Complex Age
Complex Age (コンプレックス・エイジ, Konpurekkusu Eiji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yui Sakuma. The series began as a one-shot published on Kodansha's Weekly Morning seinen manga website in May 2013. The one-shot drew 1.25 million viewers to the website and won a Tetsuya Chiba Prize. It was relaunched on 22 May 2014 and ran until 4 June 2015. The manga was licensed for release in North America by Kodansha USA. A comic video adaptation was released on the Morning website alongside the fifth volume in August 2015. The series was compiled into six volumes.
| Complex Age | |
 Cover of Complex Age volume one. | |
| コンプレックス・エイジ (Konpurekkusu Eiji) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yui Sakuma |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Weekly Morning |
| Original run | 22 May 2014 – 4 June 2015 |
| Volumes | 6 |
Complex Age (コンプレックス・エイジ, Konpurekkusu Eiji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yui Sakuma.[1] The series began as a one-shot published on Kodansha's Weekly Morning seinen manga website in May 2013.[1] The one-shot drew 1.25 million viewers to the website and won a Tetsuya Chiba Prize.[1] It was relaunched on 22 May 2014[1] and ran until 4 June 2015.[2] The manga was licensed for release in North America by Kodansha USA.[3] A comic video adaptation was released on the Morning website alongside the fifth volume in August 2015.[2] The series was compiled into six volumes.[2]
Plot
[edit]Both continuity tell stories about a woman who have hobby in clothing, Gothic Lolita and cosplay respectively, while her age crept up and making her hobby socially inappropriate age-wise. The series' epilogue shows that the series' protagonist is one shot protagonist's daughter.
The original one-shot focused on Sawako, a married 34-year-old woman with an interest in the Gothic Lolita culture which she tries to conceal from her coworkers.[1]
The 2014 series focused on 26 year old Nagisa Kataura, a cosplaying delivery company employee who also tries to hide her passion from her coworkers.[1][3] She was voiced by Kyōko Narumi in the voice manga.[2]
Volume list
[edit]| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 August 2014[4] | 978-4-06-388365-7 | 14 June 2016[5] | 9781632362483 |
| 2 | 21 November 2014[6] | 978-4-06-388403-6 | 6 September 2016[7] | 9781632362490 |
| 3 | 23 February 2015[8] | 978-4-06-388431-9 | 13 December 2016[9] | 9781632362506 |
| 4 | 22 May 2015[10] | 978-4-06-388464-7 | 14 March 2017[11] | 9781632363282 |
| 5 | 21 August 2015[12] | 978-4-06-388495-1 | 13 June 2017[13] | 9781632364289 |
| 6 | 23 September 2015[14] | 978-4-06-388508-8 | 12 September 2017[15] | 9781632364685 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Stimson, Eric (9 June 2014). "Manga Depicts the Life of a Cosplayer". Anime News Network. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Complex Age Manga Inspires Voiced Comic Video". Anime News Network. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Kodansha Comics Adds Queen Emeraldas, Complex Age, Forget Me Not Manga". Anime News Network. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ（１）". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Complex Age 1". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ（２）". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Complex Age 2". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ（３）". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Complex Age 3". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ（４）". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Complex Age 4". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ（５）". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Complex Age 5". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ（６）＜完＞". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Complex Age 6". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Complex Age (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia