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Shibou to Iu Na no Fuku o Kite  
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Description
A story that wonderfully depicts the emotions of an overweight woman with low self-esteem surrounded within the harsh environment of slim and good-looking women. She then decides to lose weight after getting dumped by her lover. The consequences and side-effects are explored further after the 'achievement'..is it what she really wished for?

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Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
脂肪と言う名の服を着て
In the Clothes Named Fat
Shibou to Iu Na no Fuku wo Kite
Shibou to Yuu Na no Fuku wo Kite
Wearing These Clothes Called "Fat"

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Latest Release(s)
v.1 c.15 (end) by JShoujo Scans (485d ago)
v.1 c.14 by JShoujo Scans (541d ago)
v.1 c.13 by JShoujo Scans (608d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

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User Rating
Average: 7.7 / 10.0 (69 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.5 / 10.0
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Last Updated
April 6th 2012, 8:58am PST

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Drama  Josei  Mature  Psychological 
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Author(s)
ANNO Moyoco

Artist(s)
ANNO Moyoco

Year
1997

Original Publisher
Shodensha (2002)
Shufu to Seikatsusha (1997)

Serialized In (magazine)
Shuukan Josei (Shufu to Seikatsusha)

Licensed (in English)
No

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by shadowwalker
September 2nd, 2012, 12:03pm
neither the story nor the art is special. only thing it could be used for is educational how not to diet or maybe at a deeper level (if you stop and think a bit deep on the story) how happiness has more to do with how you think rather then how you look. also it was depressing from start to end however some psychological aspects are epicted rather right kudos on that point (somehow most psychological mangas are rather far from reality.. psychological problems that are written are very extreme cases or impossible ones but it was not the case here mostly. made me think this can happen) all in all i don't recommend this there are better out there if you search for them.
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 Dry   
Rating: 2.0 / 10.0
by yuno19
July 29th, 2012, 3:28pm
The story is so dry; its like you eat some something but it can't go down your throat easily. The cause, maybe, is overly simplistic characterization. There are characters that can only act one way but not another. Heck, I found everybody there can only know one way to act -- one philosophy, one behavior toward the main character. Lack of complexity made me unable to identify myself with any of them, making the story feel like coming from another universe, not ours. I don't think this one can be considered a good read.
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 This one had me in tears!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by MangomyTango
April 29th, 2012, 8:13pm
The way the story was told was sooooooo amazing!
The pathetic, weak and insecure character Noko was just so sad...she spiraled down to the depths of binge and purge. It was just really sad to see her go down and have such a crappy life.
I cried loads of tears (for like 20 minutes)...it was that sad D:
Darn it...
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 amazing   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by whitespade
February 5th, 2012, 6:06pm
it seems like the author really understands the psyche of the characters. i can feel the echo of my own being from the characters, even from the bitchy mayumi. i understand how fulfilling it does feel stepping and grinding on the people below you just because you can. i also understand how fear can make you isolate yourself from the world. i love that in the end nothing is resolved, but the readers still able to extract important messages from the plots happening around the protagonist. these kind of stories make me love josei more.
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 Mmmmm....   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by mimi639
January 29th, 2012, 10:08pm
well... i just had to comment cause the ranking everyone posted was like too high 4 me.. i think the plot has potential.. it does... but that doesn't mean that it was fully used. When i started reading, i though it will be a story about how superficial people is... and how much people should be strong and step up to those who are so stupid and bully others!!, i really thought i would enjoy this manga.. but i didn'!!... The lead doesn't kind of gets anywere ¬¬' in the story , and i know that every ending doesn't have to be a "perfect happy one", but at least they could've put some closer!
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she's just skinnier!! but still depressed! n really fucked up on the head!! LOL
...i think i put my expectations to high, cause it's as depressing as on the beginning, in fact..
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i think that in the end she just lost her naivety but she's just as miserable as before!


... Last updated on January 29th, 2012, 10:10pm
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 really good   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by sarah-eats-cupcakes
January 27th, 2012, 8:09am
well...this is mostly a story about social standards regarding weight
and how over weight women or women who arent attractive enough are neglected from society
the main character starts out as naive, or rather, she was blocking the truth from surfacing
she battles with her weight, and learns that losing weight and becoming attractive didnt really change anything, she's still the withdrawn fat girl with low self esteem at heart.
this story is certainly special because it deals with weight loss ultimately on a psychological level, and succeeds in doing so.
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 Great.   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by Kirjava
January 16th, 2012, 2:25am
This is the story of Noko, who starts out as a spineless doormat. She blames her weight for her mediocre position in life, and at the end of the day, she drowns all of her misery in food. One day, Noko gets fet up, and decides that the solution to all of her problems, and her one way ticket to happiness, is to lose weight. The consequences of Noko's misguided outlook, and her failure in discerning her true flaws form the crux of the story.

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As xeucet mentioned, Noko goes through little growth throughout the manga, but that is the point the author is driving through: that low self-esteem perpetuates itself, it is a vicious circle that has no quick fix.

I found the epilogue to be completely unnecessary, though. Noko had already reverted to her former self, so I didn't see the point in having her go through it again... Unless the epilogue took place in the six-month time skip introduced in chapter 14 or something? It's unclear.


The sketchy, sparse artwork might turn some readers away, but I thought it suited the story perfectly. This is not a happy tale--the characters in this manga are not very sympathetic, which was intentional--but it is a solid depiction of eating disorders, low self-esteem, and the harsh reality of the disparity between the beautiful and the ugly.

... Last updated on January 16th, 2012, 2:50am
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 Serious dark story, not for everyone   
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by xeucet
December 28th, 2011, 9:33pm
It is hard or maybe impossible, would suit better, to find a good manga with a fat woman lead, well you have Cousin, but in that one, the character is far from being fat, she's chubby and a little fleshy, and her character is more likable, the story is less depressing.

In our story:
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the protagonist starts weak and no matter that she decided to lose weight and actually did lose a lot, she still remained the same annoying weak woman, of course just because she became skinnier doesn't mean she have to become strong, what I mean is that after the 12th chapter, you would think somewhere she would do a little something different, "eh bien non", so I decided to give up. Indeed, she shows no sign of stopping to be a doormat to others, letting her colleagues and even her "so-called lover" treating her like a nasty piece of shit, because she was fat, and they keep treating her like garbage even after her weight-loss. She has no backbone, so far there is no character development for her, so when I saw that there were like 3 or 4 chapters left, I thought it didn't worth finishing it. I really thought, she would change just little by little, and of course I didn't expect her to fully become someone else, but "quand même", just a little something.
It is such a pity that when you have a manga with a big woman for a change, she is just shown as the worst protagonist ever or close, victimized as forbidden, bullied like an aloof pupil of junior 2ndary school who doesn't fit anywhere. There is a limit of how you can let people push you around, and just because you're unpopular doesn't justify the fact, and I really dislike when I see little evolution or progression, especially in this type of story.


She doesn't give me a single reason to feel sorry for her. I mean just because she's so insecure, she clings to her "man" (if he can be called like that, because he's more like a sex partner to me) like if he was some special prize, and she doesn't care about anybody except him. There's this woman colleague who tries to befriend her, and she also tell her that she should fight back her mean coworkers, all no to avail. So with that being said, it's kind of hard to empathize with someone who doesn't care for you concern.

It is interesting to have such a character, was what I thought when I decided to read this, but it failed somewhere.

The graphics really suits the story, the characters are drawn quite realistically to a certain extent, nobody is beautiful or close to. Concerning the background, it's really simple, there isn't much to say about it.
Overall, it is a pretty mature story, realistic to some extent, because it deals with serious matters such as bullying and eating disorders.

... Last updated on December 28th, 2011, 9:38pm
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 Hrmmm   
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by That2ndGuy
January 22nd, 2011, 8:03pm
Never had an eating disorder. Never could see the the... appeal in becoming somebody "fit," I guess. Don't care about those who have said disorders. Never the less, great series. And I'm a straight guy. O_o
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 read this manga   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by pochacha.lo
August 15th, 2010, 3:15pm
i want to read this manga ç__ç pleaseeee
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