Million Yen Women ( japanese : 100万円の女たち, Hepburn : 100 Man’en no Onna-tachi ) is a japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shunju Aono. It was serialized in Shogakukan ‘s seinen manga cartridge holder Big Comic Spirits from November 2015 to September 2016. The series was adapted into a live-action television receiver play in 2017 by Netflix and TV Tokyo co-production starring Yojiro Noda, lead singer of RADWIMPS .

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Shin Michima is an unpopular novelist. He has lived with 5 mysterious women in the same family for half a class. Minami Shirakawa loves coffee. Hitomi Tsukamoto loves black tea, yoga and interpretation good books. Yuki Kobayashi is a civil womanhood and loves roasted green tea. Midori Suzumura is a gamey school scholar and loves barbados cherry juice. Nanaka Seki loves drinking milk. These 5 women pay Shin a million ache every calendar month for lease and live expenses, about 30x higher than convention. They have rules in the house and questions about the women are banned .

Characters [edit ]

Shin Michima
Portrayed by : Yojiro Noda

A 31-year old novelist struggling to produce a bestseller, often criticized by his literary rivals and the women in the household about his lack of good quality writing. His father is condemned on death row following the murder of three victims including Shin’s mother, her lover, and a policeman who had arrived at the scene after they were killed. Shin receives daily accusatory messages on the fax machine from an anonymous sender.
Minami Shirakawa
Portrayed by : Rila Fukushima
A nudist at home who has a mysterious demeanor and occasionally violent tendencies. President of the ultra-luxury Call Girl Club. Minami refers to Shin as “Novel”.
Hitomi Tsukamoto
Portrayed by : Rena Matsui
Hitomi is the daughter of influential novelist, Hibiki Ogie, who had died 11 years ago. She appears to be infatuated with Shin, often becoming frustrated when he does not pick up on her subtle hints.
Yuki Kobayashi
She basically stays in her room. Married to a wealthy elderly man for whom she was previously a maid.
Midori Suzumura
Portrayed by : Rena Takeda
A 17-year old high school girl. Midori was raised in an orphanage since her relinquishment by her parents at the age of three. As she got older, Midori took on part-time work to save for her independence from the orphanage and its unconventional rules. She had bought a lottery ticket and won one billion Yen prior to moving into the house and she appears to have feelings for Shin.
Nanaka Seki
Portrayed by : Yuko Araki

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She is very clumsy and loves drinking milk. As a famous actress, Nanaka began her career as a child.

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Manga [edit ]

Million Yen Women is written and illustrated by Shunju Aono. The series ran in Shogakukan ‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from November 16, 2015 to September 5, 2016. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Shogakukan collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from March 30 to November 30, 2016. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]

bulk list [edit ]

No. Release date ISBN
1 March 30, 2016[4] 978-4-09-187507-5
2 June 30, 2016[6] 978-4-09-187645-4
3 September 30, 2016[7] 978-4-09-187785-7
4 November 30, 2016[5] 978-4-09-189229-4

play [edit ]

The live-action drama stars Yojiro Noda, who is the lead singer of the rock ring RADWIMPS, in his first television receiver prove. [ 8 ] Five beautiful but mysterious women move in with unsuccessful novelist Shin, who manages their curious family in exchange for a goodly monthly summarize. The theme sung is “ 漂う感情 ” ( Drifting Emotions ) by Kotringo. [ 9 ] The series aired on television Tokyo and Netflix Japan from April to June 2017 and became available on Netflix US on August 15, 2017. [ 10 ]

See besides [edit ]

  • I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow — Another manga series by the same author

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