“Poor but perfect bishonen Taro struggles to feed his large family while attending a rich kids' school.”
Yamada Tarou Monogatari
山田太郎ものがたり
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Poor but perfect bishonen Taro struggles to feed his large family while attending a rich kids' school.
A smart, athletic, kind bishonen attending rich kids' high school, Taro Yamada seems perfect... except that he's actually dirt poor, living in a shack with 6 younger siblings and a mother with no sense of money and a perpetually absent artist of a father. Taro's main worry is putting bread on the table. He relies on bento (lunch boxes) that girls in love give him, works multiple jobs, and even has a "pet" dog for desperate times... Every day is a lesson in survival for the Yamadas. (Source: ANN)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 15 vol ch × vol
- Published Apr 1996 – Dec 2000
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0801 catalog