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Hohokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun
(My Neighbors the Yamadas)
 
 

 

Manga

"Tonari no Yamada-Kun" is a comic strip by Hisaichi ISHII. It has been serialized in Asahi Newspaper, one of the major newspapers in Japan, since 1991 (currently, it is retitled as "Nono-Chan").

"Yamda-Kun" is a story about the Yamada family; Takashi (father), Matsuko (mother), Sige (grandma), Noboru (son), Nonoko (daughter), and Pochi (family dog). They speak Kansai dialect (the dialect spoken in the Western part of Japan). Generally, Japanese find the words spoken in Kansai dialect very funny.

Each strip consists of 4 cels. Since it is serialized in a newspaper, it often deals with hot topics. One of such topics in 1997 was the monster hit of Mononoke Hime.

 

[ISHII's Nono-chan manga]
From Asahi Newspaper, July 21, 1997
Sige (grandma): I'm Home! I saw it! You know, that anime movie...
Matsuko (mother): You mean, Monogoi Hime (Pricess Begger)?
Noboru (son): No, it's Momonoki Hime (Princess Peach Tree)
Nonoko: It's Mononoko Hime (Princess Child of Things), isn't it?
Shige: Yes! it's a story of Mononoko Hime who got lost in the forest, and she eats the house made of sweet in three days..No, No!
Shige: It was a really long line, and I couldn't get through, Sokonoke Hime (Princess Out of the Way)
Matsuko: Oh, so you just saw the line.

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