Satsuki Yoshino’s Barakamon Manga Gets Live-Action TV Drama
A live-action TV drama adaptation of Satsuki Yoshino’s Barakamon slice-of-life comedy manga is now in the works! The news was revealed in the latest May 2023 issue of Square Enix’s Monthly Shonen Gangan released today in Japan.
In the issue, the manga’s time-limited serialization also begins. It has been four yeras and four months since the original serialization ended in December 2018. The author reported both news on the Twitter post below.
＼本日!!／
日付変わって本日4月12日、月刊少年ガンガン5月号より「ばらかもん」期間限定復活連載スタート！4年4か月ぶりに半田となるが帰ってきました！
電子版でも配信中！そしてそして…
TVドラマ化も決定です!! pic.twitter.com/hGQObk3aXo— ヨシノサツキ公式 (@go_barakamon) April 11, 2023
The manga was originally serialized on Square Enix’s Gangan Online web magazine from February 2009 to December 2018, then compiled in 18 tankobon volumes. Yen Press, which has published all the volumes in English, describes the synopsis as below:
First things first……… Visitors are supposed to come in through the front door!! For a certain reason, a handsome, young calligrapher by the name of Seishuu Handa uproots himself and moves to an island on the westernmost edge of Japan. “Sensei,” as he comes to be known, is a city boy through and through, and has never experienced rural life until now. And by the looks of it, he has much to learn! Luckily(?), he has a willing teacher in Naru, the energetic expert islander, to help show him the ropes. But can Sensei keep up with the plucky first-grader, or will he get schooled?! Here unfolds a heartfelt island comedy about a gruff on the outside, soft on the inside urbanite teacher and his new, unfailingly kind island neighbors!
The manga’s TV anime adaptation produced by Kinema Citrus was aired for 12 episodes in Japan from July to September 2014. Crunchyroll has streamed all of the episodes.
TV anime key visual:
Source: Satsuki Yoshino Twitter
© Satsuki Yoshino/Square Enix, “Barakamon” Production Committee
