Paripi Koumei

Ya Boy Kongming! (Japanese: パリピ孔明, Hepburn: Paripi Kōmei, lit. "Kongming of the Party People") is a Japanese manga series written by Yuto Yotsuba and illustrated by Ryō Ogawa. The series was serialized on Kodansha's Comic Days website from December 2019 to November 2021 and later in Weekly Young Magazine. It has been collected in 14 tankōbon volumes as of July 2023. Set in the Shibuya special ward in Tokyo, the series centers on Zhuge Liang, who is transported from ancient China to modern Japan, and uses military tactics to transform his new friend, Eiko Tsukimi, into a music star.

An anime television series adaptation produced by P.A. Works was streamed from March to June 2022 and aired on television from April to June of the same year. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series outside of Japan and streamed it on its Hidive platform.

A live-action television drama is set to premiere in Q4 2023.

Synopsis
General of the Three Kingdoms, Kongming had struggled his whole life, facing countless battles that made him into the accomplished strategist he was. So on his deathbed, he wished only to be reborn into a peaceful world...and was sent straight to modern-day party-central, Tokyo! Can even a brilliant strategist like Kongming adapt to the wild beats and even wilder party people?!

(Source: Kodansha USA)

Manga
Ya Boy Kongming!, written and illustrated by Yuto Yotsuba and illustrated by Ryō Ogawa, was serialized in Kodansha's Comic Days online platform from December 31, 2019, to November 16, 2021. The series was transferred to Weekly Young Magazine starting on November 22, 2021. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 8, 2020. As of July 6, 2023, fourteen volumes have been released.

The manga has been licensed for English digital release in North America by Kodansha USA, with the first volume released on June 1, 2021.

TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation by P.A. Works was announced in November 2021. The series was directed by Shū Honma, with Yōko Yonaiyama overseeing series' scripts, Kanami Sekiguchi designing the characters, and Genki Hikota composing the music. It was streamed on Abema and other platforms from March 31 to June 16, 2022, and aired on Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS NTV from April 5 to June 21 of the same year. The opening theme song is "Chikichiki Banban" (チキチキバンバン, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang") by the music unit QUEENDOM, while the ending theme song is "Kibun Jōjō ↑↑" (気分上々↑↑, "Feeling Good ↑↑") by Eiko Starring 96Neko. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series outside of Asia. At their Otakon panel in July 2022, Sentai Filmworks announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered on September 23, 2022.

Reception
The series won the Next Manga Award's U-NEXT award in the web category in 2020. The series ranked 9th on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021" by the Honya Club website. As of October 2022, the manga had over 1.2 million copies in circulation.

Trivia
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