:Kiichi!!

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| image = Kiichi!! 1.png

| caption = First {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volume cover

| ja_kanji = キーチ!!

| genre =

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| type = manga

| author = Hideki Arai

| publisher = Shogakukan

| demographic = Seinen

| magazine = Big Comic Superior

| first = 2001

| last = 2006

| volumes = 9

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{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| title = Kiichi VS

| author = Hideki Arai

| publisher = Shogakukan

| demographic = Seinen

| magazine = Big Comic Superior

| first = August 10, 2007

| last = July 12, 2013

| volumes = 11

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{{nihongo|Kiichi!!|キーチ!!}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideki Arai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from 2001 to 2006, with its chapters collected in nine {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes. It tells the story of Kiichi's life beginning at the age of three. A sequel, titled Kiichi VS, was serialized in the same magazine from August 2007 to July 2013, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes.

Story

The series begins with Kiichi, aged three, and living with his parents. In the second volume they are killed, and he runs away from home. After living with some homeless people for a while, he ends up surviving in the woods by himself for nearly a year before being returned to his grandparents.

The second arc of the story begins with Kiichi in fifth grade, teaming up with a much more verbal and intelligent friend. They attempt to save a girl from classroom bullies, and then discover her father is forcing her to work as a prostitute. Political pressure keeps the police from doing anything about it, and they are forced to stage a hostage crisis in front of the capitol building to gain media attention.

Kiichi VS takes place ten years later, and finds Kiichi running a large organization dedicated to improving the world.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Hideki Arai, Kiichi!! was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from 2001 to 2006.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビッグコミックスペリオール第16号7月27日（金）発売!!|url=http://www.bigcomics.shogakukan.co.jp/superior/pr/nextpr.html|website=Big Comic Superior|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010718060527/http://www.bigcomics.shogakukan.co.jp/superior/pr/nextpr.html|archive-date=July 18, 2001|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:映画「愛しのアイリーン」特集新井英樹インタビュー (3/4) - コミックナタリー特集・インタビュー|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/irene-movie02/page/3|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 8, 2022|language=ja|date=September 3, 2018|archive-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109063608/https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/irene-movie02/page/3|url-status=live}} Shogakukan collected its chapters in nine {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes, released from January 30, 2002, to May 30, 2006.

A sequel to the series, titled {{nihongo|Kiichi VS|キーチVS}}, was serialized in Big Comic Superior from August 10, 2007,{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビッグスペリオール８／２４|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_magcode?sha=1&sho=2600408107&type=s&keitai=0|website=s-book.com|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014075709/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_magcode?sha=1&sho=2600408107&type=s&keitai=0|archive-date=October 14, 2007|language=ja|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:【ビッグコミックスペリオール】ビッグコミックスペリオール１７号発売中！|url=http://manganohi.jp/2007/08/7289.html|website=manganohi.jp|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110174604/http://manganohi.jp/2007/08/7289.html|archive-date=January 10, 2008|language=ja|date=August 10, 2007}} to July 12, 2013.{{cite web|script-title=ja:新井英樹「キーチVS」完結、若き憂国者たちの物語に幕|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/94896|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 9, 2022|language=ja|date=July 12, 2013|archive-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109063610/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/94896|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Ki-itchi Vs termina|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2013/07/12/Ki-itchi-Vs-se-termine|website=manga-news.com|access-date=January 9, 2022|language=fr|date=July 12, 2013|archive-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109065305/https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2013/07/12/Ki-itchi-Vs-se-termine|url-status=live}} Shogakukan collected its chapters in eleven tankōbon volumes, released from April 26, 2008, to August 30, 2013.{{cite web|script-title=ja:キーチVS / 11|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091853974|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130830223640/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091853974|archive-date=August 30, 2013|language=ja|url-status=dead}}

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Legacy

Manga author Tatsuki Fujimoto commented the influence that Arai's Kiichi!! and The World Is Mine had on his manga series Fire Punch.{{cite web|script-title=ja:【インタビュー】藤本タツキ『ファイアパンチ』ネットでも話題騒然になった第1話・衝撃的なネームを超特別公開!!|url=https://konomanga.jp/interview/112091-2|website=Kono Manga ga Sugoi!|publisher=Takarajimasha|access-date=January 9, 2022|language=ja|date=June 9, 2017|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019113710/https://konomanga.jp/interview/112091-2|url-status=live}}

References

External links

{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622013551/http://www.bigcomics.shogakukan.co.jp/superior/manga/keychi/keychi.html|title=Kichi at Big Comic Superior}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207090557/http://big-3.jp/bigsuperior/rensai/kichi/index.html|title=Kichi VS at Big Comic Superior}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Shogakukan manga

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