M to N no Shōzō

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M to N no Shōzō
The cover art of M to N no Shōzō, volume 2
The cover art of M to N no Shōzō, volume 2
MとNの肖像
Genre Comedy, Romance
Manga
Author Tachibana Higuchi
Publisher Flag of Japan Hakusensha
Demographic Shōjo
Serialized in Hana to Yume
Original run 2000 – 2002
Volumes 6

M to N no Shōzō (MとNの肖像?) is a manga authored by Tachibana Higuchi. It is published in Japan by Hakusensha and is serialized in Hana to Yume.[1] The manga series has 6 volumes and has not been translated into English.

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[edit] Synopsis

Natsuhiko is a guy who has found out Mitsuru's secret on their first day of senior high school. Even so, he has an equally bad problem. They hope to minimize their chances of being exposed because of their weird behaviours.

[edit] Characters

Note that the names are in Western order (given name before surname).

[edit] Mitsuru Abe

(安部 みつる Abe Mitsuru?)

  • Age: 15
  • Hobbies: Watching TV and reading
  • Good points: Do things seriously
  • Bad points: Shy with people

Mitsuru is beautiful, graceful, admired by many people, but she has a weird problem. As an effect of her mother's "Spartan Love", a single violent movement against her can get her begging sweetly for more. She returns to her normal self once she faints. Her nickname M is the first letter of her name, but also stands for masochistic. She has an elder brother and sister.

[edit] Natsuhiko Amakusa

(甘草 夏彦 Amakusa Natsuhiko?)

  • Age: 15
  • Wants to be: Civil servant

Natsuhiko is a guy who has found out Mitsuru's secret on their first day of senior high school. Even so, he has an equally bad problem. Even the mere glimpse of his reflection can send him into a flying fit about how beautiful he is. He tries to hide that by wearing glasses in school, tripping over any objects at times, avoiding the girls admiration of him and especially mirrors. But he gets his own dose at his mirror shrine in his bedroom, because N is narcissistic. Natsuhiko is nicknamed as N.

[edit] Eiichi Hijiri

(聖 英一 Hijiri Eiichi?)

Eiichi is Mitsuru's popular senior in school. He's handsome, athletic, and has the style of a strategist. He is also Yōichi's older brother. His biggest weakness is dogs. He also knows about Mitsuru and Natsuhiko's secret.

[edit] Ririka Tsuji

(辻 理々花 Tsuji Ririka?)

Ririka is Mitsuru's friend from the same year. It appears that she is the only normal character throughout the series.

[edit] Yōichi Hijiri

(聖 陽一 Hijiri Yōichi?)

Yōichi's is Eiichi's younger brother. He is 4 years old. He appears as a student in the Gakuen Alice, the latest series of Tachibana Higuchi.

[edit] Reika Abe

(安部 麗華 Abe Reika?)

Reika is Mitsuru's mother. She's a landscape artist.

[edit] Kazuomi Abe

(安部 一臣 Abe Kazuomi?)

Mitsuru's older brother works as a dentist. He has an oedipus complex that is not so apparent on the outside.

[edit] Saaki Amakusa

(甘草 千秋 Amakusa Saaki?)

Saaki Amakusa is Natsuhiko's mother. She used to be a member of Takarazuka, causing her to display an extreme character by dramatizing every single thing.

[edit] Noriko Hijiri

(聖 倫子 Hijiri Noriko?)

Noriko is Eīchi and Youichi's mother. Eīchi and Youichi's father died when they are young. Noriko remarried later on. She usually looks very plain and speaks in a weird accent, but her personality drastically changes when she wears make up.

[edit] Nariaki Madenokōshi

(鞠小路 成顕 Madenokōshi Nariaki?)

When Nariaki was only 3 years old, her parents chose a person for her to marry. She is now 17 years old and her match that her parents chose is 32 years old.

[edit] Kaname Miki

(幹 要 Miki Kaname?)

Kazoumi's friend during high school and Nariaki's secretary.

[edit] Media

[edit] Tankōbon

Note: The ISBN only refers to the Japanese edition.

[edit] Other adaptations

There is a drama CD released on February 22, 2002 in Japan by the same name as the manga. The cast is as below. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ann
  2. ^ CD Japan, retrieved on 2007-07-24
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