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is a Japanese
manga 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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
series written by Ryō Kurashina and illustrated by Nao Kurebayashi. It was serialized in
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's manga magazine ''
Business Jump , was a Japanese seinen manga anthology published by Shueisha under the '' Jump'' line of magazines. The manga of ''Business Jump'' were published under the "Young Jump Comics" line. This magazine's mascot was an anthropomorphic, Western-style mou ...
'' from 2004 to 2008, with its chapters collected in twelve volumes. A sequel, ''Jōō Virgin'', was serialized in the same magazine from 2009 to 2010. It tells the story of a young girl's challenge at the "Jōō Grand Prix" contest, in which the best hostess is promised to win
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100,000,000. A
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adaptation of the same name was broadcast for three seasons on
TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.Shueisha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...
's manga magazine ''
Business Jump , was a Japanese seinen manga anthology published by Shueisha under the '' Jump'' line of magazines. The manga of ''Business Jump'' were published under the "Young Jump Comics" line. This magazine's mascot was an anthropomorphic, Western-style mou ...
'' from August 12, 2004, to February 1, 2008. Its chapters were collected in twelve volumes, released from March 18, 2005, to March 19, 2008. A sequel, , was serialized in the same magazine from April 30, 2009, to September 1, 2010. Its chapters were collected in five volumes, released from October 2, 2009, to September 17, 2010.


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* Seinen manga Shueisha franchises Shueisha manga {{manga-stub