Ikoku Nikki
Journal with Witch
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Synonyms: Different Country Diary, Foreign Country Diary
Japanese: 違国日記
English: Journal with Witch
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 11
Chapters: 56
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 8, 2017 to Jun 8, 2023
Genre: Drama Drama
Demographic: Josei Josei
Serialization: Feel Young
Authors: Yamashita, Tomoko (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.291 (scored by 10401,040 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #3632
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3348
Members: 6,211
Favorites: 158

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Synopsis

Thirty-five-year-old novelist Makio Koudai never had a good relationship with her older sister Minori, who always berated her for being different. Due to this, Makio is not stricken with grief upon hearing the news that Minori and her husband die in a car crash. But when Makio is asked to identify their bodies, she runs into her 15-year-old niece, Asa Takumi, whom she has not seen in years.

Struggling to process her parents' death, Makio reassures Asa that her complicated feelings are valid and suggests that the teenager start writing in a diary as a way to cope with the loss. Upon learning that no other relatives wanted to take in Asa, Makio decides to become her guardian despite her lack of experience. In a world full of uncertainty, the novelist and teenager must learn to live with each other while figuring themselves out.

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Ikoku Nikki was nominated for the Manga Taisho award in 2019 and 2020, placing fourth and tenth, respectively. In 2020, it ranked tenth on Kono Manga Sugoi!'s list for female readers.

The series has been published in French as Entre les Lignes by Kana since July 9, 2021; and in Italian by Flashbook since July 14, 2021.

Ikoku Nikki was adapted into a live-action movie in 2024.

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Koudai, Makio
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Takumi, Asa
Takumi, Asa
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Kasamachi, Shingo
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2 Mixed Feelings
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Jan 2, 2021
undead_wanner
Recommended
Preliminary (34/56 eps)
This is my second time reading the manga: the first time was a spontanious and random action, as I found the cover art interesting and decided to give it a go; the second time, which is now, I decided to read it with the intention to give it a honest review.

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"I hated your mother from the bottom of my heart. And I hate the fact that those feelings aren't going to go away even with her dead, so whether you're related to her by blood or not, I don't think I could get any more emotionally attached to you as some random ...
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May 28, 2021
iced_lemon_tea
Recommended
Preliminary (38/56 eps)
Ikoku Nikki is by far the best, the most relatable real life growing up/ slice of life genre manga out there right now.

Characters: Every character has a strong personality, a reason why they are in the story, and the struggles and messages they are meant to convey to the reader. The network of relationships is nicely intertwined, and best of all - the characters have the subtlety and nuance you would find in people in real life, making them easily relatable. One wonders how Yamashita-sensei manages to integrate all of this into the minimalist conversations that happen, and why other mangakas are not doing the ...
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Nov 30, 2023
highlighters_
Mixed Feelings
I honestly really liked this one in the beginning, but after a few chapters it fell off in my opinion. A lot of questions were being raised in the manga and not one of them were properly answered throughout the manga, like literally it lead to nothing and I could not give my own interpretations to the questions or the plot points. I was waiting for some closure to the story but I didn't receive a lot except for one plot point which was concluded properly but it was still a bit predictable as to where it would lead.

And personally, I find the reason ...
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