Tadokoro-san

Tadokoro-san
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Sakurako Nikaidou (left) and Kageko Tadokoro (right)
田所さん
Genre
Manga
Written byTatsubon
Published bySelf-published (webcomic)
English publisher
Original runNovember 22, 2018 – February 21, 2022
Manga
Written byTatsubon
Published byKill Time Communication
MagazineComic Valkyrie
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 13, 2019 – December 21, 2021
Volumes4 (List of volumes)
Manga
Inko-sensei
Written byTatsubon
Published bySelf-published (webcomic)
Original runNovember 13, 2022 – present

Tadokoro-san (田所さん) is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Tatsubon. It was posted online via Tatsubon's Pixiv account from November 2018 to February 2022 and has been licensed for a digital release in English by Lilyka. It was later serialized in Kill Time Communication's Comic Valkyrie from August 2019 to December 2021, featuring new art and storylines from the original web version. Tadokoro-san is about the relationship between a shy girl who likes to draw and a popular girl in her class.

Plot

When a popular high school student named Sakurako Nikaidou catches a glimmer of a picture that the shy class introvert Kageko Tadokoro is drawing, she instantly falls in love with her art style. Nikaidou then begins to secretly following Tadokoro's artist account on social media and gradually falls in love not only with her style but also with Tadokoro herself.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Tatsubon, Tadokoro-san was posted online via Tatsubon's Pixiv account from November 22, 2018, to February 21, 2022. It was later serialized in Kill Time Communication's Comic Valkyrie from August 9, 2019, to December 21, 2021[1] before returning to Tatsubon's Pixiv and Nico Nico Manga accounts.

The web version is licensed for an English release in North America by Lilyka.[2][3]

A sequel series, titled Inko-sensei (インコ先生), has been posted on Tatsubon's Pixiv account since November 13, 2022.[4]

No. Release date ISBN
1 April 28, 2020[5]978-4-79-921367-4
2 October 28, 2020[6]978-4-79-921424-4
3 July 8, 2021[7]978-4-79-921519-7
4 January 8, 2022[8]978-4-79-921590-6

Reception

Tadokoro-san was nominated for the 2019 Next Manga Award in the web manga category.[9]

References

  1. ^ TATSUBONが贈る地味系女子×クラスの人気者女子の青春物語「田所さん」連載化. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 13, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 6, 2020". Okazu. June 6, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "Tadokoro-san vol. 1". Emanga. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  4. ^ Tatsubon (November 13, 2022). インコ先生 １. Pixiv (in Japanese). Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  5. ^ 田所さん1 (ヴァルキリーコミックス) (in Japanese). Kill Time Communication. ASIN B086YTKFZG.
  6. ^ 田所さん2 (ヴァルキリーコミックス) (in Japanese). Kill Time Communication. ASIN B08KGRHK6M.
  7. ^ 田所さん3 (ヴァルキリーコミックス) (in Japanese). Kill Time Communication. ASIN B097GCH5L6.
  8. ^ 田所さん4 (ヴァルキリーコミックス) (in Japanese). Kill Time Communication. ASIN B09NXNTQLM.
  9. ^ そのほかノミネート作品はこちら！. Next Manga Award (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2023.