Suppli
Suppli is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mari Okazaki. It was published by Shodensha's josei manga magazine Feel Young from October 8, 2003, to November 7, 2009; a sidestory also ran in the magazine in 2010. It has been collected in seven volumes so far, and was published in English by Tokyopop who released five volumes in English. Suppli was adapted into a Japanese drama series which aired in Japan on Fuji TV in summer 2006. It stars Misaki Itō, Kazuya Kamenashi, Eita, and Miho Shiraishi.
Minami is a 27-year-old female office worker in an advertisement agency. Though she has a boyfriend, she spends the majority of her time working and appears to feel ambivalent about the relationship at best. When the boyfriend finally breaks up with her, it's the push she needs to start a social life with her co-workers. In-office romances soon follow. Much of the story is told through Minami's thoughts, which are full of self-doubt.
Cast
- Minami Fuji – Misaki Itoh
- Yuya Ishida – Kazuya Kamenashi
- Satoshi Ogiwara – Eita
- Yoko Yugi – Miho Shiraishi
- Kunio Sakuragi – Kazuyuki Aijima
- Yuri Watanabe – Reina Asami
- Yoshihide Matsui – Akimasa Haraguchi
- Keisuke Mita – Shigeyuki Sato
- Natsuki Konno – Mirai Shida
- Mizuho Tanaka – Ryo
- Kyotaro Imaoka – Kōichi Satō
Minor cast
- Konishiki in episode 1
- Nozomi Saito – Naomi Akimoto in episode 2
- Masako Umemiya in episode 4
- Shin Yanase – Mantaro Koichi in episode 5
- Mika Kazuki – Sayo Aizawa in episode 5
- Yumiko Hirano – Megumi Yokoyama in episode 7
- Isao Yatsu in episode 8
- Shinshou Nakamaru in episode 10
- Kei Sunaga in episode 10
- Seiji Rokkaku ''in episode 11''
Reception