is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since August 2017. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Studio Deen, aired from October to December 2024.
Plot Yoshino Somei is a high school girl who was born and raised in a yakuza family. Although her family environment is unique, she has spent her days quietly and peacefully. This all changes when she finds out that her grandfather has arranged for her to be married to the heir of another yakuza family, Kirishima Miyama, whom she hates with a passion.
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Media Manga Written and illustrated by , Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii began serialization in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on August 25, 2017. Its latest chapter was released on February 24, 2024, and in March of that same year, Konishi announced that the manga would enter an indefinite hiatus due to "various circumstances". Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on November 22, 2017. As of October 23, 2023, eight volumes have been released.
In February 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America, with the first volume to be released that November. The first volume was released digitally on November 22, 2022, and in print on December 6. In October 2023, Kodansha added the series in English on its K Manga digital service.
Volumes
Chapters not yet in format 37. 38.
Anime In October 2023, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime television series adaptation. The series is produced by Studio Deen and directed by , with Rika Takasugi handling series composition, Itsuko Takeda designing the characters, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Masato Suzuki composing the music. It aired from October 7 to December 23, 2024, on Tokyo MX and BS11; a special "Kansai Prologue-hen" episode was streamed on Amazon Prime Video in Japan for a limited time on September 28 and 29. The opening theme song is "Under and Over", performed by The Oral Cigarettes, while the ending theme song is, , performed by Yoshino.
Crunchyroll is streaming the series worldwide outside of Asia. Plus Media Networks Asia has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and will broadcast it on Aniplus Asia.
Episodes
Reception Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii won the fourth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2018. Along with The Way of the Househusband, it ranked eighth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 ranking of Top 20 manga series for male readers. The series ranked eleventh on "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2018" by the Honya Club website. The series ranked 48th on the 2020 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine. The manga was nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2022.
See also Haru's Curse, another manga series by Asuka Konishi
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