JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari

JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari (JJM 女子柔道部物語, lit. 'Women's Judo Club Story') is a Japanese manga series created by Makoto Kobayashi and Olympic gold medalist judoka Yuko Emoto. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from August 2016 until February 2023, when the magazine ceased its publication, and the series moved to the Comic Days app in April of the same year.

Publication

Written by Yuko Emoto, 1996 Atlanta Olympic Women's Judo-61 kg gold medalist, with Makoto Kobayashi in charge of dramatization, composition, and illustration, JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari started in Kodansha's Evening on August 9, 2016. It was originally conceptualized as a "what if" story depicting what would happen if the protagonist of Kobayashi's Judo-bu Monogatari was a woman. Evening ceased its publication on February 28, 2023, and the series moved to Kodansha's Comic Days app on April 30 of the same year. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on December 22, 2016. As of August 23, 2023, 15 volumes have been released.

Volumes

Reception

By December 2020, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.

References

Further reading

• ＪＪＭ 女子柔道部物語 ［原作］恵本裕子 ［脚色・構成・作画］小林まこと. book.asahi.com (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. December 21, 2016. Archived from the original on July 10, 2017.
• Sekiguchi, Yuichi (May 12, 2020). 日本女子柔道初の金メダリストが、小林まことに再びペンを持たせたーー『JJM 女子柔道部物語』が描く、恵本裕子の人生. Real Sound (in Japanese).
• Kozue, Aou (January 30, 2022). 期待以上に面白い『JJM 女子柔道部物語』 金メダリストの実体験を基にした“サビ始まり”のストーリー. Real Sound (in Japanese).

External links

• Official website at Evening (in Japanese)
• Official website at Comic Days (in Japanese)
• JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia