Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai
| image = Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai cover.jpeg
| caption = First tankōbon volume cover
| ja_kanji = ダメな私に恋してください
| ja_romaji =
| genre = Romantic comedy
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Aya Nakahara
| publisher = Shueisha
| publisher_en =
| demographic = Josei
| imprint = Margaret Comics
| magazine = You
| first = April 15, 2013
| last = August 12, 2016
| volumes = 10
| volume_list = #Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai R
| author = Aya Nakahara
| illustrator =
| publisher = Shueisha
| publisher_en =
| demographic = Josei
| imprint = Margaret Comics
| magazine = You
| first = October 15, 2016
| last = October 15, 2018
| volumes = 6
| volume_list = #Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai R
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Nihongo|Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai|ダメな私に恋してください||{{lit.}} "Please Love the Useless Me"}} is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Aya Nakahara. It was serialized in Shueisha's josei manga magazine You from April 2013 to August 2016, with its chapters collected into ten tankōbon volumes. A sequel series, titled Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai R, was serialized in the same magazine from October 2016 to October 2018, and was compiled into six volumes.
A Japanese television drama adaptation, officially titled Please Love Me! (stylized as PLEASE LOVE ME!) in English,{{cite web |title=PLEASE LOVE ME! ダメな私に恋してください 별볼일 없는 나를 사랑해 주세요 請和這個沒用的我談戀愛 {{!}} TBS Program Catalog |url=https://www.tbscontents.com/en/program/pleaseloveme |publisher=Tokyo Broadcasting System Television |access-date=17 July 2021 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613193606/https://www.tbscontents.com/en/program/pleaseloveme |url-status=live }} was broadcast on TBS from January 12, 2016, to March 15, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/damekoi/|title=火曜ドラマ『ダメな私に恋してください』｜TBSテレビ|last=TBS|website=TBSテレビ|language=ja-JP|access-date=2016-10-04|archive-date=2021-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114135629/http://www.tbs.co.jp/damekoi/|url-status=live}}
Plot
Michiko Shibata is a woman who is thirty years old, and yet she has no job, no money, and no real boyfriend. She was let go by her former employment after it went bankrupt. She meets her former supervisor Ayumu Kurosawa, who offers Michiko a job at his cafe "Himawari" until she gets back on her feet. With Ayumu's help, Michiko slowly gets her life back on track.{{Cite web | url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/damekoi/intro/ | title=火曜ドラマ『ダメな私に恋してください』｜Tbsテレビ | access-date=2016-10-27 | archive-date=2016-10-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026075627/http://www.tbs.co.jp/damekoi/intro/ | url-status=live }}
Characters
;{{Nihongo|Michiko Shibata|柴田 ミチコ|Shibata Michiko}}
:A 29-year-old woman who loses her job and starts working for her former supervisor in his café until she finds another job.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Love*Com's Nakahara Starts Dame na Watashi ni Koi Shite Kudasai Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-15/love-com-nakahara-starts-dame-na-watashi-ni-koi-shite-kudasai-manga|website=Anime News Network|date=April 15, 2013|access-date=April 30, 2015|archive-date=April 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414005321/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-15/love-com-nakahara-starts-dame-na-watashi-ni-koi-shite-kudasai-manga|url-status=live}} She is played by Kyoko Fukada in the live-action drama.
;{{Nihongo|Ayumu Kurosawa|黒沢 歩|Kurosawa Ayumu}}
:Michiko's former supervisor and now current employer at the Himawari cafe. He used to be a former gangster and seems formidable, but he takes it upon himself to look after those who are in trouble, such as Michiko.{{Cite web |url=http://you.shueisha.co.jp/lineup/damena_watashi.html |title=◆連載作品紹介◆月刊You |access-date=2015-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909215645/http://you.shueisha.co.jp/lineup/damena_watashi.html |archive-date=2015-09-09 |url-status=dead }} He is played by Dean Fujioka in the live-action drama.
;{{Nihongo|Daichi Mogami|最上 大地|Mogami Daichi}}
:Michiko's colleague at her new place of employment. He is her first real boyfriend, and is younger than her. He is played by Shohei Miura in the live-action drama.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Aya Nakahara, Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai was serialized in Shueisha's You magazine from April 15, 2013,{{cite web|script-title=ja:中原アヤ、YOUに初登場！ダメなアラサー女子描くラブコメ|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/88755|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=April 15, 2013|access-date=October 25, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=October 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025164604/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/88755|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mertz|first=Joanne|title=Love*Com's Nakahara to Start Dame na Watashi ni Koi Shite Kudasai Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-16/love-com-nakahara-to-start-dame-na-watashi-ni-koi-shite-kudasai-manga|website=Anime News Network|date=March 16, 2013|access-date=October 25, 2022|archive-date=October 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025164559/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-16/love-com-nakahara-to-start-dame-na-watashi-ni-koi-shite-kudasai-manga|url-status=live}} to August 12, 2016.{{cite web|script-title=ja:中原アヤ「ダメな私に恋してください」完結、次号YOUで「重要なお知らせ」も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/197957|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=August 12, 2016|access-date=October 25, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=October 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024220253/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/197957|url-status=live}} Ten tankōbon volumes have been released from August 2013 to November 2016. The series has been licensed in France by Delcourt under the title Please love me !.{{cite web|url= http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie/Please-love-me|title= Please love me - Manga série - Manga news|accessdate= July 28, 2015|work= manga-news.com|language= French|archive-date= July 16, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150716122829/http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie/Please-love-me|url-status= live}}
A sequel series, titled Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai R, was serialized in the same magazine from October 15, 2016,{{cite web|script-title=ja:最新号紹介|url=http://you.shueisha.co.jp/latest|website=You|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=October 25, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=October 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027200245/http://you.shueisha.co.jp:80/latest|url-status=dead}} to October 15, 2018.{{cite web|script-title=ja:月刊YOUが38年の歴史に幕、歴代連載作家のメッセージ集めた小冊子も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/303780|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=October 15, 2018|access-date=October 25, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130113731/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/303780|url-status=live}} Six tankōbon volumes have been released from February 2017 to November 2018.
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|OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-845148-0
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|VolumeNumber = 6
|OriginalRelDate = April 24, 2015{{cite web|script-title=ja:【4月24日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/145247|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=April 24, 2015|access-date=October 25, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=October 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025164600/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/145247|url-status=live}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-845384-2
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|VolumeNumber = 7
|OriginalRelDate = August 25, 2015{{cite web|script-title=ja:【8月25日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/157962|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=August 25, 2015|access-date=October 25, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=October 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025164559/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/157962|url-status=live}}
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|VolumeNumber = 9
|OriginalRelDate = May 25, 2016{{cite web|script-title=ja:【5月25日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/188367|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=May 25, 2016|access-date=October 25, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=October 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025164611/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/188367|url-status=live}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-845562-4
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|OriginalRelDate = November 25, 2016{{cite web|script-title=ja:【11月25日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/210509|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=November 25, 2016|access-date=October 25, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=October 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025164557/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/210509|url-status=live}}
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Reception
Volume 4 reached the 16th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of August 31, 2014, had sold 56,282 copies;{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, August 25–31|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-03/japanese-comic-ranking-august-25-31/.78358|website=Anime News Network|date=September 3, 2014|access-date=April 30, 2015|archive-date=December 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221225646/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-03/japanese-comic-ranking-august-25-31/.78358|url-status=live}} volume 5 reached the 43rd place{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 22–28|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-05/japanese-comic-ranking-december-22-28/.82895|website=Anime News Network|date=January 5, 2015|access-date=April 30, 2015|archive-date=April 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419185038/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-05/japanese-comic-ranking-december-22-28/.82895|url-status=live}} and, as of January 4, 2015, had sold 69,150 copies;{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 29-January 4|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-07/japanese-comic-ranking-december-29-january-4/.83013|website=Anime News Network|date=January 7, 2015|access-date=April 30, 2015|archive-date=April 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418065700/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-07/japanese-comic-ranking-december-29-january-4/.83013|url-status=live}} volume 6 reached the 25th place and, as of April 26, 2015, had sold 34,567 copies.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, April 20–26|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-30/japanese-comic-ranking-april-20-26/.87664|website=Anime News Network|date=April 30, 2015|access-date=April 30, 2015|archive-date=May 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501102959/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-30/japanese-comic-ranking-april-20-26/.87664|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150909215645/http://you.shueisha.co.jp/lineup/damena_watashi.html Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai] on you.shueisha.co.jp {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|17035}}
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