20th, 2015 via Nelke Planning in Tokyo, and ran for ten days until the 30th. Reception Kodocha won the Kodansha Manga Award for best shōjo manga in 1998. Jason Thompson found the manga "joyfully weird [...] with good lines and funny details", calling the art quaint. Holly Kolodziejczak from Animefringe praised the series for its multiple elements such as mystery and romance that form a strong comedy. Additionally, like Thompson, he found the art quality despite the time its age. Dillon Font from the same site called it "very solid part of a manga collection." The reviewer compared it with the anime adaptation "sorely missing the insane quirkiness that Daichi's [the anime's director] direction injected into the anime series" which might leave the manga "dull." Allen Divers from Anime News Network recommended it to readers commenting it is "a solid story about a young girl coming of age that remains entertaining the entire way" The anime adaptation also received the praise with THEM Anime Reviews' Carlos Ross who claimed "the frenzied comedy is the selling point of this anime, and sell it does." Zac Bertschy from Anime News Network praised the characters as likables and also liked the animation and music. Reviewing the series' 10th DVD, Carl Kimlinger from the same website as Bertschy said that while "neither the show nor Sana has slowed a whit in forty episodes" the material not as appealing as previous episodes. References External links NAS webpage 1994 manga 1995 anime OVAs 1996 anime television series debuts Discotek Media Funimation Gallop (studio) Japanese idols in anime and manga J.C.Staff Romantic comedy anime and manga School life in anime and manga Shōjo manga Shueisha franchises Shueisha manga Tokyopop titles TV Tokyo original programming Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo)