Kōdai-ke no Hitobito (高台家の人々, "People of the Kōdai Family") is a Japanese romantic comedyjosei manga series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto [ja].[1][2] Published by Shueisha, the chapters of the manga were serialized on You between February 15, 2013, and March 15, 2017, and have been compiled into six tankōbon volume.[1][3][4] It was preceded by a one-shot published in the same magazine in December 2012,[1] and followed by two side stories in April 2017 and December 2017.[5] A live-actionfilm adaptationof the same name was released in Japan on June 4, 2016.
Volumes 3 reached the ninth place on the Oricon weekly manga charts[12] and, as of February 8, 2015, had sold 120,783 copies.[13] Volume 4 also reached the ninth place on the charts[14] and, as of October 11, 2015, had sold 157,073 copies.[15] Volume 6 charted at the third position and, as of June 4, 2017, had sold 202,215.[16]
The first two volumes placed 44th on the 15th Book of the Year list of comics by Da Vinci magazine[17] and the first four volumes placed 23rd the following year.[18] It was 11th placed in Zenkoku Shotenin ga Eranda Osusume Comic 2015, a ranking of the top 15 manga recommended by Japanese bookstores.[19] It was a candidate in the Manga category at the 2016 Sugoi Japan Awards held by Yomiuri Shimbun.[20] It was number twelve on the 2016 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Female Readers survey.[21]
