Ane no Kekkon

Ane no Kekkon (姉の結婚, lit. "Older Sister's Marriage") is a Japanese slice of life romance josei manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Nishi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Flowers manga magazine^[1] from 2010 to August 2014.^[2][3] It was compiled into 8 volumes published between 2011 and 2014. It's published in French by Panini.^[2]

Ane no Kekkon
姉の結婚
Genre	Romance, slice of life
Manga
Written by	Keiko Nishi
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Flowers
Demographic	Josei
Original run	2010 – August 2014
Volumes	8

Characters

• Yori Iwatani^[2]
• Maki^[2]

Volumes

• 1 (May 10, 2011)^[4]
• 2 (November 10, 2011)^[5]
• 3 (May 10, 2012)^[6]
• 4 (November 24, 2012)^[7]
• 5 (May 10, 2013)^[8]
• 6 (November 10, 2013)^[9]
• 7 (May 9, 2014)^[10]
• 8 (November 10, 2014)^[11]

Reception

Volume 1 reached the 16th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and, as of May 15, 2011, has sold 21,534 copies;^[12] volume 2 reached the 10th place and, as of November 13, 2011, has sold 54,922 copies;^[13] volume 3 reached the 8th place^[14] and, as of May 20, 2012, has sold 108,418 copies;^[15] volume 4 reached the 8th place^[16] and, as of December 9, 2012, has sold 136,153 copies;^[17] volume 5 reached the 8th place and, as of May 11, 2013, has sold 59,486 copies;^[18] volume 6 reached the 5th place and, as of November 17, 2013, has sold 122,828 copies;^[19] volume 7 reached the 8th place and, as of May 18, 2014, has sold 123,378 copies;^[20] volume 8 reached the 3rd place^[21] and, as of November 23, 2014, has sold 139,476 copies.^[22] The series was the 14th Shogakukan manga series with the largest number of first printings between April 2013 and March 2014, with 180,000.^[23]

On manga-news.com, it has a staff grade of 15.67 out of 20.^[2] On Manga Sanctuary, it has a staff grade from one staff member of 8 out of 10.^[24]

It was number 4 on the 2012 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Female Readers survey^[25] and number 10 on the 2013 list.^[26] It was number 14 on the 15th Book of the Year list by Da Vinci magazine.^[27]

References

1. "Ane no Kekkon vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
2. "Ane no kekkon". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
3. "Japon Ane no Kekkon se termine". manga-news.com (in French). August 6, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
4. "Ane no Kekkon jp Vol.1". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
5. "Ane no Kekkon jp Vol.2". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
6. "Ane no Kekkon jp Vol.3". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
7. "Ane no Kekkon jp Vol.4". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
8. "Ane no Kekkon jp Vol.5". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
9. "Ane no Kekkon jp Vol.6". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
10. "Ane no Kekkon jp Vol.7". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
11. "Ane no Kekkon jp Vol.8". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
12. "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 9–15". Anime News Network. May 18, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
13. "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 7–13 (Updated)". Anime News Network. November 16, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
14. "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 7–13". Anime News Network. May 18, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
15. "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 14–20". Anime News Network. May 23, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
16. "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 26-December 2". Anime News Network. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
17. "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 3–9". Anime News Network. December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
18. "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 6–12". Anime News Network. May 15, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
19. "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 11–17". Anime News Network. November 20, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
20. "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 12–18". Anime News Network. May 21, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
21. "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 10–16". Anime News Network. November 20, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
22. "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 17–23". Anime News Network. November 26, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
23. "Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha". Anime News Network. April 8, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
24. "Ane no Kekkon". Manga Sanctuary (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
25. "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2012 Voters". Anime News Network. December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
26. "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2013 Voters". Anime News Network. December 10, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
27. "Attack on Titan Tops Da Vinci Magazine's Ranking for 2nd Year". Anime News Network. December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.