Suppli

Japanese manga series

Suppli
Manga
Written byMari Okazaki
Published byShodensha
English publisher
  • NA: Tokyopop
MagazineFeel Young
DemographicJosei
Original runOctober 8, 2003 – November 7, 2009
Television drama
Produced byMasayuki Sekiya
Music byYugo Kanno
Original networkFuji TV
Original run July 10, 2006 – September 18, 2006
Episodes11

Suppli (サプリ, Sapuri, lit. "Supplement") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mari Okazaki. It was published by Shodensha's josei manga magazine Feel Young from October 8, 2003,[a] to November 7, 2009;[3] a sidestory also ran in the magazine in 2010.[4] It has been collected in seven volumes so far, and was published in English by Tokyopop who released five volumes in English. Suppli was adapted into a Japanese drama series which aired in Japan on Fuji TV in summer 2006. It stars Misaki Itō, Kazuya Kamenashi, Eita, and Miho Shiraishi.

Minami is a 27-year-old female office worker in an advertisement agency. Though she has a boyfriend, she spends the majority of her time working and appears to feel ambivalent about the relationship at best. When the boyfriend finally breaks up with her, it's the push she needs to start a social life with her co-workers. In-office romances soon follow. Much of the story is told through Minami's thoughts, which are full of self-doubt.

Cast

  • Minami Fuji – Misaki Itoh
  • Yuya Ishida – Kazuya Kamenashi
  • Satoshi Ogiwara – Eita
  • Yoko Yugi – Miho Shiraishi
  • Kunio Sakuragi – Kazuyuki Aijima
  • Yuri Watanabe – Reina Asami
  • Yoshihide Matsui – Akimasa Haraguchi (原口あきまさ)
  • Keisuke Mita – Shigeyuki Sato
  • Natsuki Konno – Mirai Shida
  • Mizuho Tanaka – Ryo
  • Kyotaro Imaoka – Kōichi Satō

Minor cast

  • Konishiki in episode 1
  • Nozomi Saito – Naomi Akimoto in episode 2
  • Masako Umemiya in episode 4
  • Shin Yanase – Mantaro Koichi in episode 5
  • Mika Kazuki – Sayo Aizawa in episode 5
  • Yumiko Hirano – Megumi Yokoyama in episode 7
  • Isao Yatsu (谷津勲) in episode 8
  • Shinshou Nakamaru in episode 10
  • Kei Sunaga (須永慶) in episode 10
  • Seiji Rokkaku in episode 11

Reception

Suppli is regarded as being more realistic in its depiction of working life than Tramps Like Us or Happy Mania.[5] Deb Aoki of About.com called it "refreshingly real", in contrast to shōjo manga stories.[6] Nadia Oxford of Mania Entertainment regarded the first volume as being a "fairly standard romance novel" in manga format.[7] Margaret O'Connell, writing for Sequential Tart, described Minami as suffering from "internalized misogyny", noting that she has no female support network.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ It was serialized from the November 2003 issue,[1] released on October 8.[2]

References

  1. ^ サプリ. Kotobank (in Japanese). Digitalio, Inc. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  2. ^ 今月のフィールヤング. Shodensha. Archived from the original on October 2, 2003. Retrieved December 8, 2022. 2003年11月号は10月8日発売予定
  3. ^ フィーヤン12月号、おかざき真里「サプリ」が堂々の最終回. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 7, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Mari Okazaki Ends Suppli Romance Manga in Japan – News". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  5. ^ "365 Days of Manga, Day 58: Suppli". Suvudu. November 12, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  6. ^ "2007 Best New Manga List – About Manga". Manga.about.com. September 8, 2013. Archived from the original on January 26, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  7. ^ "SUPPLI, Volume One". Mania.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "Comics for Grown-Up Women, Part 1 (vol XI/iss 9/September 2008)". Sequential Tart. September 8, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
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