History Manga / InThisCornerOfTheWorld

A [[https://youtu.be/W07fFVsJ0w4?si=e4XRCB3o8HLvWZeS musical adaptation]] was produced in 2024, composed by Creator/AngelaAki.

A musical adaptation was produced in 2024, composed by Creator/AngelaAki.

''In This Corner of the World'' (この世界の片隅に, ''Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni'') is a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII drama manga written and illustrated by Creator/FumiyoKouno, which was serialized from 2007 to 2009 in the {{seinen}} magazine ''Weekly Manga Action'' and compiled into three volumes. The manga is licensed in English by Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment, who released it as a single-volume omnibus.

''In This Corner of the World'' (この世界の片隅に, ''Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni'') is a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII drama manga written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kouno, which was serialized from 2007 to 2009 in the {{seinen}} magazine ''Weekly Manga Action'' and compiled into three volumes. The manga is licensed in English by Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment, who released it as a single-volume omnibus.

''Manga/TownOfEveningCalmCountryOfCherryBlossoms'' is another manga by Kuono that is also about the impact of World War II on Japan specifically, the Hiroshima bombing.

The manga has received a TV special LiveActionAdaptation in 2011, and an anime film in 2016, the latter of which was helmed by Sunao Katabuchi and produced by Creator/{{MAPPA}}. The 2016 film is famous for having been [[https://www.makuake.com/project/konosekai/ crowdfunded]] and beating ''Anime/YourName'' at the Japan Academy to get Best Animation of the Year. In America, Creator/{{Funimation}} and Creator/ShoutFactory have made an unique deal to become co-distributors of the film. A nine-episode live action television series aired from July to September 2018. An extended version of the 2016 film, titled ''In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World'', adapts more content from the manga and was released in December 2019; this version is notable for being the longest animated movie in the world, at 2 hours and 48 minutes, breaking the record held by ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Final Yamato]]'' since 1983.

!This manga contains examples of the following:

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Due to the war-time rationing and then shortages, along with the stress that comes from the fact the war is closer and closer to her, Suzu's menstrual cycle is completely out of whack and she can't get pregnant.

** Completely averted with Suzu and her in-laws, even if at first it looks they've [[ArrangedMarriage took her in and married her to their son]] solely to have a rent-free maid (since Shusaku's mother San is unable to do the housekeeping by herself due to hurting her leg). They get along perfectly fine and while Suzu does work hard, so does ''everyone else''.

** Completely averted with Suzu and her in-laws, even if at first it looks they've [[ArrangedMarriage took her in and married to their son]] solely to have a rent-free maid. They get along perfectly fine and while Suzu does work hard, so does ''everyone else''.

Suzu Urano lives in the small Japanese town of Eba near Hiroshima, working for a family business that cultivates seaweed and pursuing her love of drawing in her spare time. One day in 1944, when she's 18, Shuusaku Houjou, a young man from the port city of Kure, comes seeking her hand in marriage. She accepts his proposal and moves to Kure to live with him and his family, where she quickly learns to adapt. As World War II continues to turn against UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, however, food rationing and air raids begin, and tragedy strikes. All the while, the clock continues to tick down towards the atomic bombing of Hiroshima...

''In This Corner of the World'' (この世界の片隅に, ''Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni'') is a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII drama manga written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kouno, which was serialized from 2007 to 2009 in the {{seinen}} magazine ''Weekly Manga Action''.