Tsurezure Children

Description

From Inkr:
This manga is for those of you who just can't seem to say, "I love you." Toshiya Wakabayashi's acclaimed school-romance is jam-packed with frustration, embarrassment, and awkwardness! Heavily revised and with never-before-seen chapters, this omnibus edition of the popular 4-panel web comic offers an experience you can't find in the online version.

Official English: Azuki, INKR Comics

Remake of Wakabayashi Toshiya's 4-koma Collection.

Type

Manga

Associated Names

Tedious Children

Tedium Children

Tsure*Dure Children

Tsuredure Children

Tsuredzure Children

徒然チルドレン

Groups Scanlating

/a/nonymous

True Love Translations

Tsurezure Scans

WhyNOT Scans

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.12-17 by /a/nonymous 5 years ago

v.1 c.7-11 by /a/nonymous 5 years ago

v.1 c.1-6 by /a/nonymous 5 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

12 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 5, Chap 81.3

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

1 topics, 1 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (300 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.3 / 10.0

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Last Updated

July 14th, 2024 1:20am PDT - 9 months ago

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Genre

Comedy Romance School Life Shounen Slice of Life
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Category Recommendations

Wakabayashi Toshiya's 4-koma Collection

Matsu no Ma

Choco Mimi

Uchuu Toka to Kurabetara Chippoke na Mondai desu ga

Kimi ga Tsurarete Warau kara

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Author(s)

WAKABAYASHI Toshiya

Artist(s)

WAKABAYASHI Toshiya

Year

2012

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Bessatsu Shounen Magazine (Kodansha)

Shuukan Shounen Magazine (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Azuki (digital)

INKR Comics

Kodansha Comics (12 Volumes - Complete; Digital)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #840

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Monthly Pos #1891 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3106

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6 Month Pos #4280

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Year Pos #5513

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List Stats

On 1148 reading lists

On 534 wish lists

On 629 completed lists

On 39 unfinished lists

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Tsurezure Children to End With 12th Volume

7 years ago

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HAHAHAhaha

by MatrixM
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Preamble/hints for new readers (trigger warning: first volume or so has a couple self-harm jokes. disappear later, almost entirely)
So this series came HIGHLY recommended on r/anime. I saw a clip of the class president teasing her love interest's sister over the phone and was like 'ok, i should check this out'.
First, I watched the anime. Highly recommended! The voice acting is SO soooooooo gooooood! And it really helps you get into the characters when you read the manga later. Seriously, e.g. Takano's character's VA is PERFECT! The whole anime is a freaking ensemble cast of either VERY well known or VERY talented VAs. Having their voices in your head as you read takes it to another level (the yankee, the student pres, class pres, takano, sugiwara, Kamine...so so good)
The anime cuts out a few of the couple relationships, for very understandable reasons. 1 is cut out because the first few jokes revolve around self-harm (really not something to take lightly). The others are cut out mostly because they're not featured much in the first 5 volumes and don't have a satisfying moment in volume 5 to end the season on. (e.g. Another is cut out because it's about a student in love with a teacher, another because in volume 5 their story reaches a very very sad moment etc.)
So I recommend the anime before the manga (each episode is like 10-12minutes, only 12 eps, very highly recommended again)

The manga has relationships missing from the anime, as well as some chapters not mentioned in the anime at all (cos they're not plot essential or have cut characters or time constraints etc). So You can just skim the parts you know and then enjoy the new parts. ALSO the official translation is missing some doujinshi stories that are canon but were cut for time/book space, but you can find them on mangadex and such anyway (mostly the 'Tsuruzere children Plus' stories)

review
This series is genuinely INCREDIBLY cute AND funny! It's like a new azumanga daioh in how well-done it is and heartwarming it is. Now it's not AS funny, cos c'mon azumanga is god-tier funny, but it IS funny. I had my webcam on for certain reasons as I was reading it and I realised I had a smile for literally almost the ENTIRE time I was reading this. That's how funny and heartwarming it is. It's good shit for the soul. Of course there are a couple of moments that are so sweet I literally cried or felt like I was about to.

It folow so so many couples that I sometimes can't recognise characters when like ten of them appear in one story, so that's an issue. But when the chapter focuses on only a few characters it's very easy to pick up on who's who.
And god it's sweet and funny. Everyone will have their favourite couples, and I have like 3 I love so much (though Sugiwara and Takano take the cake for me, but man there are some great ones)...I really hate the shoujo-MC parody guy though. So freaking annoying >.> As he's intended to be.

Conclusion:
Read it!!!
I'm up to volume 9 and i'm honestly worried that after a few more volumes I won't have any left 🙁 This shit is good for the soul.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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The best slice of life series i've ever read

by Drull76
5 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

There are so many characters, sure it'll make you feel overwhelmed but somehow you can't help but love and relate with every single character.
The story is a combination of happiness, embarassment, frustation, sadness, practically everything a normal highschool student would feel. And it's really light-hearted with a little drama here and there.
Overall, it's the perfect series for someone who wants to remind themselves of the innocence of youth.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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@DrManga

by IHavoc
5 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

First off, I absolutely would NOT be hard pressed to find a manga with more romantic misunderstandings. That's not to say TC isn't guilty of dragging things out, just that plenty of romcoms are WAY worse.

And out of the entire cast there are definitely plenty of couples that do consistently develop and explore later stages of their relationships. The ones that start out or become formulaic definitely stick out the longer you read, but just saying the romance element is "thin" I think isn't giving it enough credit. That's highly subjective to begin with, and sure there's plenty of "I just like you" or "he's so nice" - but I think despite that there's still a pretty decent presentation of relatable elements and dynamics in relationships across a broad cast, and even some of the more boring couples would have a few standout moments.

However, yes, there is a point where things start to drag out. I honestly think it's fine to skim through certain parts because of this, since there always going to be some couples you're still interested in seeing even if a few are dragging things down. And it does end well.

And the good thing is the format/tone of this manga makes that pretty easy to compartmentalize things. I don't know WHO made an excuse that it was realistic, but I'd argue the opposite. There are relatable elements, but the actual events occuring are usually explicitly caricaturized. You get a sense for this in the very first chapter, but by the time people are hugging afterimages and communicating in morse code I think that premise is pretty clear. Really I'll tolerate a million failed confessions if it's engaging each time.

The problem is more that the author attempts to have certain storylines span the whole series while at the same time trying to have individual ones be relatively self contained, starting new ones, having them crossover with each other. If you're trying to tie this many stories together without planning it all out ahead of time the pacing of some of them is going to suffer. And it does.

I think if I reviewed it right after a straight read through I'd remember the parts that were annoying more strongly and agree more with your perspective - that it was just a weak formula from the beginning and that I would have tolerated more if it was shorter. But upon rereading there's a lot of genuinely refreshing, original, and endearing stuff from the very beginning, and I'd say that quality never totally goes away, it just gets bogged down over its run the way serializations often do.

Ultimately though all this does amount to me agreeing that it should have ended sooner. I actually don't disagree with most your assessment aside from some minor phrasing caveats. The only reason I felt compelled to @ you at all was the "hard pressed" bit. I genuinely think that's an absurd claim.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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Good

by DrManga
7 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

It should have finished ages ago, but it went on for too long. It started as a romcom, then the comedy went out of the story somewhere along the line and the romance most of the time was thin to say the least. It would have been more bearable if it was much shorter. Having umpteen almost confession failures is annoying.

To those who say it is realistic, what kinda of school life did you have? You would be hard pressed to find another manga with so many misunderstandings in while trying to tell someone you liked them.

The quality (drama) picked up towards the end and that's why the score is higher than had it stayed the same.

... Last updated 7 years ago

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absolutely must read

by xdeLiiRiOus
7 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

if you are sick and tired of your regular cliche shoujos, this is definitely a must read. as a reviewer mentioned before me, it has EVERYTHING. it has couples of all different stages of relationships and romantic stages. i found some of their issues so completely relatable and understandable.

idk how the author does it but he does an amazing job fleshing out and developing each of these characters even though the cast is HUGE. each of these characters fall off the page and become so real life that you start to care for them, and when they're sad you can't help but feel it too.

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Wonderful and amazing. I love that it exists

by Swifft
8 years ago

Rating: N/A

A magical combination of awkward but realistic situations, completely off the wall humor at times, and actual romantic development. There's more than a little romance here that stays at the will they/won't they stage, but there's more than a little that DON'T, and in fact start going out. It's incredible! Large series with a large cast and lots to love. Lauded at length in review.

Full review:
https://terrenceswiff.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/tsurezure-children/

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This is adorable AND hilarious!

by plaiin
9 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

It has tons of couples all at different stages of their relationships and romantic stages. There's unrequited love, new couples, those still trying to become a couple, etc. It almost contains all romantic plots you can find in the typical romance manga while being hilarious at the same time! Since it's a 4-koma, it focuses on one couple each chapter and switches to a different one in the next. But it also develops and fleshes out the characters slowly through this method as some pairs are still at the same stage they were ten chapters ago. It's amazing how the author keeps track of all these students as there's a HUGE cast of characters, and if you don't like one couple, you can easily move onwards and follow the pairs you do like. They all have different personalities and some situations can be so incredibly cringey BUT hilarious(such as a certain masked individual or another "hero" who can sweep away the hearts of cats)!
If you're tired of the annoying, no development romance manga read this for the freshest breath of air that can reignite your love for romance stories.

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