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Tokyo Alice
Japanese manga series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tokyo Alice (東京アリス, Tōkyō Arisu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toriko Chiya. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from October 25, 2005,[1] to August 25, 2015.[2] Its chapters were collected in 15 tankōbon volumes.[3] A live-action drama premiered in Japan from August 25, 2017, and ran for 12 episodes; it was later released internationally on Amazon Prime Video in 2019.[4]
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Characters
- Fu Arisugawa (portrayed by Mizuki Yamamoto), a free-spirited office worker at a design production company. She loves shopping and is usually thinking about getting fashions at boutique shops. She is 26 years old at the start of the series.Vol. 2 profiles She develops an interest in her boss Shinji Okuzono.[5][6][7]
- Sayuri Enjoji[3] (portrayed by Aya Asahina),[6] an upper-class girl who works as a gallery assistant in Ginza. She feels she must comply with her family's expectations of marrying a University of Tokyo alumnus, and allows them to set up a suitor for an arranged marriage. However, she plans on living it up with casual sex partners.Vol. 2 profiles[5] Her family owns the house that she, Fu and Mizuho live in.[4] She later runs away from her arranged marriage wedding. She eventually marries Akira Hiyama in Paris.Vol. 13 profiles
- Mizuho Haneda[3] (portrayed by Reina Triendl),[6] a manga artist who had an aspiring musician boyfriend at the start of the series.Vol. 2 profiles After their breakup, she moves in with Fu and Sayuri.Vol. 3 profiles[4]
- Rio Sakuragawa[3] (portrayed by Maryjun Takahashi),[6] a psychosomatic doctor who declines opportunities for romance at work. She harbors romantic feelings for Fu.Vol. 2 profiles[4] She does not live with the other girls, but frequents their place a lot.[4]
- Shinji Okuzono (portrayed by Ryohei Otani), Fu's boss.[4] He is nicknamed the Ice Man because of his cool demeanor. He and Fu get into a complicated relationship.Vol. 2 profiles
- Shun Odagiri (portrayed by Shunya Shiraishi), a wealthy heir to Hinode Bussan, he is working at Fu's place to gain some real world experience.Vol. 3 profiles
- Haruto Izumi (portrayed by Yosuke Sugino), a male nurse who is interested in Rio to the point of stalking her.Vol. 3 profiles[4]
- Akira Hiyama (portrayed by Shunsuke Daito),[4] a former schoolmate of Okuzono from university. He is described as having a poker face, that is, it is difficult to read what he is really thinking.Vol. 9 profiles He later marries Sayuri.Vol. 13 profiles
- Ken Shinonome (portrayed by Yuta Koseki),[4] Okuzono's friend from high school. He falls in love with Rio.Vol. 12 profiles
- Tamaki Sawamura, an administrator in Fu and Okuzono's office, described as a "female leopard". She expresses interest in Okuzono.Vol. 13 profiles
- Members of the Planning Arts are coworkers at Fu and Okuzono's office. They include: chief Yusuke Kashii (portrayed by Shuntaro Yanagi),[4] who has a daughter Miu and pet dog Moshap; employee Kaoru Sata; employee Kirio Iioka, who is actually gay; and part-timer Akari Kawasuma.Vol. 13 profiles
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Volumes
Individual chapters of the series are numbered as shopping, such as "Shopping: 1".Vol. 1
- 1 (September 13, 2006)[8]
- 2 (July 13, 2007)[9]
- 3 (May 23, 2008)[10]
- 4 (February 13, 2009)[11]
- 5 (November 13, 2009)[12]
- 6 (November 12, 2010)[13]
- 7 (June 24, 2011)[14]
- 8 (February 13, 2012)[15]
- 9 (July 13, 2012)[16]
- 10 (January 11, 2013)[17]
- 11 (July 12, 2013)[18]
- 12 (January 10, 2014)[19]
- 13 (July 11, 2014)[20]
- 14 (January 13, 2015)[21]
- 15 (September 15, 2015)[22]
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Reception
Volume 4 reached the 18th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart[23] and, as of February 23, 2009, has sold 68,715 copies;[24] volume 5 reached the 15th place and, as of November 15, 2009, has sold 32,259 copies;[25] volume 6 reached the 19th place[26] and, as of November 21, 2010, has sold 69,800 copies;[27] volume 7 reached the 22nd place and, as of July 3, 2011, has sold 69,064 copies;[28] volume 8 reached the 15th place and, as of February 19, 2012, has sold 48,887 copies;[29] volume 10 reached the 23rd place and, as of January 20, 2013, has sold 58,779 copies;[30] volume 11 reached the 33rd place and, as of July 20, 2013, has sold 55,090 copies;[31] volume 12 reached the 35th place and, as of January 19, 2014, has sold 49,663 copies;[32] volume 13 reached the 33rd place[33] and, as of July 20, 2014, has sold 48,126 copies.[34]
It was nominated for Best Shōjo Manga at the 38th Kodansha Manga Awards.[7]
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