Tales of the Tendo Family (manga)
Tales of the Tendo Family (天堂家物語, Tendō-ke Monogatari) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Saito. It was serialized in Hakusensha‘s shōjo manga magazine LaLa DX between August 2014 and August 2017, and was later transferred to LaLa in December 2017.
Characters
- Ran (らん)
- Voiced by: Rie Takahashi (voice drama)
- Masato Tendo (天堂雅人, Tendō Masato)
- Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (drama CD, voice drama)
- Tachibana (立花)
- Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (voice drama)
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Ken Saito, Tales of the Tendo Family was initially serialized in Hakusensha‘s shōjo manga magazine LaLa DX from August 9, 2014 to August 10, 2017. The series was later transferred to Hakusensha’s LaLa magazine on December 22, 2017. The series’ chapters have been collected into fourteen tankōbon volumes as of February 2024. The series is licensed by One Peace Books for English publication.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN |
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| 1 | August 5, 2015 | 978-4-59-221053-5 | April 9, 2024 | 978-1-64-273324-2 |
| 2 | April 5, 2016 | 978-4-59-221054-2 | June 25, 2024 | 978-1-64-273328-0 |
| 3 | April 5, 2017 | 978-4-59-221055-9 | — | — |
| 4 | December 5, 2017 | 978-4-59-221095-5 | — | — |
| 5 | September 5, 2018 | 978-4-59-221136-5 | — | — |
| 6 | June 5, 2019 | 978-4-59-221137-2 | — | — |
| 7 | April 3, 2020 | 978-4-59-221138-9 | — | — |
| 8 | October 5, 2020 | 978-4-59-221139-6 | — | — |
| 9 | April 5, 2021 | 978-4-59-221140-2 | — | — |
| 10 | October 5, 2021 | 978-4-59-221246-1 978-4-59-210625-8 (SE) |
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| 11 | May 2, 2022 | 978-4-59-221247-8 | — | — |
| 12 | November 4, 2022 | 978-4-59-221248-5 | — | — |
| 13 | June 5, 2023 | 978-4-59-221249-2 978-4-59-221250-8 (SE) |
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| 14 | February 5, 2024 | 978-4-59-222144-9 | — | — |
Other media
A drama CD consisting of male characters from other series published in the LaLa magazine was released in the October 2018 issue of the magazine on August 24, 2018. It featured the voice of Kaito Ishikawa as Masato Tendo.
A voice drama adaptation was released in the November 2021 issue of LaLa magazine on September 24, 2021. It featured Ishikawa reprising his role as Masato Tendo, with Rie Takahashi and Shin-ichiro Miki cast as Ran and Tachibana, respectively.
Reception
By October 2022, the series had over 2 million copies in circulation in both physical and electronic releases.
| Tales of the Tendo Family | |
First tankōbon volume cover
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| 天堂家物語 (Tendō-ke Monogatari) |
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| Genre | Historical, romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ken Saito |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
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| Magazine | |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | August 9, 2014 – present |
| Volumes | 14 |
A simple moment can change the entire life…
A pure friendship is being born…
