Usagi Drop

Description

From Yen Press:
Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover! The rest of his family is equally shocked and embarrassed by this surprise development, and not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! But will living with this overgrown teenager of man help Rin come out of her shell? And hang on, won't this turn of events spell doom for Daikichi's love life?

Vol 9, Bangai-Hen, mostly consists of side stories.

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Bunny Drop

Rabbit Drop

Usagi Drop: Bangai-hen

Usagi Drop: Bangaihen

Брошенный кролик

قطرات الندى

うさぎドロップ

うさぎドロップ番外編

白兔玩偶

Groups Scanlating

/a/ Collective Scanlation

Latest Release(s)

v.10 c.5-6 (end) by Random Fan & Marshmallow Scans 12 years ago

v.10 c.5 by Little Black Butterflies 12 years ago

v.10 c.4 by Random Fan & Marshmallow Scans 12 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

10 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 4, Chap 24

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

5 topics, 83 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.9 / 10.0 (1496 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.87 / 10.0

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Last Updated

March 1st, 2025 1:32pm PST - 2 months ago

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Genre

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

Artist(s)

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Original Publisher

Shodensha

Serialized In (magazine)

Feel Young (Shodensha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Yen Press (10 Vols - Complete)

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3 Month Pos #2242

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6 Month Pos #2781

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Year Pos #2960

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Ending discussion

10 years ago

Extra chapter?

13 years ago

Bunny Drop/Usagi Drop Manga to End in Japan in April

14 years ago

Anime Adaption to Come July 2011!!?!

14 years ago

Bunny Drop Manga Gets Live-Action Film Green-Lit

15 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

Not sure...

by dezin19
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

To be honest, I'm not sure what what to think on this. I'm currently watching the anime, and haven't read the manga yet, although it's been on my wish list for ages.

I don't like the fact Rin and Daikichi end up together. It's creepy. Sleeping with the guy who raised you aka your dad? Really weird. And aren't they aunt and nefew too? On the other hand I still really like this one. So I guess I'll continue watching the anime but I don't know if I'll ever read the manga. I will forgo rating this until I've watched the complete anime.

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It could be better ...

by topboy
14 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

... If only It end the story before time skip. I know it will end up like this since mid-april (read spoil from jcafe24) still I wait and read it english translation for chapter 56 just a few minutes ago. Tell u the truth , i don't like this ending at all.

I just found out that this manga have sequel (or spin-off) named Usagi Drop: Bangaihen. Hope that story don't lead the same way as original usagi drop.

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Could have been better

by Eloriel
2 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

I loved the first part of the manga and found it heartwarming. The score for that part is probably around 9 or 9.5. The part where the romance begin I thought was handled horribly and it definitely soured this series for me. Could it be handled well? Yes. Was it handled well in this manga? Definitely not. There is a time jump and then everyone starts behaving weirdly. Maybe if we had gotten to see the years in between it would have turned out okay - who knows?

But that wasn't what we got, so therefor I had to lower my score.

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Great Read.

by redeldur
9 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I guess many of you reviewers have somehow been mislead or had delusions going into this manga. Personally, I think

Rin's electra complex was realized fairly on and it made a lot of sense for her to develop one. I'd say the onus falls onto Daikichi to reject it as a phase, but, him being Daikichi and wanting to please Rin, gave in. I prefer it this way over Kouki though. That guy was annoying as hell.

Anyways, my biggest issue is with people saying that it's "wrong" or "immoral" and scoring it low just because of that. Yeah, you know what? It's supposed to be. I feel like they glossed over that for sure but Daikichi definitely is still having some internal conflict about the whole thing. Really, there is nothing wrong with writing a story like this, just as there is nothing wrong with writing stories like Lolita and Oedipus Rex. They are stories about humans- that's all there is to it. These were never perfect beings, and they were never meant to be.

This manga deals with family. You may be thinking of just daughter and father, but it's actually raising more questions about what family is than just that. A sweet story with wavering execution at times.

Oh, and by the way, Yumi Anita has said before that she intended it to be like this(the ending) from the beginning. If you are angry and feel that you have been blindsided by the ending, I am sorry, but, you should have realized and bowed out while you could.

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Vol 1 ~ 4 : A+, Vol 5 ~ 10 : D

by lovelyblue
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

Up until the mid point of the manga's 2nd part this was well on it's way to making it into my favorite manga list too bad the author took the story in another direction for the last part of the manga.

If you want a good, heartwarming father/daughter story read this manga but not beyond vol 4. If you do decide to read beyond that point just know the story you get won't be the same as before

Vol 1 ~ 4 : 8.5 stars
Vol 5 ~10 : 4 stars

Overall Rating: 6.25 stars

... Last updated 10 years ago

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My thoughts

by Saons
13 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I suppose this is a rather controversial manga.
The ending is really what throws people off, and it's easy to see why. For the most part, I really enjoyed this story and I liked what they addressed in both parties, one as the "guardian" and the other as a "child", suddenly becoming something more than platonic. I thought that the viewpoint of Rin as she dealt with her emotions was really well done, but not so much on Daikichi's part. It's just so out of character, that's my real issue. I'd have preferred it if he had rejected her, more to suit his character than the relationship.
What's good in this manga is good, though. It is well written and though not the best paced, is still fabulously done for such a story.

This does happen in real life, by the way. Just look at Woody Allen!
**"In 1991, when the relationship started, Allen was 56 and Previn was 21. Asked whether their age difference was conducive to "a healthy, equal relationship," Allen said equality is not necessarily a requirement in a relationship and said, "The heart wants what it wants. There's no logic to those things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that's that." **
(And that's a 35 year difference; still married by the way!)

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Even with that ending...

by blueseeker
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Even though when i first started reading this manga, i never thought it will end that way, i still enjoyed it.
Yes, the best parts are the interactions as father and daughter, but if you read the volumes back to back, you can see a slight shift before the end....almost announcing how things will be different in the end. Taking the main characters personality into consideration, i can see how it would turn out as it did, rather than the expected pairing. Now if only we would be able to see the after, and how they deal with Daiki's family....

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Unexpected twist(s),

by HanaTenshiHimeko
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Ok, before you consider picking this volume, let me tell you this. She won't end up with the guy that EVERYONE thought she'll end up with and you'll see signs that she'll like someone that NO ONE expected her to fall in love with. So you can read the first 6 or 7 volumes and then feel free to drop it if you see the signs in order to save yourself. But if you are open minded, then I encourage you to read till the end.

Overall, I like it. I thought I'd compare to Aishiteruze Baby, but none cross my mind as I read the entire series. The only difference is that there will be a timeskip and you'll see her doing stuff like a normal high school girl. This makes me kind of sad because I would like more focus till the end of Rin's young childhood and laugh at the sweet innocent moments that the bachelor have to deal with.

The storyplot.....is not as what I thought. The truth about Rin's parents (with some shocking twist toward the end) was totally unexpected. So you can saw the twists is what blew my mind away.

Character development is totally a 10. To see Rin grow up and Kouki (the childhood friend) grow up and see how Rin develop throughout the years was heartwarming. It was enjoyable to see Daikichi and Rin interacting with each other, along with Daikichi's worries over Rin's well being. I'm sure everyone like me liked the warm fuzzy feeling between them both, to see a bachalor learning to raise a kid, who was being well mature for her age. Also to add in Kouki to bring some chaos into their life.

The art...I'm a sucker for simply linedrawings. The beauty of it is that it looks simply, yet beautiful at the same time. For other people, they probably rather have overload of screentones to fill up the entire page.

The ending is pretty unexpected, but you'll slowly see some signs to it that you thought it was for another reason. While I thought I would hate the series and write some sort of hate review, I'm surprised I felt a bit indifferent. What I would like to know why the artist did something crazy like this in order to enrage more than half her fans like this (after scrolling through MU reviews)

Finally, to quote pcxxy since this really cracks me up for some reason: "ps: to single 30-yr old bachelors out there, please don't go adopt a 6-yr old girl after reading this series hoping for something to happen after some 10 years."

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Soo good to read, but soo f'd up ending.

by SwearDictate
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I really enjoyed the story especially the first arc, but the ending gives me goosebumps. Nevertheless I still recommend it, because it is 10/10 in the first 24 chapter, 8/10 till ch. forty-something. 5/10 afterwards.

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Very profound, not for average people to read.

by nhanqt
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

A very profound manga! Though the characters are simple, the whole story contains very deep insight into what real life is about. Forget about stupid dramas for stupid people who may brag about themselves "living life to the fullest", this is a serious story about serious people who seriously try to get through serious lives with serious love and seriously "live life to the fullest."

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