Monokuro Kinderbook
{{Short description|Manga written by Kan Takahama}}
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| ja_kanji = イエローバックス
| ja_romaji = Ieroo Bakkusu
| genre = Drama
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Kan Takahama
| publisher = Seirindo
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA / UK|Ponent Mon}}
| demographic = Shōjo
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| published = 2002
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{{nihongo|Monokuro Kinderbook|Yellowbacks イエローバックス|Ierōbakkusu}} is a one-shot Japanese manga written by {{nihongo|Kan Takahama|高浜 寛|Takahama Kan}} and published by Seirindo. The manga consists of an anthology of unrelated stories on the darker side of life. The manga is licensed for an English-language release in North America by Ponent Mon{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-01-19/fanfare-ponent-mon-to-be-distributed-to-north-american-bookstores|title=Fanfare/Ponent Mon To Be Distributed to North American Bookstores|date=2006-01-19|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2009-02-27}} and a French-language release in France by Casterman.
Reception
Mania.com's Janet Houck compares the anthology of stories in the manga with its respective endings with no conclusion to life in general.{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/monokuro-kinderbook_article_53243.html|title=Monokuro Kinderbook|last=Houck|first=Janet|date=January 6, 2007|publisher=Mania.com|accessdate=2009-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528033625/http://www.mania.com/monokuro-kinderbook_article_53243.html|archive-date=May 28, 2008|url-status=dead}}