is a Japanese

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series written and illustrated by Kentarō Okamoto. 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 ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

Evening Evening is the period of a day that starts at the end of the afternoon and overlaps with the beginning of night. The exact times when evening begins and ends depend on location, time of year, and culture, but it is generally regarded as beginn ...

'' from February 2011 to August 2016, with its chapters collected in seven ''

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'' volumes. A sequel, titled ''Sanzoku Diary'', began in ''Evening'' in December 2016.

Media

Manga

''Sanzoku Diary'' is written and illustrated by Kentarō Okamoto. It was serialized in

's ''

'' from February 22, 2011 to August 9, 2016. Kodansha collected its chapters in seven ''

'' volumes, released from December 22, 2011 to October 21, 2016. A sequel, titled , began in ''Evening'' on December 13, 2016. Its latest chapter was released on April 25, 2017.

''Sanzoku Diary''

''Sanzoku Diary SS''

Original video animation

A 15-minute

original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

(OVA) produced by DLE was bundled with the special edition of the sixth volume of the manga on June 23, 2015.

Reception

Volume 4 reached the 45th place on the weekly

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...

manga chart and, as of December 1, 2013, has sold 39,582 copies; volume 5 also reached the 45th place and, as of August 24, 2014, has sold 21,880 copies. In 2013, the manga was nominated for the sixth

Manga Taishō The is a Japanese comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer collected volumes in length. The Manga Taishō was founded with the aim of re ...

, receiving 29 points and placing 10th among the eleven nominees. In 2014, it was also nominated for Best General Manga at the 38th

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially w ...

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