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35歳、少女小説家。(亡き母の妹) 15歳、女子中学生。(姉の遺児) 女王と子犬は2人暮らし。
少女小説家の高代槙生(こうだいまきお)(35)は姉夫婦の葬式で遺児の・朝(あさ)(15)が親戚間をたらい回しにされているのを見過ごせず、勢いで引き取ることにした。しかし姪を連れ帰ったものの、翌日には我に返り、持ち前の人見知りが発動。槙生は、誰かと暮らすのには不向きな自分の性格を忘れていた……。対する朝は、人見知りもなく、“大人らしくない大人”・槙生との暮らしをもの珍しくも素直に受け止めていく。不器用人間と子犬のような姪がおくる年の差同居譚、手さぐり暮らしの第1巻!

176 pages, Paperback

First published November 8, 2017

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Tomoko Yamashita

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Tomoko Yamashita (ヤマシタトモコ) is a Japanese mangaka.

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1,301 reviews3,287 followers
May 21, 2023
This was all charming and enjoyable, but I don't think my mind is in the mood for something straightforward and slice-of-life right now. Everything I read these days that is a slice of life will be deemed dull by me.
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1,909 reviews91 followers
May 20, 2025
20250519 5th read
台版完結了,青文在一個月內把最後兩本出齊
可是我跟誠品預訂,兩週後卻接到電話說無法出貨
要六月再跟廠商確認,但也無法保證六月就一定能出
剛出版的書耶,為什麼會這樣?

只好改用博客來,但為了湊免運多買了本不一定要買的書....
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20220424 4th read
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20201112 2nd read

畫風在寫實與寫意之間轉換流暢
有時台詞少背景簡鍊卻有深意
為啥這樣的作品會是冷門書啊?

好像日常系的漫畫都不好賣
除了賺到翻的四葉妹妹之外
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20201110 買於樂天書城
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20201108 內閱於Mangasick
order on the way~
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440 reviews33 followers
November 16, 2021
Sono innamorato già.
Primo volume delicato, dritto al cuore. Queste due mi faranno commuovere di brutto, ho capito…
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244 reviews517 followers
September 10, 2021
Una storia quotidiana che nella sua semplicità scalda il cuore. Un manga che continuerò a seguire con piacere
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224 reviews8 followers
March 25, 2023
很好看!最近看到亮點最高的漫畫。一開始是kindle unlimited推薦以為是百合漫才看的,但其實不是。故事大概是寫宅在家的小說家收養了父母意外雙亡的十五歲姪女的雙人生活跟心情,這種聽起來挺無聊的典型無病呻吟。內容嘛,既然主角是小說家,走向自然是所謂的文青風,但是對話又嚴厲又輕鬆,完全沒有做作感。想說日常生活裡的各種人情也就那樣還能怎樣?但看起來就是有趣。總之說故事功力之高深令我相當驚豔。另外,角色塑造一番棒!主要角色不用說,配角也好,連差不多路人等級的每個都很討人喜歡!

只是它的日文對我果然有點難。真心想購入日版紙本書。
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16 reviews12 followers
August 9, 2021
Il rapporto tra zia e nipote (orfana) è molto veritiero, sia per le dinamiche familiari che il loro rapporto interpersonale.
Per nulla melenso, tutto si costruisce pian piano.
Una lettura caldamente consigliata!
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13 reviews2 followers
December 17, 2020
I’m blasting through this right now but I wanted to pause and take note of my feelings before I continue reading. I am absolutely in love with Ikoku Nikki. It isn’t a drama, but it isn’t a slice of life either. The pain and trauma of the characters simmer in the background and spark when the assumptions they have built on the foundations of coping fall. And its absolutely beautiful.

It makes my chest sink in understanding those pains. It makes my face burn in anticipation of the release of tears that come from the relief of seeing someone come out on the other side and still be loved.

On top of this, Yamashita’s art is wonderful. It dissolves from scene to scene. It leaves characters alone in panels that make them seem helpless, pitiful, and alone. Then it brings them together within the evening imaginaries of Takumi, who warmly sees her aunt as a hope for a new life.

I love this story, simply put. And I’m excited to read more.
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738 reviews11 followers
August 13, 2022
Une fille de 15 ans perd ses parents et se retrouve colocataire avec sa tante, écrivaine un peu hors norme qui n'aime pas trop les contacts humains. Dans ce premier tome on touche juste la surface de l'histoire et on commence à connaitre un peu les personnages. J'aime bien la façon délicate et poétique dont on traite le deuil. Je lirai sûrement la suite.
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249 reviews7 followers
May 5, 2025
Nếu không được tặng thì chắc chả đu đâu. Ai ngờ đọc hợp gu dã man luôn.

Truyện kể về cô bé Asa mất đi cả bố lẫn mẹ trong 1 vụ tai nạn. Trong khi họ hàng đùn đẩy trách nhiệm thì người dì trông rõ lạ lùng, khó ở lại nhận nuôi cô bé. Dì còn tuyên bố thẳng thừng rất ghét mẹ của Asa, nhưng cũng lại không muốn Asa phải gồng mình trong hoàn cảnh này. Và dì của Asa đã khuyên cô bé nên viết nhật ký... Một cuốn nhật ký kì lạ về những điều muốn nói, và không muốn nói, chẳng cần quan tâm nội dung cũng không cần tính xác thực, chỉ đơn giản muốn viết gì thì viết. Vậy thôi...

Asa - một cô bé 15t bỗng chốc mất cả bố và mẹ, nhưng lại không biết phản ứng ra sao. Cảm thấy mình thật kì lạ, nhưng sau khi nghe lời dì mình, viết nhật ký mỗi ngày, cô bé cũng lý giải cảm xúc của bản thân và hiểu bản thân cũng như những thứ xung quanh nhiều hơn.

Ôi cảm giác đọc xong khó tả lắm. Mà tôi nhìn thấy chính bản thân "người lớn" y chang bộ dạng của người dì luôn. Vừa đọc vừa nhột 🤣
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Author 25 books41 followers
January 19, 2022
J'aime quand les mangas nous présentent des personnes différentes qui évoluent dans une société où ce n'est pas facile de diverger de la norme, encore plus quand on est adulte, car "on devrait avoir compris". On l'a bien fait dans Otaku Otaku, Tome 1, mais Entre les lignes s'y attarde aussi, à travers le regard d'une adolescente qui est peut-être tombée sur la meilleure personne, dans sa situation qui sort de la norme. La franchise des personnages et de leurs choix est rafraichissante. Je suivrai ce manga avec intérêt.
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1,261 reviews51 followers
July 23, 2021
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Je le savais d’avance, en lisant un titre de la collection Life de chez Kana, je n’allais pas être déçu. C’est une collection qui me plaît à chaque fois un peu plus !

Asa a 15 ans et ses parents sont morts dans un accident de voiture. Pourtant, ce qui est surprenant, c’est qu’elle ne sait pas comment réagir. Elle n’est pas triste, ni heureuse, elle ne sait pas réellement ce qu’elle ressent.

Elle se fera accueillir par sa tante Makio qui a 35 ans. Cette dernière est autrice de roman pour adolescents, mais surtout, elle vit comme une recluse, elle n’est pas à l’aise en société. Elle était même en froid avec sa sœur, elle n’avait pas revu cette gamine depuis des années. C’est ainsi que nous allons suivre leur quotidien et leur cohabitation. Deux femmes bien différentes, mais qui pourraient être d’un grand soutien l’une pour l’autre.

C’est un titre tout en douceur. Comme toujours, Kana nous propose dans sa collection Life un manga tranche de vie remplie d’émotions et qui nous pousse à la réflexion. Ici, nous y abordons le thème du deuil chez l’adolescent.

D’ailleurs, les personnages m’ont beaucoup plu. Que ce soit Asa ou même Makio, les deux jeunes femmes sont attachantes. Elles ont leurs caractères, leurs personnalités, elles doivent apprendre à vivre ensemble.

Ce que j’ai adoré ici, c’est que les émotions étaient retranscrites à la perfection. J’avais une bouffée de sentiments qui envahissait mon cœur lors de ma lecture !

En bref, c’est un titre qui nous pousse à nous questionner, nous touche et nous émeut. En tout cas, c’est ce que j’y ai ressentis. Kana nous propose une nouvelle fois, un titre pour la collection Life des plus émouvants !
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232 reviews
June 25, 2024
Full Series Review || This manga has such a wonderfully mature and unique depiction of grief, youth and adulthood, relationships and memory...despite the serious topics it's was cozy and relaxing read for teary-eyed me to reflect upon
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67 reviews4 followers
August 6, 2025
This was a sweet but melancholy slice-of-life that was occasionally quite touching. The characters as well as the story’s portrayal of grief both felt very real. Nothing extraordinary but still enjoyable.

Side note: I initially started this because I really liked Maiko’s design. :3
509 reviews13 followers
May 27, 2024
日文版期間限定無料讓我意識到好像差不多該看了,中文日文都看了。植生未免也太帥。食物視覺上普通,期待寫實版跟動畫版的詮釋。
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30 reviews
June 23, 2024
"It's not something i'm sharing with anyone", was it?...

It's nice to know that there is someone out there that has had the same thoughts as me. The same feelings, and then the skill to write it so neatly and straightforwardly. It is also the most frustrating thing in the world, as a person with a malfunctioning mouth, but maybe that's jealousy on part of the characters, that they could find how to say it and I could not. And the embarrassment that comes from realising that something is precious to you.
Hmmm, how should I say... Diary of a Strange Land makes me wonder if I am more transparent of a person than I thought.
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4,326 reviews69 followers
December 7, 2021
Asa's parents have just died in a car crash. Her maternal aunt Mikio is struggling to feel sad over the loss of a sister who always made her feel less-than. She has no intention of getting involved with Asa until she really LOOKS at the fifteen-year-old and sees someone who is struggling just as much as she is. On impulse she offers Asa a home with her, but how can someone as emotionally closed off as Mikio raise a grieving child? That's the emotional thrust of this volume, and it's a very different approach to a story about grief than we typically see. It's well done and I'm now positive that Tomoko Yamashita is one of the most versatile mangaka working.
Profile Image for Mochammad Wafi.
5 reviews
November 8, 2024
(Review ini udah termasuk semua volume)

Genre yang gwej banget soalnya tentang slice of life anak yang ditinggal orang tuanya kecelakaan dan akhirnya tinggal bersama tantenya. Bahasa inggrisnya berat amat jadi kadang aku skip wkwkwk. Ntar kalau ada mood mau baca lagi. Can't wait to watch the movie and the anime!
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777 reviews1 follower
August 2, 2020
Stumbled across this series randomly and am thoroughly enjoying both the art and the writing, as well as just the fact that it's a series about an aunt and a niece--two women and their relationship, driving the plot!
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601 reviews81 followers
May 24, 2021
第一次看這個作者的作品,很喜歡耶~奇妙的關係奇妙的組合,會想一直看下去

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趁著第四集出版一次買起來的重看
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268 reviews1 follower
October 6, 2024
| I feel like raising me and love existed very separately

No creo que vaya a encontrar las palabras necesarias para describir este manga y lo MUCHO que os lo recomiendo.
Si os gusta el slice of life entonces os recomiendo que dejéis de leer mi reseña y vayáis directamente al manga (desgraciadamente no ha salido en España). Y si eso no os ha llamado la atención, dejad que lo intente con mis palabras
Para empezar, el manga trata de una chica, Asa-chan, que se ha quedado huérfana tras un accidente de coche. A partir de ahora, tendrá que vivir con su tía; una escritora de 35 años soltera, introvertida y con las habilidades sociales de un palo. Aunque son familia, en realidad, son dos completas desconocidas. Makio, la tía de Asa, odiaba a la madre de la chica y, durante todo este tiempo, perdieron el contacto por completo.
| Just what exactly can you give a person traveling through a desert? No matter what sort of water, or shade, or clothing, or words, or gaze, just what help can it be to someone walking through a desert alone? To someone who lives their life carrying the desert?

¿Qué pasará cuando ahora sus mundos choquen tras la desgracia? ¿Podrán una adolescente y una mujer aprender a convivir juntas? El manga te lanza directamente en esta situación tan trágica y poco a poco te va enseñando como estas dos personas se hacen un hueco en la vida de la una y la otra, como pasan de orbitar, temerosas de chocar, a compartir la arena del mismo desierto en la que su soledad se encuentran.
El manga habla de la pérdida, de la soledad, de los sentimientos de cada uno, del amor, del arte, de ser el yo que quieres ser. Un manga de personajes, de descubrimiento. Un manga que, de seguro, no os dejará indiferentes.
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305 reviews28 followers
April 2, 2023
Reseña de los 10 tomos que hay disponibles hasta ahora.

Ikoku Nikki trata sobre Asa, una adolescente que acaba de quedarse huérfana tras morir sus padres en un accidente de tráfico. La hermana de su madre, Makio, la adopta.
Ahora Asa tendrá que lidiar con el duelo y con la nueva relación con Makio, quien, a pesar de ser una adulta, se comporta de un modo distinto a sus padres.

Me ha gustado mucho lo pausado y reflexivo que es este manga, sus personajes son complejos y tridimensionales. Es muy fácil empatizar, especialmente con Asa y Makio, dos excelentes protagonistas y muy alejadas del prototipo de personaje femenino típico que encuentras en el manga.

El dibujo es limpio, con una línea fina y suelta. Tiene un estilo de dibujo algo serio, adulto, creo que pega muy bien con el tono de la obra. Me gusta mucho como dibuja a las mujeres (Makio, especialmente) y como usa el espacio negativo para resaltar los sentimientos de los personajes.

Ikoku Nikki trata sobre el duelo y la soledad, pero también sobre la responsabilidad, cómo hacer frente a los cambios de la vida y crecer. Sin duda es una obra muy única y especial, la he disfrutado mucho.
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1,126 reviews217 followers
June 2, 2023
One of the best manga I've ever had the chance to read. I'll call it creme de la creme of josei/slice of life genre. It's been over a month I've read it and yet to this day I think about all the characters. The beautiful and tender exploration of grief, loneliness, love, familiar love, sisterhood, motherhood and friendship. The warmth that it radiates and the messages that it lays down with excellent art work. I cannot recommend it enough. It is also soo inclusive. I love that it also has a sapphic couple and aro elements. I'll prize and praise this manga at any given day. Tomoko Yamashita never fails to amaze me with her range.
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2,420 reviews
July 10, 2023
Una noia de 15 anys perd els pares en un accident de trànsit i se'n va a viure a casa de la seva tieta, amb qui no tenia pràcticament cap relació perquè odiava la seva germana (mare de la protagonista). En aquest primer volum tenim un tastet de com són els inicis d'aquesta convivència tan peculiar i com gestionen un dol sobtat. Dones independents, que els costa mostrar-se vulnerables, demanar ajuda, que no volen ser una càrrega, però que de mica en mica van confiant l'una en l'altra ♥ No em solen agradar les històries tan assossegades amb poca acció i centrades en la psicologia dels personatges, però aquesta em té força intrigada.
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280 reviews3 followers
May 15, 2024
"There are probably people out there that set up a tent in the middle of the desert and live in it."

I personally really like that like, and I think it’s such a beautiful and truthful way to describe how some people deal with loneliness or how they take comfort in it.

I’m really immersed in this story, probably because, from the few chapters I’ve read, I relate a lot to Makio’s character. She brings me a lot of comfort about my own adult life that doesn’t really feel like one because I don’t "feel" much like an adult at all.

I will continue reading this story with a lot of interest!
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1,646 reviews22 followers
January 7, 2023
J'ai dû confondre ce manga avec un autre qu'on m'avait recommandé, parce que je m'attendais pas du tout du tout à ça.
Mais c'était intéressant, j'aime beaucoup l'importance qui est accordée aux émotions, et au fait de respecter ce qu'on ressent plutôt que de se conformer à la norme. Makio est également un personnage intéressant car elle est atypique, et j'ai très envie d'en savoir plus sur sa relation avec sa sœur...
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65 reviews1 follower
November 10, 2021
Per ora promosso. Getta le basi per una storia più drammatica di come appare in questo primo volume, dove mi pare venga toccata la superficie dei problemi di entrambe le protagoniste, spero in un crescendo.
P.S. per i giappi ogni occasione è buona per spammare ricette, tra l’altro in balloons chilometrici, che palle, basta.
141 reviews
February 5, 2023
Molto particolare, sulla relazione tra una ragazza rimasta improvvisamente orfana e la zia fino ad allora sconosciuta. La particolarità sta nel carattere della zia, spigolosa e per niente convenzionale, sono curiosa di vedere come evolverà il rapporto. Presentati già altri personaggi che si preannunciano interessanti.
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1,932 reviews60 followers
February 23, 2024
Le concept autour de l'adoption "forcée" est intéressant et les personnages semblent avoir du potentiel (la situation est assez proche du manga Comme une famille que j'ai largement préféré). J'ai trouvé le tome assez brouillon et je n'ai pas accroché aux dessins, mais je vais jeter un oeil au tome 2.
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