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Japanese yuri manga
Kimino Tamenara Shineru
Cover of the final Japanese volume
姫のためなら死ねる
Genre
Manga
Written byKuzushiro
Published byTakeshobo
English publisher
MagazineManga Life Win
Original runMarch 10, 2010 – March 21, 2024
Volumes14 (List of volumes)

Kimino Tamenara Shineru (姫のためなら死ねる) is a Japanese yuri yonkoma manga written and illustrated by Kuzushiro. It was serialized online in Takeshobo's Manga Life Win from March 2010 to March 2024, and was licensed for an English-language release by JManga in 2012. The series is a comedy reimagining of the Japanese author Sei Shōnagon's life alongside Empress Teishi.

Plot

The story takes place in the Heian era, following Sei Shonagon, a reclusive writer living a life of a NEET, who is captivated by the beautiful of Empress Teishi and begins to serve the court as her private tutor. While Shonagon's has her eyes on the empress, plenty of court ladies have their eyes on her.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Kuzushiro, Kimino Tamenara Shineru was serialized online in Takeshobo's Manga Life Win from March 10, 2010, to March 21, 2024. The series was collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes from May 2011 to May 2024.

The series was licensed for an English release digitally by JManga.

No. Release date ISBN
1 May 7, 20119784812475614
2 April 7, 20129784812477618
3 May 7, 20139784812481714
4 April 7, 20149784812485491
5 April 7, 20159784801952218
6 May 7, 20169784801955189
7 May 7, 20179784801959309
8 May 7, 20189784801962545
9 May 7, 20199784801966048
10 May 7, 20209784801969339
11 May 7, 20219784801972957
12 May 7, 20229784801976283
13 June 15, 20239784801980655
14 May 16, 20249784801983113

Reception

Erica Friedman of Yuricon gave the first volume an overall 8 rating, she praised the comedy, noting that "the story turns historical luminaries into jokes, and relates behaviors of the past to unlikely, but accurate analogies of the present with historically inaccurate, but nevertheless amusing, conviction." Friedman went on to note in her volume 5 review that the comedy became denser, "there’s a lot of research that goes into this book and it shows. It’s also getting harder to follow for this reader, as my knowledge of the Heian-kyo is superficial to say the least."

References

  1. "ALC Publishing, JManga to Publish Kimi no Tamenara Shineru Yuri Manga". Anime News Network. March 9, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  2. "姫のためなら死ねる 1". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  3. "姫のためなら死ねる 2". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  4. "姫のためなら死ねる 3". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  5. "姫のためなら死ねる 4". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  6. "姫のためなら死ねる 5". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  7. "姫のためなら死ねる 6". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  8. "姫のためなら死ねる 7". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  9. "姫のためなら死ねる 8". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  10. "姫のためなら死ねる 9". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  11. "姫のためなら死ねる 10". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  12. "姫のためなら死ねる 11". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  13. "姫のためなら死ねる 12". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  14. "姫のためなら死ねる 13". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  15. "姫のためなら死ねる 14". Takeshobo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  16. Friedman, Erica (July 20, 2011). "Yuri Manga: Kimi no Tame Nara Shineru (姫のためなら死ねる)". Okazu. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  17. Friedman, Erica (October 21, 2015). "Yuri Manga: Kimi no Tame Nara Shineru, Volume 5 (姫のためなら死ねる)". Okazu. Retrieved April 22, 2024.

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