Gokinjo Monogatari

Description

From Viz:
Peppy and creative teenager Mikako wants nothing more than to make it as a fashion designer. But when she enters art school alongside her lifelong friend Tsutomu, she finds herself distracted by his sudden popularity and subsequent love life. Despite her feelings, Mikako forms a club with Tsutomu and her friends to sell their creations at a local flea market. While the group is out scouting the flea market, however, discord arises between members in the group and what begins as an exciting day quickly turns sour.

Official English

Type

Manga

Related Series

Paradise Kiss (Sequel)

Tenshi Nanka ja Nai (Prequel)

Associated Names

Anh chàng hàng xóm

Cortili del cuore

Gokinjo, une vie de quartier

Historia de un vecindario

Neighborhood Story

Sąsiedzka opowieść (Polish)

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芳邻同盟会

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Latest Release(s)

v.7 c.33 (end) by ShoujoMagic 19 years ago

v.7 c.32 by ShoujoMagic 19 years ago

v.7 c.31 by ShoujoMagic 20 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

7 Volumes (Complete)
4 Volumes (Kanzenban, Complete)
5 Volumes (Bunkoban, Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 4, Chap 17 (E49)

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (408 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.16 / 10.0

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Last Updated

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Genre

Comedy Drama Romance School Life Shoujo Slice of Life
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Author(s)

YAZAWA Ai

Artist(s)

YAZAWA Ai

Year

1995

Original Publisher

Shueisha (1995; 2005; 2011)

Serialized In (magazine)

Ribon (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (4 Omnibuses; Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #468

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Monthly Pos #1990 (No change)

3 Month Pos #2727

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6 Month Pos #4408

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Year Pos #5051

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List Stats

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On 636 wish lists

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mikako and tsutomu🤍🤍

by mewsoik
2 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

i’m so confused why are ppl shipping

mariko and yuusuke? from what i see their relationship is just toxic. mariko can’t seem to forget her first love while yuusuke looks more mad/angry when he’s with her than happy? AND not to talk abt how she keeps asking him to skip classes with her?? so i feel like staying with ayumi is much more heathy and he seems genuinely happy?) <-almost done will come continue when i’m done
and i actually really like mikako and tsutomu. she may come off as childish and demanding when tsutomu ! was hanging out with other girls but that was because he broke so many promises they had to go somewhere tgt?? and obviously she felt insecure cause they’re just mere childhood friends. they didnt even open up abt their feelings yet? and theyve been close for 16(+1) years, if he has a gf, it’s obvious their relationship wouldn’t be the same… so i get where she’s coming from.

i love how tsutomu was really supportive and helped her through hard times both as a lover and as a best friend! they’re cutee!

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sorry kinda hated it

by pisssssed
7 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

it was pretty nice at first honestly and i liked yuusuke and mariko a bunch right so their storylines were really good and cute i would die for them right but then ?? some weird drama happened that honestly felt misplaced and awkward that made them break up then get together again only to break up ?? i feel like the author didnt handle mariko or the relationship well at all her ending was really upsetting i dont know why the author went to such lengths to create problems for them and the fact that yuusuke ends up with ayumi is reallly uuuuuugh especially since mariko and yuusuke seemed to get close and shared a lot of deep moments with her insecurities or whatever

point is im fuming and i hate this cant wait until i move on and forget about it completely because reading it was a traumatic experience i have never felt this angry

everything else is mediocre and the characters are fine i guess
this isnt helpful i just needed to get this out of my system lmao thanks

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Good but...

by Divina=^.^=
9 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Gokinjo is good but has some major things going against it. Number one, is certainly the author's constant insistence on trying to SELL stuff to the readers. From her own artbooks to best friends' bars - there is advertisement galore on Gokinjo. It feels cheap and leads you to feel some sort of internal embarrassment or pity...... Next up, the persistent breaking of the fourth wall just as you're getting into the story again. It is really hard to sympathise with the characters' plights when in the next panel they are saying "Oh, will I be the next lead character of this manga?!". Finally, the fact that the assembly of characters are all artists or designers but the author does not know the difference between "telling" us they are good and "showing" us they are good. It is impossible to tell why people get success, why they don't, how come they suddenly got a big break, why is so and so a genius.. We are expected to accept what the author decides to tell us at that moment.

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mixed feelings, but good

by Nyajinsky
10 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

An okay story, but in the tenshi nanka ja nai, gokinjo monogatari and paradise kiss combo, this was the least enjoyable.

The story
Seems like a love triangle at first, but later it's a couple romance manga with a lot of side characters. Two neighbors Mikako and Tsutomu are slowly falling for each others, but I think had such feelings even before the manga. Both of them. The first volumes when it centers around theirs getting together is better than the latter volumes, where a lot of time is given to fashion, what do you want to do when you grow up and emotional drama.

Art
The art is good, but Jesus, why did she gave them such outfits, no one in reality will dress like that. It was really bothersome. I like art in tenshi… more.

Characters
Mikako cries a lot too. Not so much as Midori, but it is more annoying. She was really selfish to the point of hating girls that got close to Tsutomu even when she didn’t have a right to. She should have told him sooner that she likes him if it bothered her so much. Tsutomu was much more mature, but the same goes for him. Maybe the mangaka shouldn’t make them in love with each other already but make it through the story. The gag about Tsutomu looking like Ken was present only in the first volume with occasional appearances later, but no girls were after him after body-ko. Strange, considering it was made a huge point of the story at first.
The most hated character - P-chan. That long haired guy is my favorite. He got most character development too. And Ayumi is OK. But no character really got to me, too bad.

Enjoyment
Yes, it's still a good shoujo, I'm just a very critical person. The jokes breaking the forth wall were quite bad and a lot of them. One on the side would be enough but there were so much of them, sometimes even on a whole page. I can't help comparing it to the other two mangas so I think I'm being too hateful, but it was a good read.

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A good Shoujo read!

by CurlyJoe
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I liked this one more than Paradise Kiss, but reading this one made me glad I read the other one too, as near the end a plot is started that ties up with the sequel. The art is not as good as Parakiss, but is very unique nonetheless. I loved the characters! It is a great, fun read. I highly suggest for Shoujo readers who like quality served with their romance.

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Suprisingly good

by Sagiri_chan
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I read Tenshi Nanka ja Nai before this manga and it took me about 1 vol to get used to the art. This manga is very different from Tenshi Nanka ja Nai. Tenshi Nanka ja Nai's art is so much more simple than this one (especially the way the characters dress). The first vol is kinda boring for me. But the story keeps getting better and better. The ending made me so satisfied.
I still can't understand why this manga's rate is lower than Tenshi Nanka ja Nai's. Midori is so good, so innocent and so boring. Mikako is way better

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Read it!

by ladykitty
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Art (10%): 9
The art is cute an original and the clothes are so cute. I also like how the characters are not amazingly gorgeous because that makes the manga feel more realistic. The downside is that some characters are similar to other characters in the mangaka's other works.

Story (40%): 10
I love stories where someone has a goal/aspiration that they want to accomplish and that he/she works toward that goal. Mikako wants to become a fashion designer and this is incorporated nicely with the romance between her and her childhood friend. The story is sweet and has no plot holes (or no plot holes that I can see). I also like how the mangaka connects this story to Paradise Kiss without making it a huge part where you would have to read both to understand it.

Character (40%): 9
The heroine is a very unique character like most artist are and I love her and her habits (like doing something extreme like dieing her hair pink when something is bothering her). It wasn't just the heroine that I liked; all the characters were likable. The downside to the characters is that I did not feel like there was a lot (or any) development.

Enjoyment (10%): 10
This part doesn't really need a comment, I just enjoyed reading the story. This story is one of the only stories where I really liked the ending.

Total Score: 9.5

... Last updated 15 years ago

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Gotta read it!

by Mistress99
17 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Amazing amazing amazing!
I read Paradise Kiss first so I actually had no idea who Mikako was so when I found out there had been a series about her I had to search for it! And I ended up liking it a lot more then Paradise Kiss because it had more to do with Mikako's struggles to become a fashion designer and they seemed way more in depth then Caroline who didnt really have much to sacrifice in Para Kiss.
I also loved it because of her and Tsutomu's sweet and deep love. I loved who they had their little troubles but they didnt have anything that would ever shake them from loving one another.
It's a definite favorite!

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love it!

by kebi
17 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Love this manga. I love Yazawa sensei and all her works. This one is really good and I love how it connects with you, and the characters and everything.

@dreamit: There already is a sequel (sorta), paradise kiss.

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A "Must Read" Series!

by noisette
17 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Set at an art & design high school and telling the coming-of-age tale of 17 year-old fashion design student Mikako and her childhood friend Tsutomu, "Gokinjo Monogatari" is one of the most fresh and original shoujo series that I have ever read. The cast is diverse and colorful, the setting is unique, the art is stylish, and the story is all at once poignant, humorous, and inspiring. Every girl should read this series. It really will make you want to drop all of the mundane things you're doing, go out, and live life to the fullest.

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