Tokachi Hitoribocchi Nōen

Tokachi Hitoribocchi Nōen (十勝ひとりぼっち農園, "Tokachi Alone Plantation") is a Japanese non-fiction manga series written and illustrated by Yūji Yokoyama [ja]. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since November 2017.

Tokachi Hitoribocchi Nōen
First tankōbon volume cover
十勝ひとりぼっち農園
Genre	Non-fiction[1]
Manga
Written by	Yūji Yokoyama [ja]
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics Special
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	November 29, 2017 – present
Volumes	16

Synopsis

Manga artist Yūji Yokoyama [ja] moved from Tokyo to Tokachi, Hokkaido, after being told by Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday editor-in-chief Takenori Ichihara to "make the best curry in Japan". Yokoyama is working hard day and night to build a farm in Tokachi. His days of growing vegetables are comically depicted in his manga.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Yūji Yokoyama [ja], Tokachi Hitoribocchi Nōen began in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 29, 2017.^[2] Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 12, 2019.^[1] As of December 12, 2024, 16 volumes have been released.^[3]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	April 12, 2019[4]	978-4-09-129185-1
2	June 12, 2019[5]	978-4-09-129266-7
3	August 8, 2019[6]	978-4-09-129374-9
4	November 12, 2019[7]	978-4-09-129498-2
5	April 10, 2020[8]	978-4-09-850131-1
6	August 12, 2020[9]	978-4-09-850236-3
7	December 11, 2020[10]	978-4-09-850405-3
8	May 12, 2021[11]	978-4-09-850583-8
9	October 12, 2021[12]	978-4-09-850802-0
10	March 10, 2022[13]	978-4-09-851088-7
11	September 12, 2022[14]	978-4-09-851363-5
12	February 10, 2023[15]	978-4-09-851641-4
13	August 9, 2023[16]	978-4-09-852779-3
14	January 12, 2024[17]	978-4-09-853080-9
15	July 11, 2024[18]	978-4-09-853427-2
16	December 12, 2024[3]	978-4-09-853738-9

Reception

In May 2019, it was reported that the series' first volume was selling well at bookstores in Obihiro city and other places.^[19]