Pick of the Litter | |
![]() Cover of the first volume of the English language release of Pick of the Litter | |
異界繁盛記 ひよこや☆商店 (Ikai Hanjōki - Hiyokoya Shōten) | |
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Genre | Comedy, Supernatural |
Manga | |
Written by | Yuriko Suda |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | Tokyopop |
Magazine | Monthly Asuka |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 2004 – 2007 |
Volumes | 6 |
Pick of the Litter (異界繁盛記 ひよこや☆商店, Ikai Hanjōki – Hiyokoya Shōten, lit. "Spirit World Prosperity Chronicle – Hiyokoya Shop") is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Yuriko Suda that was serialized in Monthly Asuka from 2004 through 2007. The individual chapters were published in six tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa Shoten.
Tokyopop licensed the series for an English language release in North America by Tokyopop in 2007, at first releasing the title solely online before beginning to release it in tankōbon form.[1] After releasing four of the six volumes, Tokyopop canceled its planned release of the fifth volume, but has recently released it in May 2010.[2]
Five years ago, ten-year-old Riku Fukagawa arrived in Tokyo with no memory of his past except for his name. Since then, he has been living a normal life and going to school, while wondering who he really is and if he has any family still looking for him. One day, some strangely dressed characters insist that he is their long-lost relative and drag him to another world called Yamato.
There he discovers that he is "special," and that his family isn't completely human. They have animal like ears, animal tails, and special abilities. He has five older brothers who run a shop named Hiyokoya that sells weird objects like "live soap bubbles" and "tangle octopus." Thus begins Riku's adventure as he tries to study for exams in Japan and work at the Hiyokoya in Yamato at the same time.