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 2014 – 4 June 2015
Volumes6

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

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Stimson, Eric (9 June 2014). "Manga Depicts the Life of a Cosplayer". Anime News Network. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Complex Age Manga Inspires Voiced Comic Video". Anime News Network. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "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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