Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Toxic Daughter Chi-chan.png
| caption = {{Transliteration|ja|Tankōbon}} volume cover
| ja_kanji = ちーちゃん|
| ja_romaji = Chii-chan
| genre = {{ubl|Horror{{cite web|script-title=ja:不気味なホラー漫画…ヤンマガ新連載『ちーちゃん』 映画『毒娘』ヒロインの前日譚|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2310283/full/|website=Oricon News|access-date=July 5, 2024|language=ja|date=January 14, 2024|archive-date=January 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118204204/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2310283/full/|url-status=live}}|Psychological thriller{{cite web|script-title=ja:映画『毒娘』前日譚 押見修造『ちーちゃん』は常軌を逸したヒロインが“家族の暗部”を暴くサイコスリラー|url=https://realsound.jp/book/2024/04/post-1623499.html|website={{ill|Real Sound (website)|lt=Real Sound|ja|リアルサウンド}}|publisher=Blueprint Co., Ltd.|access-date=July 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164556/https://realsound.jp/book/2024/04/post-1623499.html|archive-date=April 8, 2024|language=ja|date=April 5, 2024|url-status=live}}}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Shūzō Oshimi
| publisher = Kodansha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Kodansha USA}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| imprint =
| magazine = Weekly Young Magazine
| first = January 15, 2024
| last = March 11, 2024
| volumes = 1
| volume_list =
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{{Nihongo|Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan|ちーちゃん|Chii-chan}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shūzō Oshimi. Written as a prequel spin-off to the then-upcoming 2024 horror film {{ill|Doku Musume|ja|毒娘}}, based on the character Chi-chan, designed by Oshimi for the film, the manga was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from January to March 2024, with its chapters collected in a single {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume. Doku Musume would be released after the manga's conclusion in April 2024.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Shūzō Oshimi, Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from January 15 to March 11, 2024.{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=5 New Manga to Launch in Young Magazine From Daiju Yanauchi, Kōji Megumi, Shūzō Oshimi, Harold Sakuishi, U Satomi|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-09/5-new-manga-to-launch-in-young-magazine-from-daiju-yanauchi-koji-megumi-shuzo-oshimi-harold-/.205184|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 5, 2024|date=December 9, 2023|archive-date=March 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305224213/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-09/5-new-manga-to-launch-in-young-magazine-from-daiju-yanauchi-koji-megumi-shuzo-oshimi-harold-/.205184|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:押見修造が常軌を逸したヒロイン"ちーちゃん"を描く新連載、ホラー映画「毒娘」前日譚|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/557035|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 5, 2024|language=ja|date=January 15, 2024|archive-date=March 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317015115/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/557035|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Shūzō Oshimi's Chi-chan Manga Ends on March 11|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-05/shuzo-oshimi-chi-chan-manga-ends-on-march-11/.208293|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 5, 2024|date=March 5, 2024|archive-date=March 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310201656/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-05/shuzo-oshimi-chi-chan-manga-ends-on-march-11/.208293|url-status=live}} The manga is a prequel spin-off to the 2024 horror film {{ill|Doku Musume|ja|毒娘}}, based on the character Chi-chan, designed by Oshimi for the film.{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=The Flowers of Evil's Shūzō Oshimi Designs Doku Musume Film's Character, Launches Spinoff Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-13/the-flowers-of-evil-shuzo-oshimi-designs-doku-musume-film-character-launches-spinoff-manga/.204407|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 5, 2024|date=November 13, 2023}} Kodansha collected its chapters in a single {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume, released on April 5, 2024.{{cite web|script-title=ja:押見修造×内藤瑛亮、常軌を逸した少女が家族の暗部を暴く「毒娘」前日譚|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/568084|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 5, 2024|language=ja|date=April 5, 2024|archive-date=April 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410152837/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/568084|url-status=live}}
In July 2024, Kodansha USA announced that it had licensed the manga for English release in North America, with the volume set to be released on April 22, 2025.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Kodansha USA Reveals 12 New Print Manga, 2 Digital Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-04/kodansha-usa-reveals-12-new-print-manga-2-digital-manga/.212812|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704224622/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-04/kodansha-usa-reveals-12-new-print-manga-2-digital-manga/.212812|archive-date=July 4, 2024|date=July 4, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan, Volume 0|url=https://kodansha.us/product/toxic-daughter-chi-chan/|publisher=Kodansha USA|access-date=April 19, 2025}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web|script-title=ja:押見修造「漫画を描くのは幼少期に抱えた傷の治癒行為」。『惡の華』『血の轍』にも通じる、映画『毒娘』前日譚の根底にあるもの【『ちーちゃん』インタビュー】|url=https://ddnavi.com/interview/1327279/a/|website=Da Vinci News|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530023919/https://ddnavi.com/interview/1327279/a/|archive-date=May 30, 2024|date=May 30, 2024|url-status=live}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://magazine.yanmaga.jp/c/chichan/|Official website at Young Magazine}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Shūzō Oshimi}}
{{Weekly Young Magazine - 2020–2029}}
Category:Comics based on films
Category:Horror anime and manga