is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Yuki Ozawa. It was serialized in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

's ''josei'' manga magazine ''

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'' from June 2016 to June 2021, with its chapters collected in 16 ''

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'' volumes. In 2018, the manga won the 42nd

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in the general category.

Plot

Koda Mariko is an 80-year-old veteran writer. Her husband passed away, and she lives with her son and his wife, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren for four generations. Realizing that she is being treated as a nuisance by her son and his wife and her grandson, Mariko decides to leave her home at the age of 80 and become independent.

Publication

Written and illustrated by , ''Sanju Mariko'', was serialized in

's ''josei'' manga magazine ''

'' from June 1, 2016, to June 1, 2021. Kodansha collected its chapters in 16 ''

'' volumes, released from November 11, 2016, to July 13, 2021.

Volume list

Reception

As of February 2018, the manga had over 250,000 copies in circulation. On

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's ''

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'' list of best manga of 2018 for female readers, the series ranked sixth. The manga was nominated for the 22nd

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in 2018. Alongside ''Fragile'', the manga won the 42nd

in the general category in 2018.

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