Million Yen Women

Million Yen Women (Japanese: 100万円の女たち, Hepburn: Hyaku-manen no Onna-tachi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shunju Aono [ja]. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from November 2015 to September 2016. The series was adapted into a television drama series in 2017, co-produced by Netflix and TV Tokyo co-production, starring Yojiro Noda, lead vocalist of Radwimps.

Million Yen Women
First tankōbon volume cover
100万円の女たち (Hyaku-manen no Onna-tachi)
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Shunju Aono [ja]
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Big Comic Spirits
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 16, 2015 – September 5, 2016
Volumes	4
Television drama
Directed by	Michihito Fujii
Written by	Yoshitatsu Yamada Yoshimiko Murooka Yuuya Nakazono
Studio	TV Tokyo imageField
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 14, 2017 – June 30, 2017
Episodes	12

Plot

Shin Michima is an unpopular novelist. He has lived with five mysterious women in the same house for half a year. Minami Shirakawa loves coffee. Hitomi Tsukamoto loves black tea, yoga and reading good books. Yuki Kobayashi is a polite woman and loves roasted green tea. Midori Suzumura is a high school student and loves acerola juice. Nanaka Seki loves drinking milk.

These five women pay Shin a million yen every month for rent and living expenses, about 30x higher than normal. They have rules in the house and questions about the women are banned.

Characters

Shin Michima

Portrayed by: Yojiro Noda

A 31-year old novelist struggling to produce a bestseller, often criticized by his literary rivals and the women in the household about his lack of good quality writing. His father is condemned on death row following the murder of three victims including Shin's mother, her lover, and a policeman who had arrived at the scene after they were killed. Shin receives daily accusatory messages on the fax machine from an anonymous sender.

Minami Shirakawa

Portrayed by: Rila Fukushima

A nudist at home who has a mysterious demeanor and occasionally violent tendencies. President of the ultra-luxury Call Girl Club. Minami refers to Shin as "Novel".

Hitomi Tsukamoto

Portrayed by: Rena Matsui

Hitomi is the daughter of influential novelist, Hibiki Ogie, who had died 11 years ago. She appears to be infatuated with Shin, often becoming frustrated when he does not pick up on her subtle hints.

Yuki Kobayashi

Portrayed by: Miwako Wagatsuma [ja]

She basically stays in her room. Married to a wealthy elderly man for whom she was previously a maid.

Midori Suzumura

Portrayed by: Rena Takeda

A 17-year-old high school girl. Midori was raised in an orphanage since her relinquishment by her parents at the age of three. As she got older, Midori took on part-time work to save for her independence from the orphanage and its unconventional rules. She had bought a lottery ticket and won one billion Yen prior to moving into the house and she appears to have feelings for Shin.

Nanaka Hiraki

Portrayed by: Yuko Araki

She is very clumsy and loves drinking milk. As a famous actress, Nanaka began her career as a child.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Shunju Aono [ja], Million Yen Women was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from November 16, 2015,^[2] to September 5, 2016.^[3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from March 30 to November 30, 2016.^[4][5] An extra chapter, published as "episode 0", was released on April 10, 2017.^[6]

Volumes

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	March 30, 2016[4]	978-4-09-187507-5
2	June 30, 2016[7]	978-4-09-187645-4
3	September 30, 2016[8]	978-4-09-187785-7
4	November 30, 2016[5]	978-4-09-189229-4

Drama

A 12-episode television drama adaptation, starring Radwimps's lead vocalist Yojiro Noda in his first television show,^[9] started streaming on Netflix on April 7, 2017,^[10] and was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 14 to June 30 of that same year.^[11][a] The theme song is "Tadayō Kanjō" (漂う感情, "Drifting Emotions") by Kotringo.^[13]

See also

• I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow, another manga series by the same author

Notes

1. TV Tokyo listed the air dates for the series on Thursday at 25:00, effectively Friday at 1:00 a.m. JST.^[12]

References

1. 青野春秋が描くミステリアスなシェアハウス、100万円でつながる女5人と男1人. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 30, 2016. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
2. 青野春秋の新連載がスピで、100万円でつながる男1人と女5人が共同生活. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 16, 2015. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
3. ビッグコミックス 2016年41号. Book Shop Shogakukan (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
4. １００万円の女たち １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
5. １００万円の女たち ４ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
6. 「100万円の女たち」番外編がスピに、「トクサツガガガ」は連載100回を突破. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 10, 2017. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
7. １００万円の女たち ２ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
8. １００万円の女たち ３ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
9. 青野春秋「100万円の女たち」ドラマ化！RADWIMPSの野田洋次郎主演. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 2, 2017. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
10. 野田洋次郎が美女5人に囲まれる妖しげな「100万円の女たち」ビジュアル. Music Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 6, 2017. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
11. 木ドラ２５　１００万円の女たち (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
12. 「100万円の女たち」野田洋次郎扮する慎と、女性5人の共同生活収めたスポット. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 6, 2017. Archived from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
13. RADWIMPS野田洋次郎、美女5人に囲まれ「違う種類の方々のエキス浴びてる」. Music Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 30, 2017. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

External links

• Official manga website at Big Comics at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-10) (in Japanese)
• Million Yen Women official drama website at TV Tokyo (in Japanese)