Yoiko

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = Yoiko (manga) 1.png

| caption = First tankōbon volume cover

| ja_kanji = よいこ

| ja_romaji =

| genre = Comedy

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Yūgo Ishikawa

| publisher = Shogakukan

| demographic = Seinen

| magazine = Big Comic Spirits

| first = 1996

| last = 2001

| volumes = 15

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = tv series

| director = Takahiro Omori

| producer =

| writer = Sukehiro Tomita

| music = Yoshio J. Maki

| studio = Pierrot

| network = TBS

| first = November 6, 1998

| last = March 26, 1999

| episodes = 20

| episode_list =

}}

{{nihongo|Yoiko|よいこ||"Good Girl"}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from 1996 to 2001, with its chapters collected in 15 tankōbon volumes. A 20-episode anime television series animated by Pierrot was broadcast in Japan on TBS from November 1998 to March 1999.

Plot

Fūka Esumi has a full-grown body, standing tall at {{convert|163|cm|abbr=on}}. Despite her appearance, Fūka is just an ordinary elementary school girl. When she moves in with her relatives and enrolls in the local school, her body draws the attention of teachers and students. Totally unaware of this, with a mentality of her own age, Fūka tries to get by her school life with just like her classmates. However, due to the contrast between her appearance and mind, her actions end up causing misunderstandings and troubles among people around her.

Characters

;{{Nihongo|Fūka Esumi|江角風花|Esumi Fūka}}

:{{Anime voice|Ryōko Nagata}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:よいこ|url=https://pierrot.jp/archive/1995/tv90_22.html|publisher=Pierrot|access-date=January 10, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110122848/https://pierrot.jp/archive/1995/tv90_22.html|url-status=live}}

;{{Nihongo|Miki Kashima|鹿島ミキ|Kashima Miki}}

:{{Anime voice|Sawa Ono}}

;{{Nihongo|Jirō|ジロー}}

:{{Anime voice|Nobuyuki Hiyama}}

;{{Nihongo|Miss Noguchi|野口先生|Noguchi-sensei}}

:{{Anime voice|Miki Yoshino}}

;{{Nihongo|Akira Ozeki|小関アキラ|Ozeki Akira}}

:{{Anime voice|Mifuyu Hiiragi}}

;{{Nihongo|Kenji Amimoto|網本ケンジ|Amimoto Kenji}}

:{{Anime voice|Daisuke Sakaguchi}}

Media

=Manga=

Written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa, Yoiko was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from 1996 to 2001.{{cite web|script-title=ja:石川優吾|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/2172|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 10, 2022|language=ja|quote={{lang|ja|続く1996年、週刊ビッグコミックスピリッツにて「よいこ」を連載開始}}|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110122846/https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/2172|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「よいこ」無事終了|url=http://spi.shogakukan.co.jp/cgi-bin/inspi_new/view.pl?author=ishi&number=217|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010412181843/http://spi.shogakukan.co.jp/cgi-bin/inspi_new/view.pl?author=ishi&number=217|archive-date=April 12, 2001|language=ja|date=March 18, 2001}} At first, it was planned to be a short series, and Shogakukan collected its chapters in two volumes, released under the Big Spirits Comics Special imprint in May 1997 and January 1998;{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビッグスピリッツコミックススペシャルよいこ〈１〉|url=https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784091848413|website=Kinokuniya|access-date=January 10, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110122903/https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784091848413|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビッグスピリッツコミックススペシャルよいこ〈２〉|url=https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784091848420|website=Kinokuniya|access-date=January 10, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110122846/https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784091848420|url-status=live}} however, after the series began a regular weekly serialization in the magazine, lasting longer than planned, this edition was discontinued.{{cite web|author=Ishikawa, Yūgo|script-title=ja:よいこのページ|url=http://www.you-go.net/ouen/yoiko2.htm|website=you-go.net|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010129235800/http://www.you-go.net/ouen/yoiko2.htm|archive-date=January 29, 2001|language=ja}} Shogakukan released 15 tankōbon volumes, from June 30, 1998,{{cite web|script-title=ja:よいこ / 1|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_book?isbn=4091851118|website=s-book.com|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030511040630/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_book?isbn=4091851118|archive-date=May 11, 2003|language=ja}} to May 30, 2001.{{cite web|script-title=ja:よいこ / 15|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_book?isbn=409186015X|website=s-book.com|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030704235826/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_book?isbn=409186015X|archive-date=July 4, 2003|language=ja}}

=Anime=

A 20-episode anime television series adaptation, animated by Pierrot,{{cite web|title=YOIKO -That Girl!-|url=http://en.pierrot.jp/anime_1990s.html|publisher=Pierrot|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806084921/http://en.pierrot.jp/anime_1990s.html#anime_024|archive-date=August 6, 2018}} was broadcast in Japan on TBS from November 7, 1998, to March 27, 1999.{{cite web|script-title=ja:よいこ|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C9693|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110110703/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C9693|archive-date=January 10, 2022|language=ja|url-status=live}}

Reception

John Oppliger of AnimeNation called the series a "Golden Boy style ribald comedy".{{cite web|last=Oppliger|first=John|title=Ask John: Are There More Obscene Anime Comedies?|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/07/13/ask-john-are-there-more-obscene-anime-comedies/|website=AnimeNation|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108014149/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/07/13/ask-john-are-there-more-obscene-anime-comedies/|archive-date=January 8, 2013|date=July 13, 2010}} Oppliger also considered it one of the earliest true fan service anime television series, but he commented that unlike contemporary fan service anime, Yoiko{{'}}s nudity and sex gags were "innocent and humorous, circumstantial rather than provocative like today's "fan service.""{{cite web|last=Oppliger|first=John|title=Ask John: What are the Best Vintage Fan Service Anime?|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2012/08/17/ask-john-what-are-the-best-vintage-fan-service-anime|website=AnimeNation|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314035644/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2012/08/17/ask-john-what-are-the-best-vintage-fan-service-anime|archive-date=March 14, 2013|date=August 17, 2012}}