“Tokyo University dropout bikes Japan, solving risqué problems with surprising skills in comedic, ecchi adventures.”
Golden Boy
ゴールデンボーイ
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Synopsis
Tokyo University dropout bikes Japan, solving risqué problems with surprising skills in comedic, ecchi adventures.
Ooe Kintarou is a Tokyo University Law School dropout. However, he had completed all the course work needed to graduate before leaving school. Since then, he has wandered through many jobs all over Japan as a student of life with little more than a journal, a pen, and his trusty mountain bike (the Mikazuki 5). On his journeys, he runs into various compromising situations with beautiful women, and he must use his unique talents as a jack-of-all-trades to survive, let alone have a chance to find his true calling in life. But he is far more skilled than he appears, and he is determined to succeed no matter what he does. He could be the man who will save Japan—no, the world... or maybe not. Packed with hilarious hi-jinks, lots of ecchi, ramen noodles, gracious kindness, and even some toilet hugging, Golden Boy is full of non-stop fun. (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 13 sampled reviews
What 13 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.56 · split reception
5.8 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 3.0
↓ 4.46
Running avg · Feb 2010 → Nov 2023
- 7 “Back in the 90's after watching the anime "Golden Boy" I could never understand why they never made more episodes? After all it was one of the best animated, and unique stories I had ever seen....”
- 9 “After finishing the OVA three days ago, I decided to give the manga a spin and hoo boy this was a wiiiiild ride. So, you have the OG five episodes (episode six of the OVA is an anime exclusive)...”
- 10 “So,did you watch the OVA's and want to keep on reading the manga? Well,you probably won't regret it! :) Oe Kintaro is as cool as ever,even here! First I'd like to say that I only read the first 65...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 104 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 13h 52m approx
- Published Jun 1993 – Jan 1998
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1316 catalog