Tonari no 801-chan

Tonari no 801-chan
Tonari no 801-chan manga volume 1 cover.
となりの801ちゃん
(Tonari no Yaoi-chan)
GenreRomantic comedy, Slice of life
Manga
Written byAjiko Kojima
Published byOhzora Publishing
MagazineRomance Tiara
DemographicJosei
Original runApril 18, 2006 – April 2016
Volumes11
Live-action film
Directed byKōtarō Terauchi
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2007
Runtime60 minutes
Manga
Tonari no 801-chan: Fujoshiteki Kōkō Seikatsu
Written byJin
Published byKodansha
MagazineBessatsu Friend
DemographicShōjo
Original runNovember 28, 2007 – April 13, 2009
Volumes3
Manga
801-shiki Chūgakusei Nikki: Tonari no Hina-chan
Written byJun Minamikata
Published byOhzora Publishing
MagazineRomance Tiara
DemographicJosei
Original runApril 11, 2009 – 2010
Volumes1

Tonari no 801-chan (となりの801ちゃん, Tonari no Yaoi-chan, lit. My Neighbor Yaoi-chan) is a Japanese four-panel Internet manga written and illustrated by Ajiko Kojima. It centers on the relationship between a male otaku named Tibet and his yaoi-obsessed fujoshi girlfriend Yaoi whose obsession manifests as a small, green furry monster. Kojima started the manga on April 18, 2006 on his blog.[1] Ohzora Publishing released the first bound volume in December 2006, and by June 2007, it had sold 150,000 copies.[2] Serialization of the manga began with the first chapter in Ohzora's Romance Tiara magazine in April 2009, spanning a total of eleven volumes. The series concluded in 2016.

A shōjo manga re-imagining of the series entitled Tonari no 801-chan: Fujoshiteki Kōkō Seikatsu written and illustrated by Jin was serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend from November 28, 2007 to April 13, 2009. A spin-off manga series written and illustrated by Jun Minamikata called 801-shiki Chūgakusei Nikki: Tonari no Hina-chan started serialization in Romance Tiara in April 2009. A live action DVD-only film was produced in September 2007, and a drama CD was released in April 2008, and another followed in October 2008. An anime adaptation by Kyoto Animation was announced to air in Japan in 2009,[3] but was unexpectedly canceled.[4]

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