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Type
Manga
Volumes
8
Chapters
Status
Completed
Published
1975-01-01 to 1977-01-01
Genres
Comedy
Historical
Romance
Shoujo
Award Winning
Serializations
Shoujo Friend
Authors
Waki Yamato (Story & Art)
Haikara-san ga Tooru
Benio Hanamura is a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Tokyo during the Taisho era. Benio lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy—contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions, and isn't as interested in housewife duties as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman's right to a career and to marry for love. Benio's best friends are the beautiful Tamaki, who is much more feminine than Benio but equally interested in women's rights, and Ranmaru, a young man who was raised to play female roles in the kabuki theater and as a result has acquired very effeminate mannerisms. (Source: Wikipedia)
Characters
Benio Hanamura
Main
Shinobu Ijuuin
Main
Tousei Aoe
Supporting
Ranmaru Fujieda
Supporting
Kichiji Hananoya
Supporting