Kasane (manga)

Kasane

Cover of the first volume of manga.
累－かさね－
Genre Slice of life Suspense
Manga
Written by Daruma Matsuura
Published by Kodansha
English publisher Kodansha USA
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Evening
Original run October 23, 2013 – present
Volumes 11

Kasane (累－かさね－) is an ongoing Japanese slice of life suspense seinen manga series written and illustrated by Daruma Matsuura. It is published by Kodansha, with serialization in Evening magazine and with eleven volumes compiling the chapters released as of June 2017.[1] On May 16, 2017, Kodansha Comics announced the English-language digital release of Kasane.[2]

Characters

Kasane
An extremely ugly girl constantly tormented by bullies for her appearance and the fact that her mother was an incredible beauty. Despite her appearance she can act with amazing skill and grace. But due to the torment she faced as a child and her own sense of inferiority, she cannot act in front of anyone as herself. She received a tube of lipstick as a keepsake from her mother before she died. This tube has magic that allows Kasane to take whatever she wants if she kisses it while wearing the lipstick, usually the face of another person. While wearing another persons face, she loses her sense of inferiority and can act nearly flawlessly. [3]
Nina Tanzawa
A beautiful woman, who desires to be a stage actress, but lacks talent as well as suffering from Sleeping Beauty syndrome. She agrees to give her face to Kasane, as long as she gets the credit for everything. However as time goes on, she begins to become dissatisfied with this relationship, sad and angry that her talent is not recognized. She eventually, sneaks on stage during a rehearsal instead of Kasane, but when her performance is declared completely different from "her" previous ones, she tries to commit suicide, but only lands up in a coma. Kasane keeps her body, at her home, alive, giving her the title of Kasane and taking Nina's name for her own.

Volumes

No.Japan release dateJapan ISBNNorth America release dateNorth America ISBN
01 October 23, 2013[4]ISBN 978-4063524857May 30, 2017[2]—
02 January 23, 2014[5]ISBN 978-4063524970——
03 May 23, 2014[6]ISBN 978-4063545166——
04 October 23, 2014[7]ISBN 978-4063545395——
05 March 23, 2015[8]ISBN 978-4063545647——
06 July 23, 2015)[9]ISBN 978-4063545838——
07 November 20, 2015[9]ISBN 978-4063545982——
08 April 22, 2016[9]ISBN 978-4063546156——
09 August 23, 2016[9]ISBN 978-4063546323——
10 December 22, 2016[9]ISBN 978-4063546491——
11 June 23, 2017[9]ISBN 978-4063546675——

Reception

Volume 5 reached the 39th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of March 29, 2015, had sold 31,029 copies.[10]

It was placed 9th in Zenkoku Shotenin ga Eranda Osusume Comic 2015.[11] It placed 10th out of 14 nominees at the 8th Manga Taishō with 30 points.[12] It was also nominated for Best General Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Kasane - Damaru Matsuura vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "New Romance Manga: 3 digital debut titles + 40% off sale!".
  3. 1 2 "39th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kasane - Damaru Matsuura jp Vol.1". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Kasane - Damaru Matsuura jp Vol.2". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Kasane - Damaru Matsuura jp Vol.3". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Kasane - Damaru Matsuura jp Vol.4". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Kasane - Damaru Matsuura jp Vol.5". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "累 —かさね— / 松浦だるま - イブニング公式サイト - モアイ" (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 23-29". Anime News Network. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2015". Anime News Network. February 4, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. March 24, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.


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