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Complex Age
Cover of Complex Age volume one.
コンプレックス・エイジ
(Konpurekkusu Eiji)
Manga
Written byYui Sakuma
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Morning
DemographicSeinen
Original run22 May 20144 June 2015
Volumes6 (List of volumes)

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

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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

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 22 August 2014[4]978-4-06-388365-714 June 2016[5]9781632362483
2 21 November 2014[6]978-4-06-388403-66 September 2016[7]9781632362490
3 23 February 2015[8]978-4-06-388431-913 December 2016[9]9781632362506
4 22 May 2015[10]978-4-06-388464-714 March 2017[11]9781632363282
5 21 August 2015[12]978-4-06-388495-113 June 2017[13]9781632364289
6 23 September 2015[14]978-4-06-388508-812 September 2017[15]9781632364685

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d "Complex Age Manga Inspires Voiced Comic Video". Anime News Network. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Kodansha Comics Adds Queen Emeraldas, Complex Age, Forget Me Not Manga". Anime News Network. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ(1)". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Complex Age 1". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  6. ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ(2)". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Complex Age 2". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  8. ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ(3)". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Complex Age 3". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  10. ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ(4)". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Complex Age 4". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  12. ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ(5)". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Complex Age 5". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  14. ^ "コンプレックス・エイジ(6)<完>". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  15. ^ "Complex Age 6". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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