Tramps Like Us | |
きみはペット (Kimi wa Pet) |
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Genre | Comedy, Romance |
Manga | |
Written by | Yayoi Ogawa |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Josei |
Magazine | Kiss |
Original run | 2000 – 2005 |
Volumes | 14 |
Television drama | |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | April 9, 2003 – June 18, 2003 |
Episodes | 10 |
Tramps Like Us (Japanese: きみはペット Hepburn: Kimi wa Petto?, lit. "You're My Pet") is a Japanese josei manga series by Yayoi Ogawa. It is about Sumire, a young professional woman who takes in a younger man as a pet, and her attempts to keep her coworkers and conventionally perfect boyfriend from finding out about her pet. It also deals with the romantic attraction between Sumire and her pet.
It was serialised by Kodansha and was released in 14 volumes between 2000 and 2005, with an additional side-story volume being released in 2002. The volumes, barring the side-story volume, were published in English and German by Tokyopop, in French by Kurokawa and in Italian by Star Comics. The manga was adapted to a TV drama series that aired in Japan on TBS in 2003, and a South Korean film in 2011. The manga is being adapted to a second, reboot, TV drama series to be aired on Fuji TV in 2017.
Sumire Iwaya (巌谷 澄麗 Iwaya Sumire?), a journalist at a major newspaper, is a career woman in a society that does not handle successful women well. Sumire suffers from depression and anxiety. She also has hobbies that are very un-feminine, such as smoking, being a fan of pro wrestling, K-1, and shōnen anime.