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第7回（2021年） runner-up grand prize
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第11回（2025年） grand prize
Sora Egumi
そら えぐみ
Sora Egumi
ペンネーム:
Sora Egumi（Pen name used as the author name for manga works）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 不明
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Tokyo, Japan → Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- manga artist, author
- 活動期間
- 2019年〜
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Okinawa Bookstore Award (Okinawa category, Runner-up) | The Girl I Fell for in Okinawa Speaks Too Much Dialect | 沖縄部門 | Okinawa Bookstore Award Committee | 準大賞 |
Okinawa Bookstore Award (Okinawa category, Runner-up)
2021
対象作品:
The Girl I Fell for in Okinawa Speaks Too Much Dialect
部門:
沖縄部門
主催:
Okinawa Bookstore Award Committee
結果:
準大賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Girl I Fell for in Okinawa Speaks Too Much Dialect
2020年 Seinen manga, romantic comedyA youth romantic comedy centered on Teruaki Nakamura, who transfers from Tokyo to Okinawa, Hina Kyan who speaks deep Okinawan dialect, and Kana Higa who acts as interpreter — forming a love triangle woven with Okinawan dialect and local culture vignettes.
love triangleOkinawan culturedialect (Uchinaaguchi)youth
映像化・舞台化
- [TV anime] The Girl I Fell for in Okinawa Speaks Too Much Dialect / 田辺慎吾 (2025)
全著作
- Volume 1 (Shinchosha, Bunch Comics) 2020-07-09 ISBN:978-4-10-772296-6
- Volume 2 (Shinchosha) 2021-02-09 ISBN:978-4-10-772359-8
- Volume 3 (Shinchosha) 2021-08-06 ISBN:978-4-10-772410-6
- Volume 4 (Shinchosha) 2022-01-08 ISBN:978-4-10-772460-1
- Volume 5 (Shinchosha) 2022-06-09 ISBN:978-4-10-772506-6
- Volume 6 (Shinchosha) 2023-01-07 ISBN:978-4-10-772559-2
- Volume 7 (Shinchosha) 2023-07-07 ISBN:978-4-10-772617-9
- Volume 8 (Shinchosha) 2024-02-08 ISBN:978-4-10-772682-7
- Volume 9 (Shinchosha) 2025-01-08 ISBN:978-4-10-772784-8
- Volume 10 (Shinchosha) 2025-05-09 ISBN:978-4-10-772829-6
翻案
- TV anime adaptation (Millepensee, aired 2025)
作風・主題
- 文体
- light, fast-paced comedic stylelocalized depiction emphasizing dialect and regional culture
- 頻出モチーフ
- Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan dialect)Okinawa 'everyday' gagslove trianglecommunity and family ties
評価・遺産
Starting as a social-media comic and growing into a commercial serialization, the work gained popularity—especially among younger readers—for its strong local flavor and character work. By 2025 cumulative print sales surpassed 500,000; the TV anime further raised national recognition.
大衆文化への影響
- Adapted into a TV anime in 2025; media mix includes theme songs, radio show, and hometown tax crowdfunding collaboration.
引用
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A story about falling for a girl in Okinawa whose dialect is so strong I can't understand what she's saying.
出典: Author's Twitter (original post/title) (2019年)
豆知識
- By May 2025 cumulative tankobon circulation exceeded 500,000 copies.
- The author moved to Uruma, Okinawa in 2018 as part of background research for the work.
- The series is commonly abbreviated as "Okitsura."