Harem Marriage

Harem Marriage (Japanese: ハレ婚。, Hepburn: Hare-Kon.) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by NON. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from July 2014 to June 2019, with its chapters collected in nineteen tankōbon volumes. A television drama adaptation premiered in January 2022.

Harem Marriage
Cover of the first volume
ハレ婚。
(Hare-Kon.)
GenreDrama, romance[1]
Manga
Written byNON
Published byKodansha
English publisher
Kodansha USA (digital)
MagazineWeekly Young Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 23, 2014 – June 17, 2019
Volumes19
Television drama
Directed by
  • Takashi Ninomiya
  • Kana Yamada
Written byKana Yamada
Original networkABC
Original run January 16, 2022 – present
Manga
Written byNON
Published byKodansha
MagazineWeekly Young Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 17, 2022 – present

Plot

Koharu finds that her boyfriend was a married man, who was cheating on his wife with her, and was the third guy to do so in a row. Desolate, Koharu decides to leave Tokyo and move back home, rejecting a future of love and marriage for simpler life. However, once she arrives, she discovers that the café that her parents ran is closed and they are heavily in debt. A man, Ryunosuke Date, who was following Koharu, offers her to pay their debt, but Koharu has to marry him. Koharu learns that her hometown has allowed polygamous marriage and that she has become Ryunosuke's third wife.

Characters
Koharu Date (née Maezono) (伊達 小春/前園 小春, Date Koharu / Maezono Koharu)
Portrayed by: Haruka Shimazaki[2]
She works at her parents café and is the third wife of Ryunosuke.
Ryunosuke Date (デート竜之介, Date Ryūnosuke)
Portrayed by: Yu Inaba[3]
He is Koharu's childhood friend and the husband of Yuzu, Madoka and Koharu. He has long black hair and is unemployed.
Yuzu Date (伊達 ゆず, Date Yuzu)
Portrayed by: Yurina Yanagi[4]
She is the first wife of Ryunosuke and is also the daughter of the mayor. She has long blond hair.
Madoka Date (伊達 まどか, Date Madoka)
Portrayed by: Nana Asakawa[5]
She is the second wife of Ryunosuke. She always has a cold expression on her face.

Media

Manga

Harem Marriage is written and illustrated by NON. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from July 23, 2014, to June 17, 2019.[6][7][8] Kodansha collected its chapters in nineteen tankōbon volumes, released from November 6, 2014, to August 6, 2019.[9][10]

In November 2020, Kodansha USA started the digital publication of the manga on January 5, 2021.[11]

An epilogue mini series started in Weekly Young Magazine on January 17, 2022.[12][13] The mini-series will last eight chapters.[14]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 6, 2014[9]978-4-06-382534-3January 5, 2021[15]978-1-64659-895-3
2 December 5, 2014[16]978-4-06-382543-5February 23, 2021[17]978-1-64659-972-1
3 April 6, 2015[18]978-4-06-382589-3March 23, 2021[19]978-1-63699-015-6
4 July 6, 2015[20]978-4-06-382624-1April 27, 2021[21]978-1-63699-063-7
5 October 6, 2015[22]978-4-06-382674-6May 25, 2021[23]978-1-63699-106-1
6 November 6, 2015[24]978-4-06-382695-1June 22, 2021[25]978-1-63699-162-7
7 February 5, 2016[26]978-4-06-382728-6July 27, 2021[27]978-1-63699-242-6
8 June 6, 2016[28]978-4-06-382798-9August 24, 2021[29]978-1-63699-307-2
9 September 6, 2016[30]978-4-06-382846-7September 28, 2021[31]978-1-63699-374-4
10 December 6, 2016[32]978-4-06-382892-4October 26, 2021[33]978-1-63699-424-6
11 March 6, 2017[34]978-4-06-382930-3November 23, 2021[35]978-1-63699-473-4
12 June 6, 2017[36]978-4-06-382974-7December 28, 2021[37]978-1-63699-533-5
13 September 6, 2017[38]978-4-06-510142-1January 25, 2022[39]978-1-63699-570-0
14 December 6, 2017[40]978-4-06-510542-9February 22, 2022[41]978-1-63699-623-3
15 March 6, 2018[42]978-4-06-511094-2March 22, 2022[43]978-1-63699-663-9
16 June 6, 2018[44]978-4-06-511646-3April 26, 2022[45]978-1-68491-143-1
17 October 5, 2018[46]978-4-06-513150-3May 24, 2022[47]978-1-68491-179-0
18 June 6, 2019[48]978-4-06-516133-3——
19 August 6, 2019[10]978-4-06-516732-8——

Drama

In October 2021, it was announced that the manga would be adapted into a television drama. The series is directed by Takashi Ninomiya and Kana Yamada, with Yamada also writing scripts for the series. It premiered on ABC on January 16, 2022.[49][50] The theme song is "Final Piece" by Hyde.[51]

Reception

In 2018, the manga was nominated for the 42nd Kodansha Manga Award in the General category.[52]

See also

References
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