Damens Walker
{{short description|Japanese manga essay series by Mayumi Kurata}}
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| ja_kanji = だめんず・うぉ～か～
| ja_romaji = Damenzu Uōkā
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| type = manga
| author = Mayumi Kurata
| publisher = Fusosha
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| magazine = Weekly Spa!
| imprint = Spa! Comics
| first = {{start date|2000|6|14}}
| last = April 2013
| volumes = 20
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{{nihongo|Damens Walker|だめんず・うぉ～か～|Damenzu Uōkā|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga essay series by Mayumi Kurata. Damens Walker was serialized in the weekly magazine Weekly Spa! from June 14, 2000 to April 2013. The series has inspired two live-action television drama adaptations and a mobile anime series.
Synopsis
Damens Walker follows the dating life of a woman who is only interested in good-for-nothing men, known as {{nihongo|"damens"|だめんず}} (a combination of the words {{nihongo|"good-for-nothing"|ダメ|dame}} and "men").{{cite news | first=Egan | last=Loo | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-22/damens-walker-dating-essay-manga-gets-mobile-web-anime | title=Damens Walker Dating Essay Manga Gets Mobile Web Anime | work=Anime News Network | date=2010-02-22 | accessdate=2021-04-11 | archive-date=July 18, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718055506/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-22/damens-walker-dating-essay-manga-gets-mobile-web-anime | url-status=live }}
Media
=Manga=
Damens Walker is written and illustrated by Mayumi Kurata. It was serialized in the weekly magazine Weekly Spa! beginning in June 14, 2000 to April 2013.{{cite news | url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0050751 | title=人気漫画「だめんず・うぉ～か～」連載終了へ…作者の倉田真由美が明かす | language=ja | work=Cinema Today | date=2013-03-02 | accessdate=2021-04-11 | archive-date=April 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412003823/https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0050751 | url-status=live }} The chapters were later released in twenty bound volumes by Fusosha under the Spa! Comics imprint.{{cite web|url=https://www.fusosha.co.jp/books/search_list/?series_id=2|title=だめんず・うぉ～か～|language=ja|work=Fusosha|accessdate=2021-04-11}}
Kurata stated that her reason for ending the manga was not because of problems in her marriage, but because she had "lost frustration towards good-for-nothing men" and that her older age has changed her perspective on relationships.
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=Television drama=
==2002 adaptation==
Damens Walker was adapted into a live-action television drama starring Ai Ijima and Chiaki Hara, which was broadcast on NTV from March 1 to March 29, 2002.
==2006 adaptation==
A second live-action television drama starring Norika Fujiwara and Yu Yamada was broadcast on TV Asahi from October 12 to December 7, 2006.{{cite news | title="だめんず・うぉ～か～"倉田真由美が未婚で第2子妊娠! 相手はカリスマ映画バイヤーで"性豪"の叶井俊太郎 | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/67483/ | language=ja | work=Oricon | date=2009-07-07 | access-date=2021-04-11}} The theme song for the 2006 adaptation is "Yume no Uta" by Koda Kumi.{{cite web | title=夢のうた/ふたりで… | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/259698/products/676386/1/ | language=ja | work=Oricon | access-date=2021-04-11}} "Trans-winter (Fuyu no Mukōgawa)" by Showta was featured as an insert song.{{cite web | title=Trans-winter ～冬のむこう側～ | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/394753/products/681336/1/ | language=ja | work=Oricon | access-date=2019-02-21 | archive-date=February 22, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152027/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/394753/products/681336/1/ | url-status=live }}
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = A Woman Who Can't Get Married vs Good-For-Nothing Man!!
| TranslitTitle = Kekkon Dekinai Onna vs Dame Otoko!!
| NativeTitle = 結婚できない女vsダメ男!!
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| Viewers = 10.3%
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = A Good-For-Nothing Woman is into a Mother Complex Man!?
| TranslitTitle = Mazakon Otoko ni Hamatta Dame Onna!?
| NativeTitle = マザコン男にハマッたダメ女!?
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|19}}
| Viewers = 8.0%
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = A (Secret) Love Triangle with a Hot Beautician
| TranslitTitle = Ikemen Biyōshi to no (Hi) Sankaku Kankei
| NativeTitle = イケメン美容師との（秘）三角関係
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|2}}
| Viewers = 7.2%
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = A Hidden Secret in a Wedding Party
| TranslitTitle = Kekkon Pātī ni Kakusareta Uso
| NativeTitle = 結婚パーティーに隠された嘘
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| Viewers = 7.4%
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| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = A Woman into the No. 1 Good-Looking Host!?
| TranslitTitle = No. 1 Bikei Hosuto ni Hamatta Onna!?
| NativeTitle = No.1美形ホストにハマった女!?
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|16}}
| Viewers = 8.6%
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| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Tonight, a Reverse Proposal to a Celebrity Man
| TranslitTitle = Konya Serebu Otoko ga Gyaku ni Puropōzu
| NativeTitle = 今夜セレブ男が遂にプロポーズ
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|23}}
| Viewers = 9.0%
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| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Final Chapter!! A Trap of Marrying into Wealth
| TranslitTitle = Saishūshō!! Serebu Kon no Wana
| NativeTitle = 最終章!! セレブ婚の罠
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| Viewers = 7.1%
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| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = A Miracle on Christmas Eve!! A Tearful Wedding Announcement
| TranslitTitle = Ibu no Kiseki!! Namida no Kekkon Sengen
| NativeTitle = イヴの奇跡!! 涙の結婚宣言…
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| Viewers = 7.0%
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=Stage play=
A stage play adaptation ran in 2006. A second stage play adaptation ran from October 30 to November 1, 2020.{{cite news | url=https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/274140 | title=片山陽加、内田眞由美、船岡咲らが出演 2.5次元ステージ『だめんずウォーカー2020』の上演が決定 主演男優と一部メイン役のキャストオーディションを開催 | language=ja | work=Spice | date=2020-08-17 | accessdate=2021-04-11 | archive-date=April 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412050112/https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/274140 | url-status=live }}
=Anime=
A 12-episode anime adaptation titled Damens Walker: The Anime was released beginning March 1, 2010, with each episode having a run time of 3 minutes.{{cite news | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/73617/full/ | title=『だめんず・うぉ～か～』連載10周年で初アニメ化決定、主題歌でクワバタオハラの小原が歌手デビュー | language=ja | work=Oricon | date=2010-02-23 | accessdate=2021-04-11}} The series was streamed weekly on Sundays on BeeTV for Docomo mobile phones.{{cite news | url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/28101 | title=ダメ男好きのバイブル！「だめんず・うぉ～か～」アニメ化 | language=ja | work=Natalie | date=2010-02-23 | accessdate=2021-04-11 | archive-date=April 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412043612/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/28101 | url-status=live }} The theme song is "D-Woman", which was written and produced by Daimaou Kosaka and performed by his friend Masako Ohara.{{cite news | url=https://natalie.mu/owarai/news/28110 | title=アニメ「だめんず・うぉ～か～」主題歌をクワバタオハラ小原が担当 | language=ja | work=Natalie | date=2010-02-23 | accessdate=2021-04-11 | archive-date=April 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412043612/https://natalie.mu/owarai/news/28110 | url-status=live }}
=Film=
A live-action film titled Damens Walker: The Movie Jealousy Edition was released direct-to-video on May 2, 2018.{{cite news | url=https://nikkan-spa.jp/1467813 | title=漫画家・倉田真由美と声優・新田恵海がだめんずを語り尽くす「トラブルがあっても、あとで笑えたらいいかな」 | language=ja | work=Weekly Spa! | publisher=Fusosha | date=2018-04-10 | accessdate=2021-04-11}}{{cite news | url=https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/986356/ | title=漫画家・くらたま＆声優・新田恵海の異色対談実現 「不倫」どう思う？ | language=ja | work=Tokyo Sports | date=2018-04-21 | accessdate=2021-04-11 | archive-date=April 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412043619/https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/986356/ | url-status=live }} The theme song is "Baby Call My Name" by Emi Nitta. Also included in the DVD is a talk show with Nobu Morimoto.