Tuxedo Gin

Tuxedo Gin
タキシード銀Takishiido Gin
Genre	Action, Comedy, Romance

Tuxedo Gin
type	manga
author	Tokihiko Matsuura
publisher	Shogakukan
publisher_en	Viz Media
demographic	Shōnen
magazine	Shōnen Sunday
first	April 1997
last	February 2000
volumes	15

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Tuxedo Gin (タキシード銀 Takishiido Gin) is a romantic comedy manga series by Tokihiko Matsuura. It was published by Shogakukan in Shōnen Sunday from 1997 to 2000 and collected in 15 bound volumes. It is published North America in English by Viz Communications. The series is about a teenaged boxer named Ginji Kusanagi who is reincarnated as a penguin in order to be close to the girl he likes.

Plot

At the start of the series, Ginji Kusanagi (草薙 銀次 Kusanagi Ginji), a high school student on the verge of making his professional debut as a boxer, is killed in a suspicious motorcycle accident on his way to his first date with Minako Sasebo (佐世保 美奈子 Sasebo Minako), the girl of his dreams. An angel (who is depicted as a Buddhist monk with cherub wings and halo) tells Ginji that because of a celestial mistake, he can be reunited with Minako, but only if he lives out the natural lifespan of another animal, after which he will return to his human body. Remembering Minako's love for penguins, Ginji decides to be reincarnated as an Adelie Penguin, and he hatches from an egg in a Tokyo aquarium.

When Ginji reaches adolescence, he escapes from the aquarium with his penguin friends, only to discover he cannot swim. He washes up in the harbor, where he is discovered than Minako. She takes home and names him Gin-chan (at first thinking this to be an affectionate contraction of his own name, Ginji is crestfallen when Minako reveals that she has selected this name because, in her words, "You're such a cute little pengin! (ペンギン, the Japanese pronunciation of "penguin")".

The series depicts Ginji's life with Minako, where he does his best to protect Minako from any man who tries to go out with her or simply "harm" her. Along the way, Mike and the other penguins from the aquarium help him once in a while and he meets fellow reincarnated humans.

Reception

Tuxedo Gin has been reviewed as having the sort of wacky premise and serious plotlines that make a good romantic comedy, unfortunately being weakened by mediocre characters. Tokihiko Matsuura's art has been praised for clean lines and clear layouts but criticized for its generic character designs.

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Manga

Tuxedo Gin was published by Shogakukan in Shōnen Sunday from April 1997 to February 2000 and collected in 15 tankōbon volumes. It is published North America in English by Viz Communications, with all 15 volumes released, and in Vietnam by TVM Comics.

No.	Japan		North America
	Release date	ISBN	Release date	ISBN
1	September 1997	ISBN 978-4-09-125291-3	August 13, 2003	ISBN 978-1-5911-6071-7
2	December 1997	ISBN 978-4-09-125292-0	October 8, 2003	ISBN 978-1-5911-6072-4
3	February 1998	ISBN 978-4-09-125293-7	December 3, 2003	ISBN 978-1-5911-6102-8
4	April 1998	ISBN 978-4-09-125294-4	February 11, 2004	ISBN 978-1-5911-6131-8
6	June 1998	ISBN 978-4-09-125295-1	March 24, 2004	ISBN 978-1-5911-6255-1
7	November 1998	ISBN 978-4-09-125297-5	August 10, 2004	ISBN 978-1-5911-6456-2
8	February 1999	ISBN 978-4-09-125298-2	October 19, 2004	ISBN 978-1-5911-6489-0
9	April 1999	ISBN 978-4-09-125299-9	December 14, 2004	ISBN 978-1-5911-6585-9
10	June 1999	ISBN 978-4-09-125300-2	February 9, 2005	ISBN 978-1-5911-6695-5
11	August 1999	ISBN 978-4-0912-5301-9	April 19, 2005	ISBN 978-1-5911-6744-0
12	October 1999	ISBN 978-4-0912-5302-6	June 7, 2005	ISBN 978-1-5911-6798-3
13	January 2000	ISBN 978-4-09-125303-3	September 13, 2005	ISBN 978-1-5911-6861-4
14	March 2000	ISBN 978-4-09-125304-0	October 11, 2005	ISBN 978-1-4215-0033-1
15	April 2000	ISBN 978-4-0912-5305-7	December 13, 2005	ISBN 978-1-4215-0133-8

External links

• Viz Media official site
• Tuxedo Gin (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia

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