Ase to Sekken

Sweat and Soap
あせとせっけん

Manga8.218743 votes11 volumes · 104 chaptersFinished

ComedyRomanceAdult CastWorkplaceSeinen

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Synopsis

At Liliadrop, a high-class manufacturer of women's cosmetics, employees are just as outstanding and glamorous as the variety of their products. In contrast stands Asako Yaeshima, a worker formerly nicknamed "Aseko"—"ase" meaning sweat—due to her unusual problem of excessive perspiration. To deal with her crisis, Asako develops a morning routine: she mixes different scents of Liliadrop soaps and unscented deodorants to mask her body odor. But her effort does not fool Koutarou Natori, a genius fragrance developer at the company with a sensitive and infallible sense of smell. Koutarou, astounded by Asako's natural smell combined with the soap, insists on sniffing her every day for a week to save their company's reputation by creating new Asako-inspired fragrances. With such an important reason at stake, Asako consents but never imagines how close she and Koutarou would soon become. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

Ase to Sekken placed second at the third annual Tsutaya Comic Awards in 2019. In the same year, it ranked ninth in the Web Category of the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards. In 2020, the series placed sixth on the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2020 by Honya Club's online bookstore. In 2021, it was nominated for the 45th Kodansha Manga Awards in the general manga category. The series was published in English as Sweat and Soap by Kodansha Comics USA from February 25, 2020, to January 11, 2022. It was also released in Polish by Waneko from November 3, 2021, to February 15, 2023.

Published

Jun 21, 2018 to Jan 7, 2021

Authors

Yamada, Kintetsu

External links

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Main characters

Koutarou Natori71 fan favorites
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Age: 29 Height: 175cm (5'9") Weight: 63kg (139 lbs) Blood type: B Birthday: October 1 Zodiac: Libra Favorite foods/drinks: sandwiches, pasta, hamburg steak Not a fan of: celery, spicy things like sichuan mapo tofu, anything overstimulating Hobbies: researching and checking out things that smell good, looking at shoes Special talents: identifying pleasant smells, green tea tasting Natori is member of the product development team at Lilia Drop, a company that manufactures makeup and bath products that are tremendously popular with women. He is the project planner for all the soaps the company makes. Natori-sans' sense of smell isn't inborn (like perfect pitch, etc.) He got better though practice, so he's a bit less sensitive when he's dozing or too tired to concentrate. He likes animals, but sometimes has a hard time at zoos. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
Asako Yaeshima63 fan favorites
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Age: 26 Height: 156cm (5'4") Weight: 51kg (112 lbs) Blood type: O Birthday: March 28 Zodiac: Aries Favorite foods/drinks: Japanese food, soy milk, herbal tea Not a fan of: fatty pork Hobbies: soap collecting (never buys too much to use before the expiry date and never has more than three soaps at once) Asako is an office lady who has a complex about her excessive sweating. She works in the accounting department at Lilia Drop, a company that manufactures makeup and bath products that are tremendously popular with women. As a child, she was called "Aseko." (Ase means sweat.) Asako likes looking at cute outfits in fashion magazines and has a weakness for cute furnishings and knick-knacks. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .