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Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii
Cover of the first volume
来世らいせ他人たにんがいい
(Raise wa Tanin ga Ii)
Genre
Manga
Written byAsuka Konishi [ja]
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 25, 2017 – present
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed byToshifumi Kawase [ja]
Written byRika Takasugi [ja]
Music by
StudioStudio Deen
Original run October 2024 scheduled

Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Japanese: 来世らいせ他人たにんがいい, Hepburn: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, "An Outsider is Better in the Afterlife") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Asuka Konishi [ja]. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon since August 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Deen is set to premiere in October 2024.

Plot[edit]

Somei Yoshino is a high school girl who was born and raised in a yakuza 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, Miyama Kirishima.

Characters[edit]

Somei Yoshino (染井そめい 吉乃よしの, Yoshino Somei)
Voiced by: Hitomi Ueda[2]
Miyama Kirishima (深山ふかやま 霧島きりしま, Kirishima Miyama)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida[2]

Media[edit]

Manga[edit]

written and illustrated by Asuka Konishi [ja], Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii started in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon on August 25, 2017.[3] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on November 22, 2017.[4] As of October 23, 2023, eight volumes have been released.[5]

In February 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America and the first volume was released on November 22, 2022.[1][6][7]

Volumes[edit]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 22, 2017[4]978-4-06-510376-0November 22, 2022[7]978-1-68579-337-1
2 July 23, 2018[8][9]978-4-06-511660-9
978-4-06-512979-1 (SE)
January 31, 2023[10]978-1-68579-343-2
3 May 23, 2019[11]978-4-06-514835-8May 23, 2023[12]978-1-68579-545-0
4 June 23, 2020[13]978-4-06-519771-4August 1, 2023[14]978-1-68579-914-4
5 May 21, 2021[15]978-4-06-523330-6October 24, 2023[16]978-1-68579-936-6
6 March 23, 2022[17]978-4-06-526863-6January 16, 2024[18]978-1-68579-960-1
7 January 23, 2023[19]978-4-06-529919-7April 2, 2024[20]979-8-88843-404-8
8 October 23, 2023[5]978-4-06-533312-9September 3, 2024[21]979-8-89160-492-6

Anime[edit]

In October 2023, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime television series adaptation.[22] The series is produced by Studio Deen and directed by Toshifumi Kawase [ja], with Rika Takasugi [ja] handling series composition, Itsuko Takeda designing the characters, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Masato Suzuki composing the music. It is set to premiere in October 2024.[2]

Reception[edit]

Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii won the fourth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2018.[23] Along with The Way of the Househusband, it ranked eighth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 ranking of Top 20 manga series for male readers.[24] The series ranked eleventh on "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2018" by the Honya Club website.[25] The series ranked 48th on the 2020 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine.[26] The manga was nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2022.[27]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Seven Seas Licenses YAKUZA FIANCÉ: RAISE WA TANIN GA II Manga Series". Seven Seas Entertainment. February 16, 2022. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 28, 2024). "Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii TV Anime Reveals Staff, Cast, October Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  3. ^ 人生じんせいをメチャクチャにされたい危険きけんおとこ×女子高じょしこうせいの「来世らいせ他人たにんがいい」始動しどう. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 25, 2017. Archived from the original on April 24, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  4. ^ a b 来世らいせ他人たにんがいい(1) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  5. ^ a b 来世らいせ他人たにんがいい(8) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  6. ^ Pineda, Rafael (February 16, 2022). "Seven Seas Licenses Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Book: Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 1". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 3, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  8. ^ 来世らいせ他人たにんがいい(2) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  9. ^ 来世らいせ他人たにんがいい(2) とくそうばん (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  10. ^ "Book: Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 2". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  11. ^ 来世らいせ他人たにんがいい(3) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  12. ^ "Book: Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 3". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  13. ^ 来世らいせ他人たにんがいい(4) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  14. ^ "Book: Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 4". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  15. ^ 来世らいせ他人たにんがいい(5) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  16. ^ "Book: Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 5". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  17. ^ 来世らいせ他人たにんがいい(6) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  18. ^ "Book: Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 20, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  19. ^ 来世らいせ他人たにんがいい(7) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  20. ^ "Book: Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 7". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  21. ^ "Book: Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 8". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  22. ^ Cayanan, Joanna (October 22, 2023). "Asuka Konishi's Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  23. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 23, 2018). "Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, Senpai ga Uzai Kōhai no Hanashi Take Top Prizes at Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  24. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 10, 2018). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  25. ^ Ressler, Karen (February 4, 2019). "Japan's Bookstore Employees Rank Top Manga of 2018". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  26. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 5, 2020). "Demon Slayer Tops Da Vinci Manga Ranking". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  27. ^ だい46かい講談社こうだんしゃ漫画まんがしょう最終さいしゅう候補こうほさく14作品さくひん決定けってい. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 7, 2022. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.

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