is a Japanese

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series about

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, written and illustrated by Katsutoshi Kawai. It was serialized in

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's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Sunday'' from December 2006 to July 2008, when the magazine ceased its publication, and it was then transferred to ''

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'' where it ran from September 2008 to March 2015; its chapters were collected in 14 volumes. A 6-episode

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adaptation was broadcast on

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from January to February 2010.

Characters

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Katsutoshi Kawai, ''Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu'' was serialized in

's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Sunday'' from December 14, 2006, to July 14, 2008, when the magazine ceased its publication. The series was then transferred to ''

Weekly Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional val ...

'', where it ran from September 6, 2008, to March 16, 2015. Shogakukan collected its chapters in fourteen volumes, released from May 2, 2007, to May 29, 2015.

Volumes

Drama

In June 2009, it was announced that the series would receive

adaptation. It was broadcast for six episodes on

from January 7 to February 11, 2010.

Reception

''Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu'' was nominated for the first two Manga Taisho in 2008 and 2009. It was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 14th

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in 2010.

Notes

References

External links

Official website for the TV drama
* {{Weekly Big Comic Spirits Comedy anime and manga Japanese television dramas based on manga NHK original programming Seinen manga Shogakukan manga