Appare Jipangu! (天晴じぱんぐ！, "Bravo Jipangu!") is a manga by Yuu Watase. Set in Japan during the Edo period, it follows the life of Yusura, who as a baby, was found under a cherry tree with the "Kongoumaru" (a staff that turns blue when people are sad) by her side. Now fifteen years later, Yusura has become the "hikeshiya" (or "extinguisher of sorrow") and uses the Kongoumaru to 'absorb' people's sadness and hit it back at the people that caused it.
As a child was abandoned by her birth-parents and found under a cherry tree. Now the "hikeshiya", she goes around healing people's sadness with her Kongoumaru (金剛丸). Although she loves her adoptive parents, Yusura is still trying to find her birth-parents.
Hot-headed and tomboy-ish, she dresses like a boy and the inability of new characters to identify her gender serves as a running joke through the series. Later she falls in love with Samon. She is 15 years old. Kongomaru was her staff.
Samon (沙門)
A member of the royal family, he is the son of the daimyō. However, his mother was a prostitute and the Daimyo was not too happy to learn of his existence. Yusura met him after saving him from some assassins.
Samon is practically blind and has difficulty seeing without his glasses, often mistaking other objects for Yusura. Then later he falls for Yusura.
Minekichi (峰吉)
He's Yusura's very funny foster brother who always teases her, and he helps her with all the sadness business. Then he came along on her journey to find her real parents. He also likes to play with skeleton puppets that scare people.
Kazanosuke
A ninja whose special power is a bubble attack. After meeting Yusura and her gang, he is hired by Samon to become his bodyguard. However he is quite fond on hiding in Yusura's shadow instead. A Cola Ninja from the village of Coca. It is hinted that he loves Yusura.
Yasura's Dad
Loves to invent random things. Much of the time they are more of a hindrance than a help but all are amusing. He is a pharmacist.
Oteru
One of Samon's servants.
Publicationedit
Surprisingly, this manga was made around the time of one of her most popular works, Ayashi no Ceres. In one of her "free talk pages," (where the manga artist can talk to her fans about her daily life or things relating to the manga or promoting other works.) She said that the reason why there is such a big difference between the two manga's art is because Ayashi no Ceres is more "Dark and serious," so she gave it a more realistic art style. Appare is drawn with a more typical wide-eyed shōjo look.
This manga had an unusual publishing schedule. In a shōjo manga magazine, there is a restricted number of pages that manga artist can only draw in (16 for weekly shōnen manga and 32–34 for typical monthly shōjo manga).[citation needed]Appare was licensed by Flower Comics, but never ran in the magazine.[citation needed] Instead it was independent and immediately went out to the public in volumes. Watase stated that she did not want to go with the deadlines for the magazine because it was such a light-hearted story that she wanted to go at her own pace.[citation needed] As a result, there were huge gaps between volume publications.
The series was published in Spain by Glénat España as ¡Viva Japón!.[1] A French version was published by Editions Tonkam, but retained the title Appare Jipangu![2] It was also published in Italy by Planet Manga.
Referencesedit
^"Viva Japón 01 - Shojo Manga - Manga - Ediciones Glénat" (in Spanish). Glénat España. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
^ (in French). Editions Tonkam. Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
appare, jipangu, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, november, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Appare Jipangu news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Appare Jipangu 天晴じぱんぐ Bravo Jipangu is a manga by Yuu Watase Set in Japan during the Edo period it follows the life of Yusura who as a baby was found under a cherry tree with the Kongoumaru a staff that turns blue when people are sad by her side Now fifteen years later Yusura has become the hikeshiya or extinguisher of sorrow and uses the Kongoumaru to absorb people s sadness and hit it back at the people that caused it Appare Jipangu Cover of volume 1 2003 edition 天晴じぱんぐ MangaWritten byYuu WatasePublished byShogakukanMagazineShōjo ComicDemographicShōjoOriginal run1998 2003Volumes3 Contents 1 Characters 2 Publication 3 References 4 External linksCharacters editYusura 桜桃 As a child was abandoned by her birth parents and found under a cherry tree Now the hikeshiya she goes around healing people s sadness with her Kongoumaru 金剛丸 Although she loves her adoptive parents Yusura is still trying to find her birth parents Hot headed and tomboy ish she dresses like a boy and the inability of new characters to identify her gender serves as a running joke through the series Later she falls in love with Samon She is 15 years old Kongomaru was her staff Samon 沙門 A member of the royal family he is the son of the daimyō However his mother was a prostitute and the Daimyo was not too happy to learn of his existence Yusura met him after saving him from some assassins Samon is practically blind and has difficulty seeing without his glasses often mistaking other objects for Yusura Then later he falls for Yusura Minekichi 峰吉 He s Yusura s very funny foster brother who always teases her and he helps her with all the sadness business Then he came along on her journey to find her real parents He also likes to play with skeleton puppets that scare people Kazanosuke A ninja whose special power is a bubble attack After meeting Yusura and her gang he is hired by Samon to become his bodyguard However he is quite fond on hiding in Yusura s shadow instead A Cola Ninja from the village of Coca It is hinted that he loves Yusura Yasura s Dad Loves to invent random things Much of the time they are more of a hindrance than a help but all are amusing He is a pharmacist Oteru One of Samon s servants Publication editSurprisingly this manga was made around the time of one of her most popular works Ayashi no Ceres In one of her free talk pages where the manga artist can talk to her fans about her daily life or things relating to the manga or promoting other works She said that the reason why there is such a big difference between the two manga s art is because Ayashi no Ceres is more Dark and serious so she gave it a more realistic art style Appare is drawn with a more typical wide eyed shōjo look This manga had an unusual publishing schedule In a shōjo manga magazine there is a restricted number of pages that manga artist can only draw in 16 for weekly shōnen manga and 32 34 for typical monthly shōjo manga citation needed Appare was licensed by Flower Comics but never ran in the magazine citation needed Instead it was independent and immediately went out to the public in volumes Watase stated that she did not want to go with the deadlines for the magazine because it was such a light hearted story that she wanted to go at her own pace citation needed As a result there were huge gaps between volume publications The series was published in Spain by Glenat Espana as Viva Japon 1 A French version was published by Editions Tonkam but retained the title Appare Jipangu 2 It was also published in Italy by Planet Manga References edit Viva Japon 01 Shojo Manga Manga Ediciones Glenat in Spanish Glenat Espana Retrieved 2013 02 20 Appare Jipangu Manga Editions Tonkam in French Editions Tonkam Archived from the original on 2010 10 30 Retrieved 2013 02 20 External links editAppare Jipangu manga at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Appare Jipangu amp oldid 969865709, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
