2018 978-4758078368 June 11, 2019 978-1642753288

Reception

The series has received mixed to positive reviews. Reviewing the series for Otaku USA, David Estrella praised the series’ romantic comedy elements but noted that readers seeking a realistic story about lesbian relationships “may find it too fluffy”. Erica Friedman of Yuricon expressed a similar sentiment, stating that while the series “isn’t problematic,” its gag comic humor “doesn’t feel like a sincere attempt to address [LGBT] issues.” Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network remarked that while the series compares favorably to Naoko’s earlier NTR: Netsuzou Trap, she criticized its story for being underdeveloped.

References

  1. ^ “I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up”Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  2. ^ Ressler, Karen (19 September 2018). “Seven Seas Licenses Naoko Kodama’s ‘I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up’ Yuri Manga”Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ Luster, Joseph (19 September 2018). “Seven Seas Licenses Yuri Manga I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up”Crunchyroll. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  4. ^ Kodama, Naoko (2019). I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up: AfterwordSeven Seas Entertainment. pp. 978–1642753288.
  5. ^ “I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up”Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. ^ Estrella, David (7 November 2019). “[Review] I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up”Otaku USA. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  7. ^ Friedman, Erica (13 September 2018). “Yuri Manga: Oya ga Urusainode Kouhai (♀) to Gizoukekkonshitemite (親がうるさいので後輩(♀)と偽装結婚してみた。)”Okazu. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  8. ^ Friedman, Erica (17 June 2019). “Yuri Manga: I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up (English)”Okazu. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  9. ^ Silverman, Rebecca (4 July 2019). “Review: I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up”Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

 

I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up
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Cover of the Japanese bound volume, featuring Machi Morimoto (left) and Hana Agaya (right)
親がうるさいので後輩(♀)と偽装結婚してみた
(Oya ga Urusai node Kōhai (♀) to Gisō Kekkon Shitemita)
Genre Romanceyuri
Manga
Written by Kodama Naoko
Published by Ichijinsha
English publisher
Imprint Yurihime Comics
Magazine Comic Yuri Hime
Demographic Josei
Original run June 2018 – August 2018
Volumes (List of volumes)

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