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Nakama Ryo | Isobe Isobee Monogatari - Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo (R13)


Japanese: 磯部磯兵衛物語 〜浮世はつらいよ〜
Synonyms: Isobe Isobee Monogatari ~Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo~, Isobe Isobee Monogatari: Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo, Chronicle of Isobe: The Life is Hard, The Story of Isobe Isobee
Type: Manga
Volumes: 11 +
Chapters: 1 +
Status: Publishing
Published: May 27, 2013 to ?
Genres: Comedy, Historical, Shounen
Mangaka: Nakama Ryo (Story & Art)
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Synopsis: In this ukiyoe-style manga, Isobe Isobee is a lazy, slacker samurai with big dreams. He lives with his mother, who thinks highly of him. He lays around the house, sneakily looks at Edo-period pornography without his mother noticing, naps at school... but he plans to become a respectable samurai one day!

Background
Isobe Isobee Monogatari was originally a one-shot manga published in Shounen Jump in May (#26, 27) to fill in a slot vacated by the suspension of One Piece at that time; however, due to the tremendous amount of positive feedback it received, the manga got serialized.

From Shounen Jump 2015 #11 onwards, the series was placed at the end of the magazine and no longer participates in the ranking system.

Related Series
Adaptation: 
  • Isobe Isobee Monogatari: Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo (2015), 
  • Isobe Isobee Monogatari: Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo
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Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates, Bato.to

Side notes: I became familiar with this character via anime as I watched few episodes of the 2015 Isobe Isobee Monogatari: Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo from Youtube (Also one of those videos was based on the same story as the first chapter). The art is "plain" or better to say that it follows the guidelines laid in 17th century to the point. One might need a lot of adjustment to start liking the style. The story... well the comedy involves at the first chapter around Isobe and his mother who just pops up many times without any warnings and causes her son some discomfort. The age of them is hard to say and I always felt that Isobe must be somewhere around 15 to 16 but that guess can be totally off.


Main character:

Isobee Isobe (磯部 磯兵衛)




















Anime promotional video











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