Comic Girls
Four manga artists support each other in a dormitory.
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Kaori Hanzawa's four-panel manga Comic Girls first appeared in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Max with the May 2014 issue. The story follows Kaoruko Moeta, a high school freshman and yonkoma artist who goes by the pen name Kaos. After her manga ranks last in a reader survey, her editor suggests she move into a special dormitory for manga artists.
There she lives with three roommates: shōjo artist Koyume Koizuka, teen romance artist Ruki Irokawa, and shōnen artist Tsubasa Katsuki. The four girls support each other as they work to create their best manga. Studio Nexus produced a 12-episode anime adaptation that aired in Japan from April to June 2018.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Comedy, slice of life
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Characters
Kaoruko Moeta, who uses the pen name Kaos, is a shy 4-koma manga artist. She moves into the Bunhousha Dormitory to improve her manga, but her youthful appearance often makes her the target of jokes and affection. Koyume Koizuka, known as Koisuru Koyume, is a shōjo manga artist who struggles with drawing boys. She develops a crush on Tsubasa and is nervous about both her romantic manga and her feelings for another girl.
Ruki Irokawa, pen name Big Boobies♥Himeko, draws serialized teens' love manga; she originally wanted to create cute animal manga but her ability to draw big-breasted women led her to erotic manga. Tsubasa Katsuki, called Wing V, is a serialized shōnen manga artist with a boyish appearance. She often adopts the role of one of her characters while working, and her handsome looks cause other girls to fall in love with her, notably Koyume. At home she keeps her hair long and adopts a different personality.
Ririka Hanazono is the housemother, a former yuri manga artist. Mayu Amisawa is Kaoruko's editor. Miharu Nijino is the strict homeroom teacher and a former yaoi manga artist. Suzu Fūra is a horror manga artist who enjoys others' screams.
Haruko Moeta is Kaoruko's mother. Miki Irokawa is Ruki's younger sister. Nyaos is a cat taken in by the dorm residents due to its resemblance to Kaos.
Media
The manga Comic Girls, a four-panel series by Kaori Hanzawa, ran in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Max from the August 2014 issue through the April 2023 issue, which came out on February 17, 2023. A 12-episode anime adaptation by studio Nexus aired from April 5 to June 21, 2018, directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto with series composition by Natsuko Takahashi, character designs by Keiko Saito, and music by Kenichiro Suehiro.
The opening theme "Memories" and ending theme "Namida wa Misenai" were both performed by the group Comic Girls, made up of Hikaru Akao, Kaede Hondo, Saori Ōnishi, and Rie Takahashi. Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide except in Asia and parts of Europe. Characters from the series also appear in the 2018 mobile RPG Kirara Fantasia alongside other Manga Time Kirara characters.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Comic Girls (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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