Alternative TitlesEnglish: Suppli Synonyms: Sapuri Japanese: サプリ
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 56
Status: Finished
Published: 2003 to Nov 7, 2009
StatisticsScore: 7.581 (scored by 425 users)
Ranked: #32892
Popularity: #2940
Members: 1,035
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SynopsisMinami Fuji is 27 and works for a advertising agency. Though she puts too much effort into her work, she neglects her love life. A lack of communication and of relations with her boyfriend causes him to leave her. This breakup causes a huge depression in Fuji, one that will make her reconsider her life. To escape from reality, Fuji tries to take refuge in her work. But life is never as easy as we want it to be. When she starts to hang out in the evenings with her colleagues, the young woman will find out that their personalities are marked by the wounds in their life...
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ElenirLachlagos
2 of 11 people found this review helpful
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25 of 56 chapters read
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Minami Fuji is 27 years old and works at an advertisement office. After she splits up with her boyfriend of seven years, she realizes she has always spend her free time with her boyfriend and no one else and thus has no friends.
She tries to concentrate on working hard, and starts spending her free time with her coworkers. She doesn't know how to socialize well, but they take her up into their midst anyway. One of them is romantically interested in her, but Fuji meets a new colleague who has just been transferred and falls for him.
Maybe I like Suppli because I can identify with Fuji. She is so clumsy about her social life and absolutely "un-cute", she's not a very girly or sexy type: "I really do want to be kinder and happier and cuter but something inside of me gets in my way."
Her appearance is practical, made to fit her work life, not made to be attractive, and she has a hard time trying to look more feminine.
Apparently the series depicts the work life in Japan very well, and I have to say I'm glad I don't work there, it seems very stressful. It is interesting to read though, and maybe gives a little insight into a foreign culture and work life at an advertising company.
At the end of every book of the Tokyopop US edition there's one page with explanations and cultural notes - a great idea and very helpful at times.
The drawings take some getting used to, in my opinion. Especially the men look so similar that it's sometimes hard to tell them apart.
Some double pages have a background connecting the panels, raindrops, leaves, starry sky, etc., which creates a really beautiful and dense atmosphere.
Suppli is not my absolutely favourite josei manga, but it's definitely among the top.
It's not one of those "Sex in the city" josei mangas, which are practically shoujo with sex added, with the same annoying, useless female lead characters. So if you like those, this one is probably not for you.
Suppli concentrates a lot on life as a working woman; there's romance and drama, but there's also set-backs at work to deal with. read more
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In both Suppli and Nana main characters are young women that try to be independent and strong, have complicated relationships with both their lovers and friends
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Suppli and Tramps start out practically identically: working women in their 20's break-up with partners they'd been together with for many years and, after dedicating so much to work, struggle to come to terms with dealing with the romantic drama that ensues.
Tramps is the more comedic of the two, and the focus is mostly on Sumire dealing with her ladyboy-pet outside of work. Suppli, however, has no ladyboy-pets, and a lot of attention is paid to Fuji's working life; gender equality issues and work-related stress getting covered in a lot more detail.
If you're just looking for a story with an adult, mature working woman, then both will do it for you. But Suppli is definitely aimed at those looking more for drama with a serious edge. If you're looking to get off over the idea of living with an obedient ladyboy, then Suppli isn't for you.
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