is a Japanese manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series written and illustrated by Hideki Yamada. Set in a parallel version of the Taihei Edo period

Edo period

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, the series follows the busty kunoichi

Kunoichi

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, Chifusa. The manga began serialization in Enterbrain's seinen manga magazine Tech Gian in 2005. An anime adaptation produced by Hoods Entertainment began airing in Japan in July 2011.

Plot

In a reign ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the , was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...

, breasts mean everything. If you have breasts, you are guaranteed wealth and popularity. If you lack them, you are rarely considered "human". Members of the ruling Manyu Clan help raise the future big breasts. Written on a secret scroll possessed by the clan, there is said to be various techniques on how to grow big and beautiful breasts. Chifusa is to be successor of the clan. However, she takes the secret scroll and runs away with it, hoping to fight against the cruel world that the Manyu Clan has created...

Characters

The tomboyish successor of the Manyu clan and an expert samurai. She is hotheaded, rash and temperamental but is incredibly loyal and kind-hearted. However, she is prone to becoming enticed with buxom women as a result of her time with her mother. This often puts her at a disadvantage against the asassins sent after her due to easily being distracted by the "assets". Despite the fact that she was meant to continue the tradition of the Manyū, she deserts her family because of her hatred of the unfair system with which her family governs (which is judging women's worth based on the size of their breasts) and steals the Scroll of Secrets, which contains techniques on how to enlarge breasts. She is also the only person capable of a technique known as , which allows her to control the form of breasts and thus allows her to enlarge or reduce breasts. Because of her inexperience with the technique, initially she can only use it to absorb other women's breasts. After discovering this technique, Chifusa made it her ultimate goal to master it so she could ensure all women in Japan a decent-sized bust. A key part of personality is that she disdains large breasts, how people are treated with or without them, and manipulating people with them (such as large breasted girls at a maid inn).

Chifusa's attendant and her best friend since childhood. She is eternally loyal to Chifusa to that point that she also deserted the Manyū clan to go along with her friend. Despite the fact that she is Chifusa's underling, she still tends to give her friend orders, especially when it comes to managing money or picking fights. It is implied several times in both the manga and the anime that Kaede is secretly in love with Chifusa, demonstrated by her envious behavior when Chifusa is around men or her constant attempts at playing with Chifusa's large bosom. It is because of these behaviors that most people who come across Chifusa and Kaede assume that they are lesbian

Lesbian

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A Manyu assassin and Muneyuki's bodyguard who is sent by the Manyuu to chase after Chifusa. She is cold and ruthless, showing no mercy against any foes. She is an incredibly skilled swordswoman, her skills matching and possibly even surpasing Chifusa's. She was the first person that Chifusa used the Breast Flow technique on, accidentally stealing her breasts during a duel when both of them were young. After she lost her breasts to Chifusa, Ouka endured the harsh lifestyle of a flast-chested commoner until Muneyuki employed her, ignoring her lack of social position due to her small breasts. It is implied that Ouka is in love with Muneyuki because of this kindness.

Chifusa's sadistic, older sister. Unlike Chifusa, she is perfectly happy with her family's form of government and goes to great lengths to preserve it. She hates her sister because even though Chifusa has a smaller chest than her, she was still chosen as the Manyū successor over Kagefusa. At the beginning of both the anime and the manga, Chifusa steals Kagefusa's breasts when she unwittingly uses the Breast Flow technique for the first time. After this incident, Kagefusa is forced to wear an inflating bra and she swears a personal vengeance against her sister. She eventually abandons this grudge after Chifusa promsies to return her breasts when she masters the Breast Flow technique. After forgiving Chifusa, Kagefusa's attitude towards life and the Manyu completely changes, turning her into an easygoing and relaxed (albeit still sadistic) person.

Chifusa's brother, whom she initially admires greatly. He is the chief Manyuu Breast Inspector because of his great, natural ability to analyze them. It is because of this job that he despises large breasts, since he claims that after years of staring and analyzing them he has grown tired of them. After Chifusa's defection, his darker side comes up, revealing that he is as ruthless as his father and is willing to go to brutal lengths to preserve Manyu rule. It is implied that he is either in love with or holds certain feelings for Ouka.

Kagefusa's assistant and best friend. Very much like what Kaede is to Chifusa, Kokage is eternally loyal to Kagefusa, even though Kagefusa is a lot sterner to Kokage than Chifusa is to Kaede. Kokage is very inexperienced in combat and commonly acts as a spy and reconissance agent for Kagefusa, looking for information to track down Chifusa and Kaede's location.

The lord of the Manyu clan, the ruler of Japan and Chifusa's father. He is the leader of the Manyu and the series' main antagonist. He preserves the Manyu's systyem of rule, in which a woman's worth is judged on by the size of her breasts, through a totalitarian demeanour of government. He is shown to be very cold and vengeful, issuing a death warrant for his own daughter because of her defection and spares no expense to have her stopped.

Chifusa's kind-hearted older sister. She is the most calm person of her family and despite her general mercy and good nature, she still is an enemy to Chifusa after her defection.

The feudal lord of a Japanese province that Chifusa and Kaede travel through during most of the series. He is introduced when he judges a "Breast Shaking Contest" in which Chifusa participates to help an innkeeper who lets them stay at his inn free of charge. After seeing her bare breasts be flashed accidentally during the contest, Mie becomes obsessed with Chifusa and begins to try to find her in order to touch her breasts. He eventually flees from his palace and becomes a simple citizen in a small town, later running into Chifusa and Kaede again. He helps Kaede rescue Chifusa from the palace of a rival lord and as a reward he is finally allowed to play with Chifusa's breasts, an honor he rejects out of respect for Chifusa. He then returns to his palace and resumes his lordship duties.

An assassin for the Manyu clan who was sent to assasinate Chifusa and retrieve the scroll form her possession. She first appears in the 2nd chapter and episode of the manga and anime, respectively. In the manga, she invited a traveling Chifusa to her home where she attempted to steal the scroll but was caught by Chifusa, resulting in a duel between the two of them where Chifusa held her own initially, until Ame reveled her skill by secreting blinding liquid from her nipples at Chifusa's eyes. In the anime, Ame used an illusionary technique called , which involves shaking her breasts to distract her victims.

Manga

Manyū Hiken-chō began monthly serialization in Enterbrain's seinen manga magazine Tech Gian in 2005. The first tankōbon

Tankobon

, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

 was released on March 24, 2007, with a total of six volumes available in Japan as of June 25, 2011 under its Techgian Style imprint.

Drama CD

A drama CD produced by Chara-Ani was released on October 16, 2010, featuring a different voice cast than its anime counterpart.

Internet radio show

An internet radio

Internet radio

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 show entitled aired on Onsen from July 4 to October 24, 2011. The show is hosted by Tōru Ōkawa and Mamiko Noto

Mamiko Noto

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, the respective voices for Hatomoto Mie and Ouka Sayama.

Anime

The May 2011 issue of Tech Gian announced that an anime adaptation of the manga was in the works. Produced by Hoods Entertainment, the anime is directed by Hiraku Kaneko, series composition by Seishi Minakami, music by Miyu Nakamura, character designs by Jun Takagi, and produced by Akira Matsui, Hiroaki Ooki, and Yoshiyuki Ito. The anime premiered on TV Kanagawa on July 12, 2011, followed by subsequent broadcasts on Tokyo MX, Chiba TV

Chiba TV

, doing business as , is a Japanese commercial terrestrial television broadcasting company headquartered at 11-25 Miyako-chō 1-chōme, Chūō-ku, Chiba serving Chiba Prefecture but spill-over is received in the neibouring prefectures. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent...

, KBS Kyoto, Sun Television, and AT-X

AT-X (company)

is a Japanese anime television network owned by . AT-X, Inc. was founded on June 26, 2000 as a subsidiary of TV Tokyo Medianet, which, in turn, is a subsidiary of TV Tokyo. Its headquarters are in Minato, Tokyo. AT-X network broadcasts anime via satellite and cable since December 24, 1997.AT-X is...

. AT-X broadcasts of the series are partially uncensored, while it remains heavily censored on other channels. A raw uncensored "Director's Cut" version of the anime is available via webcast on ShowTime's video portal beginning July 22, 2011. DVD and Blu-ray

Blu-ray Disc

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 releases of the series, beginning on October 4, 2011, will include an OVA

Original video animation

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entitled and a picture drama entitled . The series' opening theme is and the ending theme is , both performed by AiRI.
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External links

• Official manga website
• Official anime website
• Manyū Hiken-chō at Tech Gian