Saint☆Oniisan
Saint☆Young Men
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Synonyms: Saint Young Men
Japanese: 聖☆おにいさん
English: Saint☆Young Men
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Aug 10, 2006 to ?
Genres: Award Winning Award Winning, Comedy Comedy, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Morning Two
Authors: Nakamura, Hikaru (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.841 (scored by 61516,151 users)
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Ranked: #11652
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #675
Members: 27,849
Favorites: 476

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Saint☆Oniisan is slice-of-life or divine-life, tale of Jesus and Buddha as they try to experience the modern world, in this case, Japan. The manga places a funny twist on religion, attitudes, culture and customs in Japan through the eyes of Jesus and Buddha.

You see Jesus and Buddha experiencing Asakusa, public baths, theme parks, and the internet. Throughout the manga, we get a little history of their divine greatness only to see their apparent insignificance in modern Japanese society. Suffice to say, before people can recognize that they're actually Jesus and Buddha, people think of them as someone who looks like Johnny Depp or a guy with a button on his forehead. For real.

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In 2009, Saint☆Oniisan won the Tezuka Osamu Award for Short Work Manga and was nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award.

The series has been published digitally in English as Saint☆Young Men by Kodansha USA since April 23, 2019, and in print as 2-in-1 omnibus volumes since December 17, 2019.
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Ryuuji
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Mara
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Matsuda, Sachiyo
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Mar 13, 2024
Tomatogal
Recommended
Preliminary (10/? eps)
So, Jesus and Buddha move into an apartment together-
........ (You're still with me? Okay good. (*・ω・)ﾉ )
- After coming down from the heavens and to Tokyo for a vacation as tourists. That is the premise. That's it.

Is it ridiculous: Yes.
Is is potentially offensive: .....I dunno? I'm actually not religious so...┐(￣ヮ￣)┌
Is is surprisingly wholesome: Absolutely.

Jesus is a bro, and befriends people of all types wherever he goes. Buddha can find ways to become enlightened in even the most comical of circumstances. Together they have the best chemistry and get up to all sorts of wacky shenanigans. Not only ...
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Aug 7, 2020
iHitokage
Recommended
Preliminary (6/? eps)
This spoilerless review comes from someone who in most cases prefers anime and doesn't enjoy manga in general. I have watched the short anime of Saint Oniisan and few years later decided to give the manga a chance. This is the only manga that I really love and enjoy reading!

I don't agree with opinions that this manga is not for religious people. I was raised as a Catholic and I am also interested in Buddhism and other religions. To me this manga almost belongs to spiritual literature. You can really appreciate and enjoy all the jokes in there when you are familiar with the biographies ...
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Aug 18, 2010
Hyoukami
Recommended
Preliminary (Unknown/? eps)
I'm not a religious person, but I had learned Buddhism and Christianity. I think I can really enjoy the gag because I can see from both point of view.
This series use gag by secretly use "miracle" that comes from both religion that maybe unnoticed by another one, and in unpredictable way(like when the cat comes to them when Jesus unintentionally say that they're lack of food---taken from Jataka tales, but it should be rabbit though).
I think this story flow naturally and ridiculously funny, but it can be offend some fanatic believer.
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