Kū Neru Futari Sumu Futari

Kū Neru Futari Sumu Futari (Japanese: 喰う寝るふたり 住むふたり, "Eating and Sleeping Couple, Living Together Couple") is a Japanese slice of life gastronomy seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kinoko Higurashi. It was published by Tokuma Shoten, with serialization on Monthly Comic Zenon and with five volumes[1] compiling the chapters released between 2012 and 2015. It was adapted into an 8-episode television drama series that aired on NHK BS Premium from May 6 to June 24, 2014.[2][3]

Kū Neru Futari Sumu Futari
喰う寝るふたり 住むふたり
GenreSlice of life, gastronomy
Manga
Written byKinoko Higurashi
Published byTokuma Shoten
MagazineMonthly Comic Zenon
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 20, 2012 (volume 1)March 20, 2015 (volume 5)
Volumes5
Television drama
Original networkNHK BS Premium
Original run May 6, 2014 June 24, 2014
Episodes8

Characters edit

Volumes edit

  • 1 (November 20, 2012)[5]
  • 2 (March 19, 2013)[6]
  • 3 (February 20, 2014)[7]
  • 4 (August 20, 2014)[8]
  • 5 (March 20, 2015)[9]

Reception edit

Volume 3 reached the 13th place[10] on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of March 9, 2014, had sold 110,485 copies;[11] volume 4 reached the 12th place[12] and, as of August 31, 2014, had sold 124,715 copies;[13] volume 5 reached the 8th place[14] and, as of April 5, 2015, had sold 160,894 copies.[15]

It was number 9 (together with four other manga) on the 2013 Comic Natalie Grand Prize.[16] It was also number 13 on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey[17] and number 8 in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2014.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Kû Neru Futari Sumu Futari vo". manga-news.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  2. ^ 喰う寝るふたり住むふたり. www.tvdrama-db.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  3. ^ 喰う寝るふたり 住むふたり(2014). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Japan's Bookstore Employees Rank Top Manga of 2014". Anime News Network. February 6, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "Kû Neru Futari Sumu Futari jp Vol.1". manga-news.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  6. ^ "Kû Neru Futari Sumu Futari jp Vol.2". manga-news.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  7. ^ "Kû Neru Futari Sumu Futari jp Vol.3". manga-news.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  8. ^ "Kû Neru Futari Sumu Futari jp Vol.4". manga-news.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  9. ^ "Kû Neru Futari Sumu Futari jp Vol.5". manga-news.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  10. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 17–23". Anime News Network. February 27, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  11. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 3–9". Anime News Network. March 12, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  12. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, August 18–24". Anime News Network. August 27, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  13. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, August 25–31". Anime News Network. September 3, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  14. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 23–29". Anime News Network. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  15. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 30-April 5". Anime News Network. April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  16. ^ "Nami Sano's Sakamoto desu ga? Manga Wins Comic Natalie Grand Prize". Anime News Network. September 18, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  17. ^ "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters". Anime News Network. December 9, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

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