Joukyou Monogatari

上京ものがたり

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Synopsis

Joukyou Monogatari centers on Natsumi Takahara (Kitano), a manga artist in a slump who looks back on her college days and the time she spent living with a man named Ryousuke. Natsumi had moved from her hometown to Tokyo to attend college. There, she meets Ryousuke and begins living with him. However, after getting irritated with Ryousuke for not holding down a steady job and spending his days lazing around, the two decide to break up. In the midst of their breakup, Natsumi is getting a book published, and she remembers the times that Ryousuke supported her. (Source: ANN)

Publication notes

Joukyou Monogatari is part of a trilogy of loosely-autobiographical manga about different stages in Saibara's life: Onnanoko Monogatari is about her bonds with her childhood female friends, Joukyou Monogatari is about her move from her hometown to Tokyo, and Eigyou Monogatari is about her new working life. The manga won the Short Story Award at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes in 2005, along with Saibara's Mainichi Kaasan.