Bye-Bye Beanbag

Bye-Bye Beanbag
Volume cover
さよならタマちゃん
(Sayonara, Tama-chan)
GenreSlice of life[1]
Manga
Written byKazuyoshi Takeda
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintEvening KC
MagazineEvening
Original runJuly 10, 2012July 9, 2013
Volumes1

Bye-Bye Beanbag (Japanese: さよならタマちゃん, Hepburn: Sayonara, Tama-chan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuyoshi Takeda. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from July 2012 to July 2013, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Kazuyoshi Takeda, Bye-Bye Beanbag was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from July 10, 2012, to July 9, 2013.[2][3] An additional chapter was published in the magazine on August 12, 2013.[4] Kodansha collected the chapters in a single tankōbon volume, released on August 23, 2013.[5][6]

In February 2026, Abrams ComicArts announced that it had licensed the series for English publication, with the volume set to release on October 20 of the same year.[7]

Reception

It was nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Reader Award.[8] It was also nominated for the 7th Manga Taishō, receiving 66 points and placing 3rd among the ten nominees.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sayonara Tama-chan jp". Manga News (in French). Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  2. ^ 睾丸のがん患う35歳アシの闘病記「さよならタマちゃん」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 10, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  3. ^ 小林まこと×長谷川伸第4弾「瞼の母」で東三四郎が忠太郎に. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 9, 2013. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  4. ^ 「とろ鉄」の野村宗弘が新連載、「少女ファイト」全サも. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 12, 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  5. ^ さよならタマちゃん (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "Sayonara Tama-chan jp". Manga News (in French). Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  7. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 12, 2026). "Abrams ComicArts' Kana Licenses Hideout, Bye-Bye Beanbag, 'The Gentleman, the Cat, and the Tearoom' Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 12, 2026. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  8. ^ "18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 'Reader Award' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  9. ^ "Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story Wins 7th Annual Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. March 27, 2014. Archived from the original on May 9, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2014.