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Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

 manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 written and illustrated by Hai Ran. The manga was serialised in Hobunsha's Manga Time Kirara

Manga Time Kirara

is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Houbunsha which mainly serializes four-panel comic strips. The magazine is sold monthly on the ninth...

until 2005, when it was discontinued. Media Works's Dengeki Daioh

Dengeki Daioh

is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by ASCII Media Works under the Dengeki brand. Many manga serialized in Dengeki Daioh were later published in tankōbon volumes under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Comics imprint. The magazine is sold every month on the 27th...

started to serialised the manga in June 2006. The manga is published in Japan by Hobunsha and is licensed in North America by DrMaster

DrMaster

DrMaster Publications Inc. is an American distributor of manga and manhua with offices in the United States, Republic of China and Japan. It was headquartered in Fremont, California....

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Anime News Network

Anime News Network

Anime News Network is an anime industry news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, Japanese popular music and other otaku-related culture within North America, Australia and Japan. Additionally, it sometimes features similar happenings throughout the Anglosphere and elsewhere in the...

's Carlo Santos commends the manga for its "simple, pleasing art and easily identifiable character" but criticises it for making a futile attempt at "being funny".