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7/10 Original run 1998 – 2003 | 3.6/5 Written by Yuu Watase Magazine Shōjo Comic Originally published February 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Historical Published by Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd. Similar Yuu Watase books, Other books |
Appare jipangu ch2 part 1
Appare Jipangu! (天晴じぱんぐ!) is a manga by Yuu Watase. Set in Japan during the Edo period, it follows the life of Yusura, who as a baby, was found under a cherry tree with the "Kongoumaru" (a staff that turns blue when people are sad) by her side. Now fifteen years later, Yusura has become the "hikeshiya" (or "extinguisher of sorrow") and uses the Kongoumaru to 'absorb' people's sadness and hit it back at the people that caused it.
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Surprisingly, this manga was made around the time of one of her most popular works, Ayashi no Ceres. In one of her "free talk pages," (where the manga artist can talk to her fans about his/her daily life or things relating to the manga or promoting other works.) She said that the reason why there is such a big difference between the two manga's art is because Ayashi no Ceres is more "Dark and serious," so she gave it a more realistic art style. Appare is drawn with a more typical wide-eyed shōjo look.
This manga had an unusual publishing schedule. In a shōjo manga magazine, there is a restricted number of pages that manga artist can only draw in (16 for weekly shōnen manga and 32-34 for typical monthly shōjo manga). Appare was licensed by Flower Comics, but never ran in the magazine. Instead it was independent and immediately went out to the public in volumes. Watase stated that she did not want to go with the deadlines for the magazine because it was such a light-hearted story that she wanted to go at her own pace. As a result, there were huge gaps between volume publications.
The series was published in Spain by Glénat España as ¡Viva Japón!. A French version was published by Editions Tonkam, but retained the title Appare Jipangu! It was also published in Italy by Planet Manga.