Last update:
22-Sep'04

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interest about
MORIO Masami:
- Hakusensha's Official Page (in Japanese)

Omake no Kobayashi-kun (loosely translated as The extra Kobayashi-kun) is MORIO Masami's current manga work. It runs in the monthly magazine Lala (Hakusensha) and has more than 10 collected volumes to this date.

This is the story of four high school students whose family name happens to be Kobayashi that end up in the same class. No Kobayashi is similar to another Kobayashi and in fact, three of them are considered something similar to the Bermuda triangle. Anybody who gets near, ends up... well... better left unsaid. New student Kobayashi Yamato is not afraid however, and already considers them like brothers and sister! Will his naive youthfulness be crushed forever? Will the everlasting power of "always happy attitude" overpower the famous trio? Will anybody survive the year? All this and more, in Omake no Kobayashi-kun! ^^

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NEWS! Volume #13 went on sale on 01.may ^^

Vols./tankoubon: 13 (ongoing)
Magazine: Lala (Hakusensha)

• Story Introduction
• Characters
• (22/Sep) Manga Translations
• (29/May) Image Gallery
• (29/May) ISBN info. (below)

STORY INTRODUCTION:

Yamato KOBAYASHI is a short and extremely cute student who just transferred to a new high school. To his surprise, it turns out that he is the fourth Kobayashi in the class! Kobayashi-kun couldn't be more happy, they are all like a big family! However, his new classmates soon explain him the facts surrounding the three Kobayashi... Fubuki Kobayashi is tall, wears glasses, and is the class representative. She takes her responsabilities very seriously and inspires fear wherever she is. Chihiro Kobayashi is tall, handsome and mean. He lives life as he pleases but nobody is exactly sure of what that is... Last but not least is Kengo Kobayashi, tall, dark and scary. Keeps to himself and seems to have a bit of a dangerous past. But Kobayashi-kun is not scared of them in the least. First he tries to make friends with Fubuki, who is known to have a bit of a shotakon problem (shota complex = likes young boys), and eventually manages to turn them into a four-Kobayashi group that ends up doing mostly everything together. Chihiro turns into Kobayashi's protector even as he victimizes him; and like with every great work, eventually we discover that the past of these characters is not as neat and happy as it might seem, especially that of Kobayashi-kun. Omake no Kobayashi-kun is a screwball comedy that from time to time shows us the darker side of life to help us enjoy the bright parts even more.

ISBN Information:

These numbers come in handy when ordering the collected volumes or tankoubon from your local Japanese bookstore or through the internet :)

Vol.01: 4-592-12763-3 (390yen w/o tax) [07.1997] [cover]
Vol.02: 4-592-17032-6 (390yen w/o tax) [01.1999] [cover]
Vol.03: 4-592-17033-4 (390yen w/o tax) [10.1999] [cover]
Vol.04: 4-592-17034-2 (390yen w/o tax) [04.2000] [cover]
Vol.05: 4-592-17035-0 (390yen w/o tax) [10.2000] [cover]
Vol.06: 4-592-17036-9 (390yen w/o tax) [04.2001] [cover]
Vol.07: 4-592-17037-7 (390yen w/o tax) [10.2001] [cover]
Vols.08+... Soon...
(still ongoing)

All images © MORIO Masami, Hakusensha (except backgrounds).