Papa Told Me
A manga about a girl and her novelist father.
Nanae Haruno wrote and illustrated the josei manga Papa Told Me, which ran in Shueisha's Young You from 1987 to 2003 and was compiled into 27 volumes. It received the 1990 Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category. A 12-episode TV drama aired on NHK E in 2003, and new chapters have appeared irregularly, including in Cocohana since 2011 under the title Papa Told Me: Cocohana ver.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Nanae Haruno
- Genre
- Josei manga
- Award
- 35th Shogakukan Manga Award (shōjo category, 1990)
- Volumes
- 27 tankōbon (original series)
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- Chise is an elementary school girl who lives with her widowed father, a novelist.
- Her mother died when she was very young, but she is extremely close to her father.
- Because her father works as a novelist, he spends most of his time at home.
Media
Papa Told Me began serialization in Shueisha's Young You in June 1987 and concluded with 149 chapters on June 7, 2003. The 27 tankōbon volumes were released from February 19, 1988, to January 19, 2004. Additional chapters later appeared irregularly in Chorus and Bessatsu Chorus, with four further volumes published from April 18, 2008, to June 17, 2011. On November 28, 2011, Chorus was succeeded by Cocohana, where the series continued. Collected volumes under the title Papa Told Me: Cocohana ver. began with a first volume on August 2, 2012; as of May 23, 2024, twelve volumes have been released. A 12-episode television drama adaptation aired on NHK E from April 12 to June 28, 2003.
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