Deka Wanko

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| image = Deka Wanko 1.png

| caption = First tankōbon volume cover

| ja_kanji = デカワンコ

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| genre = {{ubl|Detective comedy|Suspense{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Deka Wanko by Gokusen's Morimoto Returns in TV Special|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-07/deka-wanko-by-gokusen-morimoto-returns-in-tv-special|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 31, 2023|date=December 7, 2011|archive-date=December 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209203546/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-07/deka-wanko-by-gokusen-morimoto-returns-in-tv-special|url-status=live}}}}

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{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Kozueko Morimoto

| publisher = Shueisha

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| demographic = Josei

| magazine = You

| first = April 1, 2008

| last = January 15, 2013

| volumes = 12

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| type = drama

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| network = Nippon TV

| first = January 15, 2011

| last = March 26, 2011

| episodes = 10

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| title = Deka Wanko: Chotto Dake Ritānzu

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| network = Nippon TV

| released = {{Start date|2011|04|30}}

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| title = Deka Wanko: New Year's Special

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{{nihongo||デカワンコ|Deka Wanko}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's josei manga magazine You from April 2008 to January 2013, with its chapters collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. A 10-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on Nippon TV from January to March 2011, followed by two specials aired in April of that same year and January 2012.

Premise

The series follows the adventures of Ichiko Hanamori, a young woman who, while always dressing in lolita fashion, is also a homicide detective for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. While inexperienced and often bumbling, she solves crimes using her sense of smell, which surpasses that of the best police dog.

Media

=Manga=

Written and illustrated by {{ill|Kozueko Morimoto|ja|森本梢子}}, Deka Wanko started in Shueisha's josei manga magazine You on April 1, 2008.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Gokusen's Morimoto to Start Deka Wanko Detective Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-17/gokusen-morimoto-to-start-deka-wanko-detective-manga|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208213742/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-17/gokusen-morimoto-to-start-deka-wanko-detective-manga|archive-date=December 8, 2022|date=March 17, 2008|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:【YOU】YOU№8特大号は、4月1日発売|url=http://manganohi.jp/2008/04/11514.html|website=manganohi.jp|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610202016/http://manganohi.jp/2008/04/11514.html|archive-date=June 10, 2008|language=ja|date=April 1, 2008}} The series' latest chapter was published on January 15, 2013,{{cite web|script-title=ja:ＹＯＵ（ユー）（２０１３年２月号）|url=https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-04-4910089290239|website=Kinokuniya|access-date=May 31, 2023|language=ja}} and Morimoto started another series, Kōdai-ke no Hitobito, on February 15 of that same year.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Gokusen's Morimoto to Launch New Romantic Comedy Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-15/gokusen-morimoto-to-launch-new-romantic-comedy-manga|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 31, 2023|date=January 15, 2013|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105224734/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-15/gokusen-morimoto-to-launch-new-romantic-comedy-manga|url-status=live}} The magazine ceased publication on October 15, 2018.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title='YOU' Manga Magazine Ends on October 15|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-30/you-manga-magazine-ends-on-october-15/.132196|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 31, 2023|date=May 30, 2018|archive-date=April 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403045152/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-30/you-manga-magazine-ends-on-october-15/.132196|url-status=live}} Shueisha collected its chapters in 12 tankōbon volumes, released from October 17, 2008,{{cite web|script-title=ja:デカワンコ 1巻|url=http://you.shueisha.co.jp/comics/978-4-08-865501-7.html|website=You Official Website|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008012930/http://you.shueisha.co.jp/comics/978-4-08-865501-7.html|archive-date=October 8, 2015|language=ja}} to March 25, 2013.{{cite web|script-title=ja:デカワンコ 12巻|url=http://you.shueisha.co.jp/comics/978-4-08-865664-9.html|website=You Official Website|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201064715/http://you.shueisha.co.jp/comics/978-4-08-865664-9.html|archive-date=February 1, 2015|language=ja}}

=Drama=

A 10-episode television drama adaptation, starring Mikako Tabe as Ichiko Hanamori ("Wanko"), was broadcast on Nippon TV from January 15 to March 26, 2011.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Deka Wanko by Gokusen's Morimoto Gets Live-Action Show|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-31/deka-wanko-by-gokusen-morimoto-gets-live-action-show|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 31, 2023|date=August 31, 2010|archive-date=December 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209101034/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-31/deka-wanko-by-gokusen-morimoto-gets-live-action-show|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:注目ドラマ紹介：「デカワンコ」多部未華子がゴスロリ刑事に|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20110115dog00m200007000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=May 31, 2023|language=ja|date=January 15, 2011}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:デカワンコ — ストーリー|url=https://www.ntv.co.jp/dekawanko/static/story.html|publisher=Nippon TV|access-date=May 31, 2023|language=ja}} Two specials, {{Nihongo||ちょっとだけリターンズ|Chotto Dake Ritānzu}} and {{Nihongo|New Year's Special|新春スペシャル|Shinshun Supesharu}}, aired on April 30, 2011,{{cite web|script-title=ja:デカワンコ：多部未華子主演の刑事コメディーが番外編で復活|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20110425dog00m200023000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=May 31, 2023|language=ja|date=April 25, 2011}} and January 7, 2012, respectively.