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is a Japanese
manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
series by
Minetarō Mochizuki is a Japanese manga artist. Life and career He grew up in a single parent household and spent a lot of time alone at home, which is when he would start drawing on the shoji at home. He became an avid reader of the horror manga of Kazuo Umezu ...
. It is a modern adaptation of
Shūgorō Yamamoto , better known by the pen name of , was a Japanese people, Japanese novelist and short story, short-story writer active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was noted for his popular literature, and is known to have published works under at leas ...
's
historical History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...
novel of the same name. It was serialized in
Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...
's manga magazine ''
Weekly Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional val ...
'' from September 2012 to February 2015, with its chapters collected in four volumes.


Publication

''Chiisakobee'', written and illustrated by
Minetarō Mochizuki is a Japanese manga artist. Life and career He grew up in a single parent household and spent a lot of time alone at home, which is when he would start drawing on the shoji at home. He became an avid reader of the horror manga of Kazuo Umezu ...
, is a modern adaptation of
Shūgorō Yamamoto , better known by the pen name of , was a Japanese people, Japanese novelist and short story, short-story writer active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was noted for his popular literature, and is known to have published works under at leas ...
's
historical History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...
novel of the same name. The manga was serialized in
Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...
's manga magazine ''
Weekly Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional val ...
'' from September 3, 2012, to February 9, 2015. Shogakukan collected its chapters in four volumes, released from March 29, 2013,. to March 30, 2015


Volumes


Reception

''Chiisakobee'' received an Excellence Award at the 17th
Japan Media Arts Festival The Japan Media Arts Festival was an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition. Based on judging by ...
in 2013. The manga won the Fauve D'Angoulême - Prix de la Série at the
Angoulême International Comics Festival The Angoulême International Comics Festival (AICF; ) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lucca Comics & Games and the Comiket of Japan. It has occur ...
in 2017.


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