Happy Kanako's Killer Life

Happy Kanako's Killer Life (幸せカナコの殺し屋生活, Shiawase Kanako no Koroshiya Seikatsu) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Toshiya Wakabayashi. It originally began publication as a webcomic published on the author's Pixiv account in October 2018. It later began serialization on Kodansha's Twi4 Twitter account and Saizensen website in April 2019. A live-action television drama adaptation premiered in February 2025.

Happy Kanako's Killer Life
First tankōbon volume cover
幸せカナコの殺し屋生活 (Shiawase Kanako no Koroshiya Seikatsu)
Genre	Comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Toshiya Wakabayashi
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
Imprint	Seikaisha Comics
Magazine	Saizensen
Original run	April 26, 2019 – present
Volumes	7
Television drama
Directed by	Tsutomu Hanabusa
Original network	DMM TV
Original run	February 28, 2025 – present

Characters

Kanako Nishino (西野カナコ, Nishino Kanako)

Portrayed by: Non^[2]

Sakurai (桜井)

Portrayed by: Taisuke Fujigaya^[2]

Kazuo Takehara (竹原カズオ, Takehara Kazuo)

Portrayed by: Yūma Yamato

Ōmori (大森)

Portrayed by: Hirona Yamazaki^[3]

Kiyomi Yoshioka (吉岡キヨミ, Yoshioka Kiyomi)

Portrayed by: Yūka Sugai^[3]

Yakuza boss (ヤクザの組長, Yakuza no Kumichō)

Portrayed by: Shun Sugata^[3]

Kanako's Mother (カナコの母親, Kanako no Hahaoya)

Portrayed by: Tae Kimura^[3]

Assassin Company President (殺し屋会社の社長, Koroshi-ya Kaisha no Shachō)

Portrayed by: Atsuro Watabe^[3]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Toshiya Wakabayashi, Happy Kanako's Killer Life originally began publication as a webcomic on the author's Pixiv account on October 29, 2018.^[4] It later began serialization on Kodansha's Twi4 Twitter account and Saizensen website on April 26, 2019.^[5] Its chapters have been compiled into seven tankōbon volumes as of March 2023.^[6] The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.^[7]

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	North American release date	North American ISBN
1	May 12, 2019[8]	978-4-06-515710-7	August 3, 2021[9]	978-1-64827-798-6
2	October 26, 2019[10]	978-4-06-517534-7	October 12, 2021[11]	978-1-64505-960-8
3	April 13, 2020[12]	978-4-06-519411-9	January 25, 2022[13]	978-1-64827-377-3
4	October 12, 2020[14]	978-4-06-521286-8	May 3, 2022[15]	978-1-63858-223-6
5	April 30, 2021[16]	978-4-06-523197-5	August 16, 2022[17]	978-1-63858-560-2
6	November 8, 2021[18]	978-4-06-525818-7	January 31, 2023[19]	978-1-63858-891-7
7	March 8, 2023[6]	978-4-06-527760-7	April 30, 2024[20]	978-1-68579-566-5

Drama

A live-action television drama adaptation was announced on May 7, 2024. The drama is directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa and stars Non and Taisuke Fujigaya in lead roles. It streamed on DMM TV on February 28, 2025.^[2][3]

Reception

The series was ranked fifteenth in Honya Club's Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2020.^[21]

See also

• Tsuredure Children, another manga series by Toshiya Wakabayashi