Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu

Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu
Cover of the first volume
逃げるは恥だが役に立つ
Genre	Romance
Manga
Written by	Tsunami Umino
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Josei
Magazine	Kiss
Original run	November 9, 2012 – present
Volumes	8

Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu (逃げるは恥だが役に立つ) is an ongoing Japanese romance shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Tsunami Umino. It's published by Kodansha, with serialization on Kiss magazine since November 9, 2012^[1] and eight volumes compiling the chapters released so far.^[2]

The series later got a live-action adaptation airing on TBS starting from October 2016, with Gen Hoshino and Yui Aragaki as the leads.

Characters

• Mikuri Moriyama (森山 みくり) The protagonist. A graduate student who was recently fired from her job and was given the chance to become a housekeeper at Tsuzaki's home. After learning that her parents were about to move to the countryside, she enters a contract marriage with Tsuzaki.
• Hiramasa Tsuzaki (津崎 平匡) The male lead. A salaryman who is one of the top workers in his company. Enters a contract marriage with Mikuri and falls in love with her as time passes.

Volumes

• 1 (June 13, 2013)^[3]
• 2 (October 11, 2013)^[4]
• 3 (February 13, 2014)^[5]
• 4 (October 10, 2014)^[6]
• 5 (April 13, 2015)^[7]
• 6 (October 13, 2015)^[8]
• 7 (June 13, 2016)^[9]
• 8 (October 13, 2016)^[10]

Reception

Volume 5 reached the 47th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of April 19, 2015, had sold 20,288 copies.^[11]

The series won the award for Best Shōjo Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.^[12]

References

1. "海野つなみ新連載「逃げるは恥だが役に立つ」Kissで開幕". Natalie (in Japanese). November 9, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
2. "Nigeru ha Hachida ga Yakunitatsu vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
3. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（１）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
4. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（２）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
5. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（３）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
6. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（４）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
7. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（５）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
8. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（６）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 19, 2015.
9. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（7）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 1, 2016.
10. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（8）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 1, 2016.
11. "Japanese Comic Ranking, April 13-19". Anime News Network. April 22, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
12. "Yowamushi Pedal, The Seven Deadly Sins Win 39th Kondansha Manga Awards". Anime News Network. May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.

External links

• Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Official TV drama website (Japanese)