Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store

Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store
Cover of Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store volume one
ニーチェ先生～コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた～
(Nietzsche-sensei ~Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita~)
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byMatsukoma
Illustrated byHashimoto
Published byMedia Factory
MagazineMonthly Comic Gene
(12 August 2013 – 15 December 2018)
Comic Bridge
(29 January 2019 – 23 January 2026)
Original run12 August 2013 – 23 January 2026
Volumes24
Television drama
Directed byYūichi Fukuda
Written byYūichi Fukuda
Music byEishi Segawa
Original networkYomiuri TV, Hulu, Crunchyroll
Original run 1 January 2016 – present

Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store (ニーチェ先生～コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた～, Niiche-sensei ~Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita~) was a Japanese shōjo comedy manga series written by Matsukoma and illustrated by Hashimoto. The manga was serialized in Monthly Comic Gene from August 2013 to December 2018, and in Comic Bridge from January 2019 to January 2026. A live-action television adaptation has been produced.

Media

Manga

The manga, writen by Matsukoma and illustrated by Hashimoto, began serialization in 12 August 2013 with the release of the September issue of Media Factory's shōjo magazine Monthly Comic Gene.[1] The manga stayed on Comic Gene until the January 2019 issue, released on 15 December 2018, when it was moved to Kadokawa's Comic Bridge manga website, with the first new chapter premiering on 29 January 2019.[2][3] The manga ended on 23 January 2026.[4][5] The series was based on a series of Twitter posts detailing the lives of real-life convenience store employees.[1] The individual chapters were collected in twenty-four tankōbon volumes from January 2014 to February 2026.[6][7]

An audio drama CD was released in February 2015.[8]

Kadokawa released a Japanese/English bilingual volume on 22 June 2018.[9][10]

Volume list

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
127 January 2014[6]978-4-04-066237-4
226 July 2014[11]978-4-04-066821-5
327 January 2015[12][13]978-4-04-067255-7
978-4-04-066846-8 (SE)
427 August 2015[14]978-4-04-067592-3
527 February 2016[15]978-4-04-068208-2
627 August 2016[16]978-4-04-068518-2
727 July 2017[17]978-4-04-069295-1
827 January 2018[18]978-4-04-069643-0
927 July 2018[19]978-4-04-069983-7
1026 January 2019[20]978-4-04-065400-3
1127 August 2019[21]978-4-04-065867-4
1227 February 2020[22]978-4-04-064386-1
1327 August 2020[23]978-4-04-064848-4
1425 February 2021[24]978-4-04-680181-4
1526 August 2021[25]978-4-04-680623-9
1626 February 2022[26]978-4-04-681118-9
1726 August 2022[27]978-4-04-681604-7
1827 February 2023[28]978-4-04-682124-9
1925 August 2023[29]978-4-04-682784-5
2027 February 2024[30]978-4-04-683321-1
2127 August 2024[31]978-4-04-683972-5
2227 February 2025[32]978-4-04-684571-9
2327 August 2025[33]978-4-04-685120-8
2427 February 2026[7]978-4-04-685805-4

TV drama

It was announced in the September 2015 issue of Monthly Comic Gene that the series would be adapted into a live-action television drama.[8] The series was written and directed by Yūichi Fukuda, and premiered on Yomiuri TV, Hulu, and crunchyroll starting on 1 January 2016.[34][35] Shōtarō Mamiya played Tomoharu Nii and Kenji Urai played Matsukoma.

Reception

As of the September 2015 issue of Monthly Comic Gene, the series had over 1 million copies in print.[8] Prior to the release of the 24th and final volume, the series had over 2.7 million copies in print.[4][7]

In a list of best-selling first volumes published in 2014, compiled by The Japan Publication Sales' Distribution Reform Group Comic Team, the series ranked number three.[36] It also ranked number three on a list of the top 15 manga series containing less than five volumes, based on a poll of 2,360 bookstore employees conducted by the online bookseller Honya Club.[37] The series ranked fourth in the first Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[38]

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