Darakuya Store Monogatari
だらくやストア物語
Finished
3 volumes
Type:
Manga
Volumes:
3
Chapters:
Unknown
Status:
Finished
Published:
May 1987 to 1990
Serialization:
Manga Action
Genres:
Synopsis
Darakuya Store Monogatari tells the story of the staff of Darakuya store, a big department store. There are no main protagonists in the series: different characters are shown in different stories and very rarely the comic strips remain focused on only one of them. The salesmen and women in the store, the cleaning staff, the managers... all of them are featured in the series.
(Source: anilist)
(Source: anilist)
Background
Darakuya Sutoa Monogatari is Yoshito Usui's debut series and predecessor to Crayon Shin-chan. The series was first published in May 1987 in the Manga Action magazine, winning the Newcomer Award in that publication, under the editorial Futabasha. It was published following the yonkoma format, with each short story consisting of four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom and it is based on Usui's personal experiences when he used to work at a department store. Most interesting aspect of Darakuya Store Monogatari is that it served as a base for Yoshito Usui to create the character of Shinnosuke Nohara. In particular, Shin-chan is based on the childhood version of Shinnosuke Nikaido, the president of Darakuya Store. When the editor in charge saw the story he proposed Yoshito Usui to make that character independent on an individual comic, as it 'would be interesing'.
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