Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store
Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store (ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~, Niiche-sensei ~Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita~) is a Japanese shōjo comedy manga series written by Matsukoma and illustrated by Hashimoto, and published in Monthly Comic Gene since 2013. A live-action television adaptation has been produced.[1]
Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store | |
Cover of Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store volume one. | |
ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ (Nietzsche-sensei ~Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita~) | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Matsukoma |
Illustrated by | Hashimoto |
Published by | Media Factory |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Gene |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | August 2013 – present |
Volumes | 6 |
Television drama | |
Directed by | Yūichi Fukuda |
Written by | Yūichi Fukuda |
Music by | Eishi Segawa |
Original network | Yomiuri TV, Hulu, Crunchyroll |
Original run | 1 January 2016 – present |
Media
Manga
Matsukoma and Hashimoto began publishing the manga in the August 2013 issue of Media Factory's shōjo magazine Monthly Comic Gene. The series was based on a series of Twitter posts detailing the lives of real-life convenience store employees. An audio drama CD was released in February 2015.[1]
Volume list
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | 27 January 2014[2] | 978-4-04-066237-4 [2] |
2 | 26 July 2014[3] | 978-4-04-066821-5 [3] |
3 | 27 January 2015[4] | 978-4-04-067255-7 [4] |
4 | 27 August 2015[5] | 978-4-04-067592-3 [5] |
5 | 27 February 2016[6] | 978-4-04-068208-2 [5] |
TV drama
It was announced in the September issue of Monthly Comic Gene that the series would be adapted into a live-action television drama.[1] The series was written and directed by Yūichi Fukuda, and premiered on Yomiuri TV , Hulu, and crunchyroll starting on 1 January 2016.[7][8]
Reception
As of the September issue of Monthly Comic Gene, the series had over 1 million copies in print.[1]
In a list of best-selling first volumes published in 2014, compiled by The Japan Publication Sales' Distribution Reform Group Comic Team, the series ranked number three.[9] It also ranked number three on a list of the top 15 manga series containing less that five volumes, based on a poll of 2,360 bookstore employees conducted by the online bookseller Honya Club.[10]
References
- "Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store Manga Gets Live-Action Adaptation". Anime News Network. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ 1". Monthly Comic Gene (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ 2". Monthly Comic Gene (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ 3". Monthly Comic Gene (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ 4". Monthly Comic Gene (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- "ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ 5". Monthly Comic Gene (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- "Live-Action Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store Show Casts Shōtarō Mamiya, Kenji Urai". Anime News Network. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- "Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- "Heroic Legend of Arslan Tops New Manga Series Sales Ranks". Anime News Network. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2015". Anime News Network. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.