Yasuko to Kenji
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| Yasuko to Kenji | |
| ヤスコとケンジ | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Aruko |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Margaret |
| Original run | April 2005 – November 2006 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Taro Otani (ep1-2,5,8,10) Makoto Naganuma (長沼 誠) (ep3-4,7) Miyuki Honma (本間美由紀) (ep6,9) |
| Produced by | Tetsuhiro Ogino (荻野哲弘) Yukitoshi Chiba (千葉行利) Manami Mita (三田真奈美) |
| Music by | Michiru Oshima |
| Original network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | July 12, 2008 – September 20, 2008 |
| Episodes | 10 |
Yasuko to Kenji (ヤスコとケンジ; lit. "Yasuko and Kenji") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aruko.[1] Yasuko to Kenji was serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret from April 2005 to November 2006. In 2008, the series was adapted into a comedy drama which aired in Japan on Nippon Television.
The show focuses on a man named Kenji and his younger sister Yasuko, whose parents died in an accident 10 years earlier. Kenji was once the leader of a gang, but in order to support him and his sister, he began making a living as a shōjo manga artist. His character normally wears glasses and appears to be a gentle guy, but he throws off his glasses and reverts to his violent side whenever he tries to protect Yasuko from danger. Part of the story follows Yasuko's romance with an intelligent and good-looking man named Jun Tsubaki. Jun's older sister Erika Tsubaki now runs a flower shop, but Erika was once a leader of a female gang, and she used to be in love with Kenji during those days.