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Type
Manga
Volumes
18
Chapters
135
Status
Completed
Published
2008-02-22 to 2019-01-10
Genres
Comedy
Shounen
Slice of Life
Childcare
Iyashikei
Visual Arts
Serializations
Gangan Online
Authors
Satsuki Yoshino (Story & Art)
Barakamon
Seishuu Handa is considered a prodigy in the calligraphy world. However, he is extremely narcissistic about his work, and when a senior curator dismisses his award-winning piece as conventional and bland, he loses his cool, leading to potentially career-ending repercussions. After seeing his son's immaturity, his father—also a master calligrapher—sends Handa to a village in the Goto Islands as punishment. Deprived of city comforts, Handa moves into a house in the local village with the sole intention of spending his stay engrossed in calligraphy. However, the house he has moved into was previously the hideout for some rambunctious children, headed by Naru Kotoishi, who are unwilling to move out. Furthermore, the neighbors seem very interested in the calligrapher, who they see as an amusing oddity! Despite Handa having been uprooted from his comfortable lifestyle, his experiences with the village and its people will teach him things about himself, life, and calligraphy. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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Characters
Naru Kotoishi
Main
Sei Handa
Main
Tamako Arai
Supporting
Miwa Yamamura
Supporting
Hina Kubota
Supporting
Hiroshi Kido
Supporting
Takao Kawafuji
Supporting
Kazuyuki Sakamoto
Supporting
Kentarou Oohama
Supporting
Kousuke Kanzaki
Supporting
Akihiko Arai
Supporting
Kousaku Kotoishi
Supporting