Mitsudomoe (manga)

Mitsudomoe
Cover of Mitsudomoe first volume as published by Akita Shoten featuring Mitsuba, Futaba, and Hitoha Marui
みつどもえ
GenreComedy, slice of life[1]
Manga
Written byNorio Sakurai
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Champion
Bessatsu Shōnen Champion
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 9, 2006 – August 12, 2017
Volumes19
Anime television series
Directed byMasahiko Ohta
Produced byYosuke Toba, Yoshiyuki Ito, Takuo Yagi, Hiromasa Minami, Yōsuke Wada
Written byTakashi Aoshima
Music byYasuhiro Misawa
StudioBridge
Original networkAT-X, BS11, CBC, MBS, Tokyo MX
Original run July 2, 2010 – September 26, 2010
Episodes13 (+ 1 DVD episode) (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Mitsudomoe Zōryōchū!
Directed byMasahiko Ohta
Produced byYosuke Toba, Yoshiyuki Ito, Takuo Yagi, Hiromasa Minami, Yōsuke Wada
Written byTakashi Aoshima
Music byYasuhiro Misawa
StudioBridge
Original networkAT-X, BS11, MBS, Tokyo MX
Original run January 9, 2011[2] – February 28, 2011
Episodes8 (List of episodes)

Mitsudomoe (みつどもえ, "Three-Way Struggle") is a Japanese gag manga series by manga artist Norio Sakurai about the adventures of the Marui triplets in sixth grade and their newly hired teacher Satoshi Yabe as he deals with his new class. The series was first serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion in 2006 before moving to Bessatsu Shōnen Champion in 2012. Akita Shoten has published the series in both of their magazines. The series follows the everyday life of three sisters, their classmates, and their unfortunate teacher.

The series has been collected into nineteen tankōbon manga volumes the first of which was released on January 9, 2006. In July 2010, the manga was adapted into an anime series that ran for 13 weeks first airing on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting. A second series called Mitsudomoe Zōryōchū! (みつどもえ 増量中！, "Mitsudomoe: Increasing!") was made the following year that aired between January 9, 2011 and February 28, 2011. Although the series has not been licensed for release in North America, it has been simulcast by Crunchyroll which subbed the series. The first anime adaptation has received mixed reviews with most saying that while the humor will creep some out, others will enjoy it.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference review was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ みつどもえ増量中 (in Japanese). mitsudomoe-anime.com. Retrieved December 26, 2010. Website lists date of first airing as January 8th; however, this is in accordance with Japanese scheduling standards. The time of airing is 2:58 which, in Japan, for a TV program, would be written as "26:58", with the previous day's date.