Chibisan Date is a manga series that began serialization in Comic Birz in April 2009, before going on hiatus in late 2010. It resumed serialized beginning with October 2011 issue of Comic Spica until its completion in the April 2013 issue. It follows a young Japanese artist named Seiji Chiga during his time in Nantucket during the 1960s, as well as his encounters with other artists and residents of the island.
For more information, visit the Chibisan Date Wiki.
Please support this series by purchasing the original published manga:
- Volume 1: Amazon Japan · CDJapan · HMV Japan · YesAsia
- Volume 2: Amazon Japan · CDJapan · HMV Japan · YesAsia
- Volume 3: Amazon Japan · CDJapan · HMV Japan · YesAsia
- Volume 4: Amazon Japan · CDJapan · HMV Japan · YesAsia
- Omnibus 1 (Vol. 1 – 2): Amazon Japan · CDJapan · HMV Japan · YesAsia
- Omnibus 2 (Vol. 3 – 4): Amazon Japan · CDJapan · HMV Japan · YesAsia
| Official Website | ちびさんデイト |
| Chibisan Character Introduction | ちびさんの登場人物紹介 |
| Comic Birz Work Introduction | BiRZ 作品紹介 |
Webcomic Chapter
| Strip | Characters |
|---|---|
| "Questionably Cloudy. Chibisan Came Home with a Strange Picture Book." | Rani Sujanta Sachdeva, Charlie, Jenny, Robert Wedgewood, Chibisan |
Volume 1
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| Strip | Characters |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1: "Clear. Some of the Babena in the Garden have Flowered." | Chiga Seiji, Reinhard Fischer, Chibisan, Suehiro, Candy Baker, Margaret Baker Rani Sujanta Sachdeva, Robert Wedgewood, Fischer's Father |
| Chapter 2: "Clear. I Stocked Up on Paints While I was Out." | Reinhard Fischer, Chiga Seiji, Suehiro, Honorat Chibisan |
| Chapter 3: "Today I Made Cookies and Tried My Hardest. Just One More." | Candy Baker, Margaret Baker, Chiga Seiji Candy and Margaret's Father |
| extra. 1 | Chiga Seiji, Reinhard Fischer |
| Chapter 4: "Clear. The Plovers Built a Nest." | Chiga Seiji, Yuriko, Suehiro, Chibisan, Yuuji, Reinhard Fischer Seiji's Classmates |
| Chapter 5: "Cloudy. I'm Embarrassed. I Want to Hide Somewhere." | Chiga Seiji, Candy Baker, Suehiro Candy's Friends |
| Chapter 6: "Clear with Occasional Rain. I Want to Believe in Myself." | Reinhard Fischer, Chiga Seiji Seiji's Senpai, The Orchestra Violinist, Chibisan |
| Chapter 7: "The Story of the Day I Arrived." | Suehiro, Chiga Seiji, Altan, Dawit, Utasaka Shopkeeper, Seiji's Mother |
| extra. 2 | Chibisan, Chiga Seiji, Candy Baker, Margaret Baker, Reinhard Fischer |
| A Look at the World of Chibisan Date ~Changing to an Afterword~ | Chiga Seiji, Chibisan, Suehiro, Reinhard Fischer, Margaret Baker, Candy Baker |
Volume 2
Note: To gain access, enter the last name of the character who plays the violin (case sensitive).
| Strip | Characters |
|---|---|
| Chapter 8: "A Day Different from the Usual." | Chiga Seiji, Crumb, Altan, Dawit, Chibisan, Suehiro Seiji's Senpai, Ferry Passengers |
| Chapter 9: "I Saw the Traveling Moon, a Happy Rabbit." | Chiga Seiji, Crumb Chibisan |
| Chapter 10: "What Kind of Person is a Mysterious Person?" | Chibisan, Chiga Seiji, Crumb Margaret Baker |
| extra. 3 | Crumb's Editor, Crumb, Jenny Crumb's Father |
| extra. 4 | Jenny, Rani Sujanta Sachdeva, Robert Wedgewood, Strange People |
| Chapter 11: "Sleepless Day. What to do about my Sketchbook?" | Crumb, Dawit, Altan, Chiga Seiji, Chibisan, Suehiro Seiji's Teachers |
| Chapter 12: "Clear then Cloudy. I found it somewhat frustrating." | Chiga Seiji, Crumb, Chibisan |
| Chapter 13: "Clear. I gathered my courage and took a step." | Margaret Baker, Candy Baker, Chiga Seiji, Reinhard Fischer, Crumb Chibisan, Suehiro |
| extra. 5 | |
| Chibisan Date’s Nantucket Travel Journal | |
| Extras and Afterword |
Volume 3
| Strip | Characters |
|---|---|
| Chapter 14 | |
| extra. 6 | |
| extra. 7 | |
| Chapter 15 | |
| extra. 8 | |
| Chapter 16 | |
| Chapter 17 | |
| extra. 9 |
Volume 4
| Strip | Characters |
|---|---|
| Chapter 18 | |
| Chapter 19 | |
| Chapter 20 | |
| Chapter 21 | |
| Chapter 22 | |
| Final Chapter | |
| Special |