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series written and illustrated by

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. It was published by

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in ''

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'' magazine from July 26, 2012 to May 7, 2020 and collected in 32

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. The manga won Best General Manga at the 40th

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has licensed the manga for a North American digital release as ''Kounodori: Dr. Stork''. A TV drama adaptation, officially titled ''Dr. Storks'' (stylized as ''Dr.STOЯKS'') in English, aired on the

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from October 16 to December 18, 2015. It was followed by a second series from October 13 to December 21, 2017.

Characters

*Sakura Kōnodori (played by

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) *Kae Shimoya (played by

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) *Rumiko Komatsu (played by Yo Yoshida) *Ryo Shirakawa (played by

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) *Mayumi Kadota (played by

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) *Haruki Shinomiya (played by

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) *Takayuki Imahashi (played by Nao Omori) *Hiroyuki Nagai (played by

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) *Goro Akanishi (played by

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)

Volumes

*1 (June 21, 2013) *2 (September 20, 2013) *3 (December 20, 2013) *4 (March 20, 2014) *5 (June 23, 2014) *6 (September 22, 2014) *7 (December 22, 2014) *8 (March 23, 2015) *9 (June 23, 2015) *10 (September 23, 2015) *11 (October 23, 2015) *12 (November 23, 2015) *13 (March 23, 2016) *14 (June 23, 2016) *15 (September 23, 2016) *16 (December 22, 2016) *17 (March 23, 2017) *18 (June 23, 2017) *19 (September 22, 2017) *20 (October 23, 2017) *21 (November 22, 2017) *22 (May 23, 2018) *23 (June 22, 2018) *24 (September 21, 2018) *25 (December 21, 2018) *26 (March 23, 2019) *27 (June 21, 2019) *28 (September 20, 2019) *29 (December 23, 2019) *30 (March 23, 2020) *31 (June 23, 2020) *32 (October 23, 2020)

Reception

Volume 6 reached the 22nd place on the weekly

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manga charts and, as of September 28, 2014, had sold 43,198 copies; volume 7 reached the 31st place and, as of December 28, 2014, had sold 47,885 copies; volume 8 reached the 15th place and, as of March 29, 2015, had sold 48,477 copies. The manga won Best General Manga at the 40th

s. It was number 35 on the 15th Book of the Year list by ''Da Vinci'' magazine in 2014. It was also nominated for Best General Manga at the 39th

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References

External links

''Kounodori: Dr. Stork''
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