Hana to Oku-tan (manga)
Hana to Oku-tan: Uruwashigaoka Life! (花と奥たん Uruwashigaoka Life!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shin Takahashi. It was irregularly serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from December 2007 to June 2019.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Shin Takahashi, Hana to Oku-tan debuted in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits on December 10, 2007. A “chapter zero” was published in the inaugural issue of Monthly Big Comic Spirits on August 27, 2009. The manga was irregularly serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits and finished on June 17, 2019. Shogakukan collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from April 30, 2009, to September 30, 2019.
Volumes
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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| 1 | April 30, 2009 | 978-4-09-182533-9 |
| 2 | March 29, 2013 | 978-4-09-184843-7 |
| 3 | July 30, 2019 | 978-4-09-860429-6 |
| 4 | August 30, 2019 | 978-4-09-860440-1 |
| 5 | September 30, 2019 | 978-4-09-860478-4 |
Reception
Hana to Oku-tan was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2014.
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First tankōbon volume cover
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| 花と奥たん | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shin Takahashi |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Weekly Big Comic Spirits |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | December 10, 2007 – June 17, 2019 |
| Volumes | 5 |
A simple moment can change the entire life…
A pure friendship is being born…
