Shinsei Motemote Ōkoku (Japanese: 神聖モテモテ王国, lit. "The Holy Motemote Kingdom") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Nagai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 27, 1996 to February 9, 2000. Its chapters were collected in six tankōbon volumes.
| Shinsei Motemote Ōkoku | |
 Cover of volume 1 of Shinsei Motemote Ōkoku | |
| 神聖モテモテ王国 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Gag comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ken Nagai |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | March 27, 1996 – February 9, 2000 |
| Volumes | 6 |
Plot
editThe story follows a mysterious alien named Father and a boy presented as his son, Onnasky. Longing to become popular among women, they make bizarre plans every day in their apartment to pick up girls. Then they go to town, enact their stupid plans, and go home in vain. In this series, no detailed information is provided about the characters. Their conversation does not make sense sometimes, and Father's face is drawn intentionally out of proportion. These features generate uncomfortable, "off-key" feelings that result in a unique, peculiar humor, which is loved by many enthusiastic fans.
Manga
editShinsei Motemote Ōkoku is written and illustrated by Ken Nagai. It started in issue #15 of Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday on March 27, 1996, and finished in issue #9 of the magazine on February 9, 2000.[2][3] The series was collected into six tankōbon volumes published by Shogakukan, released from January 18, 1997 to November 18, 1999.[4][5]
Volume list
edit| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 18, 1997[4] | 978-4-09-125171-8 |
| 2 | July 18, 1997[6] | 978-4-09-125172-5 |
| 3 | February 18, 1998[7] | 978-4-09-125173-2 |
| 4 | June 18, 1998[8] | 978-4-09-125174-9 |
| 5 | May 18, 1999[9] | 978-4-09-125175-6 |
| 6 | November 18, 1999[5] | 978-4-09-125176-3 |
References
edit- ^ "ながいけん「モテモテ王国」新装版全巻刊行じゃよー". Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "週刊少年サンデー 1996年 表示号数15 – メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "週刊少年サンデー 2000年 表示号数9 – メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ a b 神聖モテモテ王国 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ a b 神聖モテモテ王国 6 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ 神聖モテモテ王国 2 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ 神聖モテモテ王国 3 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ 神聖モテモテ王国 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ 神聖モテモテ王国 5 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
External links
edit- Official Shogakukan manga web site (in Japanese)