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      • Lovely Muco (Japanese: いとしのムーコ, Hepburn: Itoshi no Mūko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takayuki Mizushina. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from April 2011 to September 2020, with its chapters collected in 17 tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of Muco, the Shiba Inu of glassblower Komatsu-san.


      Characters


      Muco (ムーコ, Mūko)
      Voiced by: Hitomi Yoshida
      The shiba-inu pet of Komatsu.
      Komatsu-san (こまつさん)
      Voiced by: Shinichi Tanioka (Lovely Movie) / Satoshi Hino (TV anime)
      A glassblower.
      Ushikou-san (うしこうさん)
      Voiced by: Mizuki Sano (Lovely Movie) / Junji Majima (TV anime)
      A bar patron and friend of Komatsu.
      Bōda-san (棒田さん)
      Voiced by: Taisei Kurata (Lovely Movie) / Keiji Fujiwara (TV anime)
      A local barkeep.
      Rena-chan (玲奈ちゃん)
      Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka
      Bouda's daughter.
      Shinohara-san (篠原さん)
      Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka
      Love interest.
      Dr. Mutō (Veterinary) (むとう先生（獣医さん）, Mutō-sensei (Jūui-san))
      Voiced by: Kazuhiro Watanabe (Lovely Movie) / Hiroki Takahashi (TV anime)
      Tamaki-kun (タマキくん)
      Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi (TV anime)


      Media




      = Manga

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      Written and illustrated by Takayuki Mizushina, Lovely Muco was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from 12 April 2011 to 23 September 2020. Kodansha collected its chapters in 17 tankōbon volumes, released from 23 April 2012 to 23 November 2020.
      At Anime Expo 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for English publication.
      A sequel manga, titled Daisuki! Itoshi no Muco, began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days website began serialization on 10 September 2023.


      Volumes




      = Anime

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      In 2013 and 2014, a short anime based on the manga by Doga Kobo was used as interstitials on the Fuji TV programme Non-Stop!. A separate anime series started airing on 3 October 2015.


      Reception


      Lovely Muco ranked sixth on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2013" poll by Honya Club online bookstore.


      References




      External links


      Official manga website at Evening (in Japanese)
      Official anime website(in Japanese)
      Takayuki Mizushina's official website (in Japanese)
      Lovely Muco (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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