Maetel no Kimochi
Maetel no Kimochi (Japanese: め～てるの気持ち, Hepburn: Mēteru no Kimochi, "Maetel's Feelings") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 2006 to 2007. The story concerns a common problem in Japan known as hikikomori, a problem of social reclusiveness.
| Maetel no Kimochi | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| め～てるの気持ち (Mēteru no Kimochi) | |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiroya Oku |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | August 31, 2006 – June 7, 2007 |
| Volumes | 3 |
Plot
Koizumi Shintarō is a 30-year-old who has been isolated in his room for 15 years. His father, whom he blames for his condition, brings him food and manga to read, and tries to encourage him to come out, without success.
When his father marries a beautiful woman and dies soon afterward from cancer, the hermit is left to deal with this younger woman he is attracted to, living in his home, and taking care of him.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku, Maetel no Kimochi was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 2006 to 2007. Shueisha collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from January 19 to July 19, 2007.[2][3]
References
- め～てるの気持ち 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- め～てるの気持ち 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- め～てるの気持ち 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2022.