Ane no Kekkon

Ane no Kekkon (姉の結婚, lit. "Older Sister's Marriage") is a Japanese slice of life romance josei manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Nishi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Flowers manga magazine^[1] from 2010 to August 2014.^[2][3] It was compiled into 8 volumes published between 2011 and 2014. It's published in French by Panini.^[2]

Characters[edit]

• Yori Iwatani^[2]
• Maki^[2]

Volumes[edit]

• 1 (May 10, 2011)^[4]
• 2 (November 10, 2011)^[5]
• 3 (May 10, 2012)^[6]
• 4 (November 24, 2012)^[7]
• 5 (May 10, 2013)^[8]
• 6 (November 10, 2013)^[9]
• 7 (May 9, 2014)^[10]
• 8 (November 10, 2014)^[11]

Reception[edit]

Volume 1 reached the 16th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and, as of May 15, 2011, has sold 21,534 copies;^[12] volume 2 reached the 10th place and, as of November 13, 2011, has sold 54,922 copies;^[13] volume 3 reached the 8th place^[14] and, as of May 20, 2012, has sold 108,418 copies;^[15] volume 4 reached the 8th place^[16] and, as of December 9, 2012, has sold 136,153 copies;^[17] volume 5 reached the 8th place and, as of May 11, 2013, has sold 59,486 copies;^[18] volume 6 reached the 5th place and, as of November 17, 2013, has sold 122,828 copies;^[19] volume 7 reached the 8th place and, as of May 18, 2014, has sold 123,378 copies;^[20] volume 8 reached the 3rd place^[21] and, as of November 23, 2014, has sold 139,476 copies.^[22] The series was the 14th Shogakukan manga series with the largest number of first printings between April 2013 and March 2014, with 180,000.^[23]

On manga-news.com, it has a staff grade of 15.67 out of 20.^[2] On Manga Sanctuary, it has a staff grade from one staff member of 8 out of 10.^[24]

It was number 4 on the 2012 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Female Readers survey^[25] and number 10 on the 2013 list.^[26] It was number 14 on the 15th Book of the Year list by Da Vinci magazine.^[27]

References[edit]

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