M to N no Shōzō

Infobox animanga/Header
name = M to N no Shōzō


caption = The cover art of "M to N no Shōzō", volume 2
ja_name = MとNの肖像
genre = Comedy, RomanceInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Tachibana Higuchi
publisher = flagicon|Japan Hakusensha
demographic = Shōjo
magazine = Hana to Yume
first = 2000
last = 2002
volumes = 6

nihongo|"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".ann manga|id=4718, retrieved on 2007-07-24] The manga series has 6 volumes and has not been translated into English.

ynopsis

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.

Characters

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

Mitsuru Abe

*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.

Natsuhiko Amakusa

*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.

Eiichi Hijiri

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 (see Gakuen Alice). His biggest weakness is dogs. He also knows about Mitsuru and Natsuhiko's secret. Apparently, he is in love Mitsuru, and though it's unrequited, he still tries to protect her.

Ririka Tsuji

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

Yōichi Hijiri

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. Just like Gakuen Alice, he has the ability to see spirit and controlling it. In extra stories, it seems that he is the one who doing work behind Eiichi's work.

Reika Abe

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

Kazuomi Abe

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

aaki Amakusa

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.

Noriko Hijiri

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.

Nariaki Madenokōshi

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.

Kaname Miki

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

Media

Tankōbon

"Note: The ISBN only refers to the Japanese edition."

*Volume 1 - ISBN 978-4-592-17774-6
**Release date: October 2000

*Volume 2 - ISBN 978-4-592-17273-4
**Release date: February 2001

*Volume 3 - ISBN 978-4-592-17185-0
**Release date: September 2001

*Volume 4 - ISBN 978-4-592-17620-6
**Release date: February 2002

*Volume 5 - ISBN 978-4-592-17285-7
**Release date: May 2002

*Volume 6 - ISBN 978-4-592-17286-4
**Release date: August 2003

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. [ [http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/(simple)/detailview.html?KEY=PICA-7028 CD Japan] , retrieved on 2007-07-24]

*Yuko Minaguchi - Mitsuru Abe
*Akio Ohtsuka - Natsuhiko Amakusa
*Akira Ishida - Eiichi Hijiri
*Chika Sakamoto

References