Papa Told Me

Papa Told Me
パパ トールド ミー (Papa Tōrudo Mī)
Genre	Slice of Life
Manga
Written by	Nanae Haruno
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Josei
Magazine	Young You, Chorus,Cocohana
Original run	June 1987 – present
Volumes	27 (Young You;Young You Comics) + 4(Chorus;Queen's Comics) + 3 (Cocohana;Margaret Comics)
Television drama
Network	NHK
Original run	April 12, 2003 – June 28, 2003
Episodes	12

Papa Told Me (パパ トールド ミー, Papa Tōrudo Mī) is a long-running Japanese josei manga by Nanae Haruno. It was serialized in the manga magazine Young You, published by Shueisha. The chapters were collected into 27 tankōbon. This manga was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1990, and it was also adapted into a live-action series, broadcast by NHK. It was shown from April 12, 2003 to June 28, 2003, for a total of twelve episodes.

Plot

Chise is an elementary school girl who lives with her widowed father, a novelist. Her mother died when she was very young, but she is extremely close to her father. He is the one she loves the most, and because he works as a novelist, he spends most of his time at home, much to the delight of Chise.

External links

• Shueisha's page for Papa Told Me (Japanese)
• NHK's page for the live action drama (Japanese)
• Papa Told Me (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia