Tamon's B-Side
Japanese manga series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tamon's B-Side (Japanese: 多聞くん今どっち!?, Hepburn: Tamon-kun Ima Dotchi!?, lit. "Which Tamon Am I Seeing Now?") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Shiwasu. It was originally a one-shot published in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume in August 2021, before being serialized in the same magazine from October of the same year. An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff has been announced.
| Tamon's B-Side | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 多聞くん今どっち!? (Tamon-kun Ima Dotchi!?) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuki Shiwasu |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Hana to Yume Comics |
| Magazine | Hana to Yume |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | October 20, 2021 – present |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Chika Nagaoka |
| Written by | Chiaki Nagai |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
Characters
- Utage Kinoshita (木下 うたげ, Kinoshita Utage)
- Voiced by: Saori Hayami[2]
- Tamon Fukuhara (福原 多聞, Fukuhara Tamon)
- Voiced by: Kakeru Hatano[2]
- Ōri Sakaguchi (坂口 桜利, Sakaguchi Ōri)
- Voiced by: Shōya Chiba[2]
- Keito Tachibana (橘 敬人, Tachibana Keito)
- Voiced by: Tasuku Hatanaka[2]
- Natsuki Ishibashi (石橋 ナツキ, Ishibashi Natsuki)
- Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki[2]
- Rintarō Kai (甲斐 倫太郎, Kai Rintarō)
- Voiced by: Ryūho Nagaoka[2]
Media
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Manga
Written and illustrated by Yuki Shiwasu, Tamon's B-Side was initially a one-shot published in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine on August 5, 2021.[3] It began its serialization in the same magazine on October 20 of the same year.[4][1] As of January 2025, ten tankōbon volumes have been released.[5]
In February 2023, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series for English publication; the first volume was released on October 3 of the same year.[6][7]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 18, 2022[8] | 978-4-59-222426-6 | October 3, 2023[7] | 978-1-9747-3905-9 |
| 2 | May 20, 2022[9] | 978-4-59-222427-3 | January 2, 2024[10] | 978-1-9747-4296-7 |
| 3 | October 20, 2022[11] | 978-4-59-222428-0 | April 2, 2024[12] | 978-1-9747-4348-3 |
| 4 | February 20, 2023[13] | 978-4-59-222429-7 | July 2, 2024[14] | 978-1-9747-4617-0 |
| 5 | June 20, 2023[15] | 978-4-59-222430-3 978-4-59-222887-5 (SE) | October 1, 2024[16] | 978-1-9747-4916-4 |
| 6 | September 20, 2023[17] | 978-4-59-222465-5 | January 7, 2025[18] | 978-1-9747-5170-9 |
| 7 | January 19, 2024[19] | 978-4-59-222473-0 | April 1, 2025[20] | 978-1-9747-5236-2 |
| 8 | June 20, 2024[21] | 978-4-59-222489-1 978-4-59-223022-9 (SE) | July 1, 2025[22] | 978-1-9747-5531-8 |
| 9 | September 20, 2024[23] | 978-4-59-222499-0 | — | — |
| 10 | January 20, 2025[5] | 978-4-59-222513-3 | — | — |
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 12, 2024.[2] It will be produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Chika Nagaoka, with scripts written by Chiaki Nagai, and characters designed by Yōko Itō, who will also serve as chief animation director.[24]
Other media
A voice drama adaptation, featuring Takuya Eguchi, Toshiki Masuda, and =Love member Maika Sasaki, was included in an issue of Hana to Yume published on October 20, 2022.[25]
Reception
In 2022, Tamon's B-Side was nominated for the Next Manga Awards in the Print Manga category, where it placed 11th out of 50 nominees.[26] It ranked sixth for the same award in the following year.[27] The series ranked ninth in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga for female readers.[28] It also ranked fourth in the "Nationwide Publishers Recommended Comics of 2023" list.[29] The series has been nominated for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category.[30]
See also
- Takane and Hana, another manga series by the same author
References
External links
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