Complex Age

Complex Age
Cover of Complex Age volume one.
コンプレックス・エイジ
(Konpurekkusu Eiji)
Manga
Written byYui Sakuma
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Morning
Original run22 May 2014 – 4 June 2015
Volumes6 (List of volumes)

Complex Age (コンプレックス・エイジ, Konpurekkusu Eiji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yui Sakuma. 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. The manga was licensed for release in North America by Kodansha USA. 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.

Volume list

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
122 August 2014978-4-06-388365-714 June 20169781632362483
221 November 2014978-4-06-388403-66 September 20169781632362490
323 February 2015978-4-06-388431-913 December 20169781632362506
422 May 2015978-4-06-388464-714 March 20179781632363282
521 August 2015978-4-06-388495-113 June 20179781632364289
623 September 2015978-4-06-388508-812 September 20179781632364685

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Stimson, Eric (9 June 2014). "Manga Depicts the Life of a Cosplayer". Anime News Network. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Complex Age Manga Inspires Voiced Comic Video". Anime News Network. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Kodansha Comics Adds Queen Emeraldas, Complex Age, Forget Me Not Manga". Anime News Network. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ↑ 【8月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 22 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "Complex Age 1". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  6. ↑ 【11月21日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Complex Age 2". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  8. ↑ 【2月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 23 February 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Complex Age 3". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  10. ↑ 【5月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Complex Age 4". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  12. ↑ 【8月21日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 21 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  13. ↑ "Complex Age 5". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  14. ↑ 【9月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "Complex Age 6". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 18 December 2016.