“Showa-era kappa boy Benisuke navigates puberty and love while helping youkai in a rural town.”
Kappa Shounen Benisuke: Showa Youkai Koi Monogatari
カッパ少年紅介 昭和妖怪恋物語
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Showa-era kappa boy Benisuke navigates puberty and love while helping youkai in a rural town.
"What's it like to be really in love…?" Benisuke, a kappa boy who is in the throes of puberty and longs for love, is a good-natured boy. He mediates on the the possibility of love for a shy childhood friend, saves a drowning serpent in a river, kisses another kappa to break a curse that had turned him into a frog, and so on. In the process of helping various people (and youkai), he himself becomes involved in a colorful love affair. A youkai love story unfolds in a country town set in the Showa era. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
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- Published Jul 2023 – ongoing
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- Ref. BS-M75174 catalog