Suppli Volume 3

Suppli #3

by Mari Okazaki, おかざき真里

After twenty-seven year old Minami breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years, she immerses herself in her work at an advertising company and attempts to find new romance and rediscover the meaning of love.

Genres: Manga, Josei, Romance, Japan, Collections, Graphic Novels

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Mari Okazaki (Japanese: おかざき真里, Okazaki Mari) is a Japanese manga artist.
Okazaki was born in Nagano in 1967 and grew up in the region of Kansai. She graduated with a major in Design from Tama Art University and worked in advertisement for a number of years.
Okazaki had been publishing illustrations and short comics since high school, although her professional manga career started around 1994. In the early 2000's she left her day job to become a full time cartoonist and illustrator.
Okazaki comics have appeared in josei magazines (marketed to an audience of young adult women) as well as seinen magazines (marketed to an audience of young adult men). Her longest completed manga series to date are the josei Suppli, serialised from 2003 to 2009, and the seinen A-Un, serialised from 2014 to 2021.

Reviews

[Sucre · Rating 3 out of 5]

this one didn't hit as hard as the second volume, and while it had pretty sequences, there was nothing as gorgeous as the scene that played out in vol. 2. most of it focused on a commercial we don't get to see, which is frustrating. we'll see if it picks up in the last two volumes

[Kris Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the character development for all that has been involved. I’m just afraid that when it comes to the last two volumes I have that I won’t be satisfied to accept that I can’t read more lol 😝

[Jillian -always aspiring- · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good series, but damn it is depressing, especially with how it frames the way women are treated in the working world.

[Tea · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just wish that she will be in the end with Ishida, just wishing,,,

[Miss Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thiiiiiink I like this? I don't feel invested in Ogiwara in himself but I'm kind of interested in how Minami and Tanaka are developing this complicated friend/enemy/what-do-you-do-when-you-have-to-work-daily-with-the-Other-Woman relationship. The work drama's far more compelling than the romantic stuff is anyways, the link is what's elevating the romantic drama into something that doesn't leave me irritated. 3.5 stars

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating look at a successful, working woman in Japan and the social structures and pressures she deals with. I imagine it's romanticized, as any American comic would be. But it's still really interesting.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very confusing volume, full of things that aren't what you think.

[Lara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I actually enjoy the work drama in this series more than I do the romance drama...