Written by Matsukoma Published by Kadokawa Original run August 2013 – present Genre Comedy Music by Eishi Segawa | Illustrated by Hashimoto Demographic Shōjo Directed by Yūichi Fukuda Magazine Monthly Comic Gene Publisher Kadokawa Corporation | |
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Similar Tanaka‑kun is Always Listless, The Ancient Magus' Br, Haven't You Heard? I, Saint Young Men, Aoi Honō | ||
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～, Nietzsche-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 announced.
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Manga
Matsukoma and Hashimoto began publishing the manga in the August 2013 issue of Kadokawa's shōjo magazine Monthly Comic Gene. The series was based off a popular series of Twitter posts detailing the lives of real-life convenience store employees. An audio drama CD was released in February 2015.
TV drama
It was announced in the September issue of Monthly Comic Gene that the series would be adapted into a live-action television drama. The series will be written and directed by Yūichi Fukuda, and will premiere on Yomiuri TV , Hulu, and crunchyroll starting on 1 January 2016.
Reception
As of the September issue of Monthly Comic Gene, the series had over 1 million copies in print.
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. It also ranked number three on a list of the top 15 manga series containing less that five volumes, based on a poll of 2,360 bookstore employees conducted by the online bookseller Honya Club.
