Complex Age Explained

Ja Kanji:コンプレックス・エイジ
Ja Romaji:Konpurekkusu Eiji
Type:manga
Author:Yui Sakuma
Publisher:Kodansha
Demographic:Seinen
Magazine:Weekly Morning
First:22 May 2014
Last:4 June 2015
Volumes:6
Volume List:
  1. Volume list

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yui Sakuma.[1] The series began as a one-shot published on Kodansha's Weekly Morning seinen manga website in May 2013. The one-shot drew 1.25 million viewers to the website and won a Tetsuya Chiba Prize. It was relaunched on 22 May 2014 and ran until 4 June 2015.[2] The manga was licensed for release in North America by Kodansha USA.[3] A comic video adaptation was released on the Morning website alongside the fifth volume in August 2015. The series was compiled into six volumes.

Plot

Both continuity tell stories about a woman who have hobby in clothing, Gothic Lolita and cosplay respectively, while her age crept up and making her hobby socially inappropriate age-wise. The series' epilogue shows that the series' protagonist is one shot protagonist's daughter.

The original one-shot focused on Sawako, a married 34-year-old woman with an interest in the Gothic Lolita culture which she tries to conceal from her coworkers.

The 2014 series focused on 26 year old Nagisa Kataura, a cosplaying delivery company employee who also tries to hide her passion from her coworkers. She was voiced by Kyōko Narumi in the voice manga.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manga Depicts the Life of a Cosplayer . Stimson . Eric . 9 June 2014 . . 21 August 2015 .
  2. Web site: Complex Age Manga Inspires Voiced Comic Video . 21 August 2015 . . 21 August 2015 .
  3. Web site: Kodansha Comics Adds Queen Emeraldas, Complex Age, Forget Me Not Manga . 25 July 2015 . . 21 August 2015 .