Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store

Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store (ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~, Niiche-sensei ~Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita~) is a Japanese shōjo comedy manga series written by Matsukoma and illustrated by Hashimoto, and published in Monthly Comic Gene since 2013. A live-action television adaptation has been produced.

Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store
Cover of Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store volume one
ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~
(Nietzsche-sensei ~Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita~)
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byMatsukoma
Illustrated byHashimoto
Published byMedia Factory
MagazineMonthly Comic Gene
DemographicShōjo
Original runAugust 2013 – present
Volumes6 (List of volumes)
Television drama
Directed byYūichi Fukuda
Written byYūichi Fukuda
Music byEishi Segawa
Original networkYomiuri TV, Hulu, Crunchyroll
Original run 1 January 2016 – present

Media

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Manga

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Matsukoma and Hashimoto began publishing the manga in the August 2013 issue of Media Factory's shōjo magazine Monthly Comic Gene. The series was based on a series of Twitter posts detailing the lives of real-life convenience store employees. An audio drama CD was released in February 2015.[1]

Volume list

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No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 27 January 2014[2]978-4-04-066237-4 [2]
2 26 July 2014[3]978-4-04-066821-5 [3]
3 27 January 2015[4]978-4-04-067255-7 [4]
4 27 August 2015[5]978-4-04-067592-3 [5]
5 27 February 2016[6]978-4-04-068208-2 [5]

TV drama

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It was announced in the September 2015 issue of Monthly Comic Gene that the series would be adapted into a live-action television drama.[7] The series was written and directed by Yūichi Fukuda, and premiered on Yomiuri TV , Hulu, and crunchyroll starting on 1 January 2016.[8][9] Shōtarō Mamiya played Tomoharu Nii and Kenji Urai played Matsukoma.

Reception

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As of the September issue of Monthly Comic Gene, the series had over 1 million copies in print.[1]

In a list of best-selling first volumes published in 2014, compiled by The Japan Publication Sales' Distribution Reform Group Comic Team, the series ranked number three.[10] It also ranked number three on a list of the top 15 manga series containing less than five volumes, based on a poll of 2,360 bookstore employees conducted by the online bookseller Honya Club.[11] The series ranked fourth in the first Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store Manga Gets Live-Action Adaptation". Anime News Network. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ 1". Monthly Comic Gene (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b "ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ 2". Monthly Comic Gene (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ 3". Monthly Comic Gene (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ 4". Monthly Comic Gene (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  6. ^ "ニーチェ先生~コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた~ 5". Monthly Comic Gene (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store Manga Gets Live-Action Adaptation". Anime News Network. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Live-Action Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store Show Casts Shōtarō Mamiya, Kenji Urai". Anime News Network. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Heroic Legend of Arslan Tops New Manga Series Sales Ranks". Anime News Network. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2015". Anime News Network. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  12. ^ 「次にくるマンガ大賞」1位に輝いたのは「僕のヒーローアカデミア」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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