Shibou to Iu Na no Fuku o Kite

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?

Official Translations:
English (Kodansha)

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

In Clothes Called Fat

In the Clothes Named Fat

Questo non è il mio corpo

Shibou to Iu na no Fuku wo Kite

脂肪と言う名の服を着て

Groups Scanlating

JShoujo Scans

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.15 (end) by JShoujo Scans 14 years ago

v.1 c.14 by JShoujo Scans 14 years ago

v.1 c.13 by JShoujo Scans 14 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete/Discontinued)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 7 / 10.0 (153 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.88 / 10.0

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Last Updated

September 29th, 2025 8:53am PDT - 1 month ago

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Genre

Drama Josei Mature Psychological Slice of Life Tragedy
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shodensha (2002)

Shufu to Seikatsusha (1997)

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Josei (Shufu to Seikatsusha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Vertical (1 Volume - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #822

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Monthly Pos #1306 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3651

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6 Month Pos #4054

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Year Pos #5970

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List Stats

On 177 reading lists

On 290 wish lists

On 474 completed lists

On 9 unfinished lists

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Serious dark story, not for everyone

by xeucet
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

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:

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 14 years ago

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Hard pass.

by Zahr P.
6 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

I get it, it was meant to highlight how food anxiety in 1990s but character wise just like what other have said: it's worst, dreadfully unrealistic and dry. It was always either bad or good ones, no in between. Pathetic. If anything, the dietitian and her lover was the closest real thing I could tolerate.

I was here to understand 1990s manga aesthetic simply because the poster whose strong colors got me into clicking it in first place, knowing the premise which isn't my cup of tea. But this whole ridiculous thing kept distracting me and left me nothing to be impressed.

I don't get why the hell does this manga have this much good ratings from 5-10, I guess they really did have interest in weaklings and sad "realistic" stuff to cry for.

... Last updated 6 years ago

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Hrmmm

by That2ndGuy
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

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

by pochacha.lo
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

i want to read this manga ç__ç pleaseeee

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