Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! (Japanese: 道産子ギャルはなまらめんこい, Hepburn: Dosanko Gyaru wa Namaramenkoi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kai Ikada. The story follows a Tokyo teenager who moves to Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido and meets a girl unlike any he has ever met before. In the original Japanese title, dosanko is a nickname for people from Hokkaido, gyaru refers to a member of the gal subculture, namara is a Hokkaido dialect word meaning "very" or "super",[2] and menkoi is Hokkaido dialect for "cute" or "adorable."[3]

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Minami.
道産子ギャルはなまらめんこい
(Dosanko Gyaru wa Namaramenkoi)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byKai Ikada
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 4, 2019 – present
Volumes4

It has been serialized weekly for free on the Shōnen Jump+ application and website since September 4, 2019, with the chapters collected and published into 4 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha as of December 4, 2020.

Plot summary

Teenager Tsubasa Shiki moves from Tokyo to the city of Kitami in Hokkaido. On arrival he meets his classmate and native gal Minami Fuyuki, who takes a liking to the city boy and takes him under her wing. Finding her unlike any other girl he has met before, Tsubasa finds himself drawn to this Hokkaido gal.

Characters
Tsubasa Shiki (四季翼)
A 16-year-old transfer student from Tokyo, who has no experience with girls and was considered lame in his hometown. Despite initially telling himself that she is not his type and that her actions are immoral, he finds Minami's forwardness enticing and is genuinely appreciative that she decided to become his friend and help him adjust to life in Hokkaido.
Minami Fuyuki (冬木美波)
Tsubasa's 16-year-old classmate at Kitami Hokuryo High School, who is popular and talkative. She follows the gal subculture; dyeing her hair blonde, wearing short skirts in winter, and refusing to wear gloves in the winter so that she can still use her phone. She seems to have a crush on Tsubasa and enjoys flirting with him to make him embarrassed and flustered.
Sayuri Akino (秋野沙友理)
Tsubasa and Minami's classmate who, with her raven-hair, reserved personality and choice not to use the Hokkaido dialect, is the exact opposite of Minami. She is very into video games, but pays attention to her appearance; reading fashion and make-up magazines in order to fit in. Because she sweats a lot, Sayuri avoided all forms of exercise, which eventually found her avoiding people in general. Because she has no friends, Sayuri felt a kinship with Tsubasa, and she becomes friends with him and Minami.
Rena Natsukawa (夏川玲奈)
Tsubasa's senpai or upperclassman one grade above him. She is a gal like Fuyuki, who respects her a lot. She has white-grey short hair. She is really timid and insecure, even though she's considered really talented, especially at studying, in fact she helps Tsubasa with his test and still manage to get the highest score in all of the school. She goes on a date, which she thinks as a reward, with Shiki after the test and almost confesses to him.

Publication

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! is written and illustrated by Kai Ikada, who is from Kitami where the story takes place.[1] It began as a 19-page one-shot titled Instant Gal Menko-chan (インスタントギャルメンコちゃん, Insutanto Gyaru Menko-chan) that Ikada wrote in five days to represent Hokkaido in the 2018 Jump Scout Caravan Cup.[4] A different one-shot was published in January 2019 as part of a Shōnen Jump+ New Year event, and was selected to become a serialization due to its popularity.[1][5] It has been serialized weekly for free on the Shōnen Jump+ application and website since September 4, 2019. The series was on hiatus from April to May 2020 due to Ikada's poor health.[6] Its chapters have been collected and published into 4 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha as of December 4, 2020. A special one-shot of Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump's first issue of 2021, which was released on December 7, 2020.[7] Shueisha began publishing the series in English for free on the Manga Plus app and website on September 1, 2020.[8]

Volume list
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 December 4, 2019[9]978-4-08-882165-8
  • Chapters 0–7
2 March 4, 2020[10]978-4-08-882272-3
  • Chapters 8–16
3 July 3, 2020[11]978-4-08-882374-4
  • Chapters 17–26
4 December 4, 2020[12]978-4-08-882543-4
  • Chapters 27–35

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were serialized on Shōnen Jump+.

  • Chapters 36–47

Reception

By May 2020, Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! had sold over 100,000 copies.[13][14] When the first collected volume was released in December 2019, it immediately received a reprint due to demand.[15] Natalie reported that the first and second volumes were each the best-selling manga at the manga chain store Comic Zin during their respective first weeks of release.[16][17]

References
  1. 北見出身の漫画家・伊科田 海さん（25） (in Japanese). Denshobato. 2019-12-24. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  2. なまら (北海道の方言) の意味・変換 - 全国方言辞典 - goo辞書 (in Japanese). goo. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  3. めんこい (北海道の方言) の意味・変換 - 全国方言辞典 - goo辞書 (in Japanese). goo. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  4. @ikada_kai (2019-01-06). 今日発売のジャンプで発表されてますがキャラバンカップで自分の漫画が北海道代表に選ばれましたー 『インスタントギャルメンコちゃん』 っていう漫画です！ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-15 – via Twitter.
  5. 年末年始！過去最多！史上最強！ジャンプ+読切祭23連弾！！ - 少年ジャンプ＋ (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  6. Ikada, Kai (2020-04-28). 休載と今後について (in Japanese). pixivFanbox. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  7. 「約ネバ」2号連続の番外編第1弾がジャンプに、若き日のクローネ描く (in Japanese). Natalie. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  8. "Manga Plus Adds Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! Manga" (in Japanese). Anime News Network. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  9. 道産子ギャルはなまらめんこい 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  10. 道産子ギャルはなまらめんこい 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  11. 道産子ギャルはなまらめんこい 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  12. 道産子ギャルはなまらめんこい 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  13. [第26話]道産子ギャルはなまらめんこい (in Japanese). Shōnen Jump+. 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  14. "#026 Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!". Manga Plus. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  15. [番外編]道産子ギャルはなまらめんこい (in Japanese). Shōnen Jump+. 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  16. 【12月2日～12月8日】週間単行本売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Natalie. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  17. 【3月2日～3月8日】週間単行本売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Natalie. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
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