is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by . It has been serialized in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...

's ''

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'' since August 2017. A 12-episode

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television series adaptation, produced by

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, aired from October to December 2024.

Plot

Yoshino Somei is a high school girl who was born and raised in a

yakuza , also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media (by request of the police) call them , while the yakuza call themselves . The English equivalent for the term ''yak ...

family. Although her family environment is unique, she has spent her days quietly and peacefully. This all changes when she finds out that her grandfather has arranged for her to be married to the heir of another yakuza family, Kirishima Miyama, whom she hates with a passion.

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Manga

Written and illustrated by , ''Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii'' started in

's ''

'' on August 25, 2017. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on November 22, 2017. As of October 23, 2023, eight volumes have been released. In February 2022,

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announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America and the first volume was released on November 22, 2022.

Volumes

Anime

In October 2023, it was announced that the manga would receive an

television series adaptation. The series is produced by

and directed by , with Rika Takasugi handling series composition, Itsuko Takeda designing the characters, and

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and Masato Suzuki composing the music. It aired from October 7 to December 23, 2024, on

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and BS11; a special "Kansai Prologue-hen" episode was streamed on

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in Japan for a limited time on September 28 and 29. The opening theme song is "Under and Over", performed by The Oral Cigarettes, while the ending theme song is, , performed by Yoshino.

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is streaming the series worldwide outside of Asia.

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has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and will broadcast it on

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Episodes

Reception

''Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii'' won the fourth

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in the print category in 2018. Along with ''

The Way of the Househusband is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kousuke Oono. Published in the online List of manga magazines, manga magazine ''Bunch'' since 2018, ''The Way of the Househusband'' follows an ex-yakuza member who retires from crime t ...

'', it ranked eighth on

Takarajimasha is a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is known for publishing subculture-oriented fashion magazines aimed at teens, fashion magazines in general, as well as guide books. History The company was founded on September 22, ...

's ''

Kono Manga ga Sugoi! is an annual reference mook series published by Takarajimasha since 2005 featuring yearly rankings and reviews of manga. The rankings are compiled by surveying professionals in the manga and publishing industry. The first two years saw two s ...

'' 2019 ranking of Top 20 manga series for male readers. The series ranked eleventh on "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2018" by the Honya Club website. The series ranked 48th on the 2020 "Book of the Year" list by ''Da Vinci'' magazine. The manga was nominated for the 46th

Kodansha Manga Award is one of Japan's major manga awards. The event is sponsored by publisher Kodansha. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga in its third iteration since 1977. Categories The award was originally called the until 1968. In 1970, it was ...

in the general category in 2022.

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