Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store

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

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.

Media

Manga

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

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

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

Reception

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.[9] 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.[10] The series ranked fourth in the first Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Live-Action Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store Show Casts Shōtarō Mamiya, Kenji Urai". Anime News Network. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Heroic Legend of Arslan Tops New Manga Series Sales Ranks". Anime News Network. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2015". Anime News Network. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  11. ^ 「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.