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Yaketpachi's Maria
やけっぱちのマリア · やけっぱち の まりあ
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Overview
Teenage delinquent Yaketpachi's has a spectral woman as the closest thing to a female influence in his life: Maria! The manifestation of the women Yaketpachi lacks in his life, Maria needs a body to become corporeal, but the only thing around is a sex doll, which is easily ravaged by a hard life and the target of rough pranks. Yaketpachi and Maria are joined at the soul, but ripped apart by an uncaring society. How much strain can Maria's plastic body take before it cracks beyond repair? Yaketpachi may want to move heaven and Earth to provide a life for Maria, but do teenagers truly know love? Osamu Tezuka brings the battle of the sexes to a paranormal comedy, where Yaketpachi and Maria explore their teenage years in High School, with all the trials and tribulations that come with it. There's the queen bee of the school to tussle with, a dating club that heavily skews towards one gender (and against Yaketpachi), and even rival spirits out to earn their own revenge against their accidental deaths! Yaketpachi's Maria continues to prove to be a love letter to young love, with all the faults and flaws that are inherent. Tezuka brings a healthy dose of real-world sexual education to the drama of a love that can never be between a man and his sex doll. (Source: DMP)
Source: AniList
Synopsis 日本語
父子家庭に育った暴れん坊の焼野矢八の体から、ある日エクトプラズムが産まれる。それは矢八の父のダッチワイフの身体に宿り、マリアと呼ばれて人間生活を送るようになる。しかしマリアは「産みの親」の矢八から、やんちゃな性格を受け継いでいた。
Source: Wikipedia「やけっぱちのマリア」 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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How to compare editions, collected volumes and ISBNs / Sources, updates and corrections
Volumes
少年チャンピオンコミックス First edition
2vols · 1971-01〜1971-04
手塚治虫漫画全集 Complete works
2vols · 1983-03〜1983-04
手塚治虫文庫全集 Bunko
1vols · 2010-04
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