Yoki Koto Kiku
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese shōnen
manga
series by Koge-Donbo
. The manga was serialized in the Comic Di Gi Charat magazine and its successor Comi Digi+ magazine, and published in Japan under the CR Comics (Comic Rush Comics) imprint of JIVE.
The English language
translation of the manga is published by Broccoli Books.
: Also known as Koto, he is the second and only boy of the triplets. Born with a weak heart, he wishes for a cure for his sickness. He is an expert koto player. His weapon of choice are the koto strings.
: Also known as Kiku, she is the youngest of the triplets. She admires her older sister Yoki and wishes to attend the same music school to become a songstress. She likes to arrange flowers and dress up her hair in curls. Her weapon of choice are the flower arrangement needles.
: Tamayo is the housekeeper of the Nekogami family and the fiancee to Sukekiyo Nekogami. She has a pet named Saruzo, who has a head of a monkey and a body of a miniature elephant. The triplets and her promised Sukekiyo that they will protect the family and the house. Very good at avoiding weapons and fights, peacemaker!
. Inugami Clan is one of many mystery novels featuring the detective . The story begins with the death of Sahei Inugami, the patriarch of the Inugami family. Instead of leaving his fortunes with his three daughters from three different marriages, Sahei leaves the family heirlooms yoki (axe), koto (Japanese zither), and kiku (chrysanthemum) to Tamayo Nonomiya, the granddaughter of his close friend. The will read by the family lawyer states that the grandson that Tamayo selects as her husband will inherit the family fortune. The battle between the three daughters and their sons, Sukekiyo, Suketake, and Suketomo begins.
Japan
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ese shōnen
Shonen
The term refers to manga marketed to a male audience aged roughly 10 and up. The Kanji characters literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters generally mean "comic"...
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 by Koge-Donbo
Koge-Donbo
, is a Japanese manga artist. Koge-Donbo* started her career soon after college as a doujinshi artist. She got the idea of a unique pen-name, Koge-Donbo* from Akira Toriyama's pet cat. She made her first official US appearance at Otakon 2004 in Baltimore, MD as a Guest of Honor...
. The manga was serialized in the Comic Di Gi Charat magazine and its successor Comi Digi+ magazine, and published in Japan under the CR Comics (Comic Rush Comics) imprint of JIVE.
The English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translation of the manga is published by Broccoli Books.
Plot
The patriarch of the Nekogami family dies, and he leaves his fortune to his eldest grandson Sukekiyo. But Sukekiyo is off at war and if he does not return in 6 months, one of the younger grandchildren or Sukekiyo's fiancėe, Tamayo, will inherit the fortune. Triplets Yokiko, Kotosuke, and Kikuyo plot to take out Tamayo and each other in order to claim the fortune for themselves.Main characters
: Also known as Yoki, she is the eldest of the triplets. She attends a girls' music school and dreams of becoming a star on stage. Her weapon of choice is the axe.: Also known as Koto, he is the second and only boy of the triplets. Born with a weak heart, he wishes for a cure for his sickness. He is an expert koto player. His weapon of choice are the koto strings.
: Also known as Kiku, she is the youngest of the triplets. She admires her older sister Yoki and wishes to attend the same music school to become a songstress. She likes to arrange flowers and dress up her hair in curls. Her weapon of choice are the flower arrangement needles.
: Tamayo is the housekeeper of the Nekogami family and the fiancee to Sukekiyo Nekogami. She has a pet named Saruzo, who has a head of a monkey and a body of a miniature elephant. The triplets and her promised Sukekiyo that they will protect the family and the house. Very good at avoiding weapons and fights, peacemaker!
Inugami Clan
Yoki Koto Kiku is a parody of , a mystery novel by Seishi YokomizoSeishi Yokomizo
was a novelist in Shōwa period Japan.-Early life:Yokomizo was born in the city of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. He read detective stories as a boy and in 1921, while employed by the Daiichi Bank, published his first story in the popular magazine Shin Seinen...
. Inugami Clan is one of many mystery novels featuring the detective . The story begins with the death of Sahei Inugami, the patriarch of the Inugami family. Instead of leaving his fortunes with his three daughters from three different marriages, Sahei leaves the family heirlooms yoki (axe), koto (Japanese zither), and kiku (chrysanthemum) to Tamayo Nonomiya, the granddaughter of his close friend. The will read by the family lawyer states that the grandson that Tamayo selects as her husband will inherit the family fortune. The battle between the three daughters and their sons, Sukekiyo, Suketake, and Suketomo begins.