Jiu Jiu

Jiu Jiu
Cover of the first manga volume
JIUJIU -獣従-
Genre
Manga
Written byTouya Tobina
Published byHakusensha
English publisher
Magazine
DemographicShōjo
Original runDecember 2009 – July 2013
Volumes5

Jiu Jiu (JIUJIU -獣従-, lit. "Beast Servants") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Touya Tobina which first began in December 2009.[3] The series follows Takamichi Hachioji, a girl from a family of hunters who track down and kill demons, and her two "Jiu Jiu", a pair of shapeshifting wolves named Snow and Night who work with her.

Plot

Takamichi Hachioji, is a sixteen (later seventeen)[4] year old girl who comes from a family of "Dark Hunters", whose job it is to hunt down demons and slay them. Three years earlier her twin brother was killed while working. On December 26 of that year she was given a pair of Jiu Jiu: half-human, half-animal hunting partners, to help her. At first reluctant, she then accepts them and raises the two, calling them Snow[Setsu] (a white wolf who wears Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament-logo earrings) and Night[Yuugure] (a black wolf who wears glasses in his human form). Snow and Night live via a code obeyed by all the Jiu Jiu: "Never reveal your true identity", "Never kill a human", "Never go out during a full moon" and "Always obey your Mistress". Breaking any of the rules is punishable by death.

In the present day, Snow and Night have grown at their usual wolf-rate, meaning that in their human form they now look like teenagers at the same age as Takamichi, despite being three years old. While always wishing to obey and be around their mistress, Takamichi finds them at times annoying because they are so protective. They always want to sleep in the same bed as her, and later manage to end up in the same school as her, attending in their human forms. Takamichi has to end up trying to keep them happy, while also coping with her work and her school studies.

Reception

Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave the first volume a C[5] and the fourth and fifth volumes a D.[6]

Ian Wolf for Anime UK News gave the first volume a rating of 8 out of 10 saying: "The best way to describe the storyline would be "tender with moments of tension". Most of the time it is all nice and gentle and Snow (Setsu) and Night (Yuugure) try and win Takamichi's love and praise, albeit not entirely successfully. However, then the trio have to end up going out and fighting ghouls and werewolves. There is nothing too violent however.[7]

References

  1. ^ Douresseaux, Leroy (June 29, 2013). "Jiu Jiu: Volume 5 manga review". ComicBookBin. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "The Official Website for Jiu Jiu". Viz Media. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "Viz Media Adds Loveless, Jiu Jiu Manga". Anime News Network. October 16, 2011. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  4. ^ Tobina, Touya (2012). Jiu Jiu. Vol. 2 (English ed.). Viz Media. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-4215-4278-2.
  5. ^ Silverman, Rebecca (2012-08-05). "Jiu Jiu GN 1". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  6. ^ Rebecca Silverman (2013-10-26). "Jiu Jiu GN 4 & 5". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  7. ^ Wolf, Ian (14 June 2012). "Review of Jiu Jiu #1". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.