[Cumulatively sold over 1 million copies] Mizuki Tsujimura’s “Arrogant and Good” movie release commemoration! Now available at bookstores with a limited number of original cards / Now available with a band using the main visual of the movie released on Friday, September 27th *Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co., Ltd.*
Press release: August 13, 2024
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[Cumulatively sold over 1 million copies] Mizuki Tsujimura’s “Arrogant and Good” movie release commemoration! Now available at bookstores with a limited number of original cards / Now available with a band using the main visual of the movie released on Friday, September 27th Published to commemorate the 15th anniversary of his career as a writer, the cumulative circulation has finally exceeded 1 million copies* Tsujimura Mitsuki’s masterpiece love mystery “Arrogance and Goodness”*
(Asahi Bunko/September 2022). This time, we are opening a bookstore with an original double-sided card to commemorate the movie’s release* has started. The movie will star Taisuke Fujigaya and Nao, and will be released nationwide on Friday, September 27, 2024. *
Since the number of cards is limited, please purchase them at the bookstore as soon as possible*.
Mizuki Tsujimura’s masterpiece love mystery, “Arrogance and Goodness,” was published as a commemorative work for the 15th anniversary of her career as a writer, and has sold over 1 million copies.
Based on sales for the most recent year (September 2022 to August 2023) since the release of the paperback version in September 2022, all six chains of Kinokuniya Bookstore, Sanseido Bookstore, Maruzen Junkudo Bookstore, TSUTAYA, Kumazawa Bookstore, and Bunkyodo, #1 in the paperback genre. According to research by Junkudo Shoten Ikebukuro Main Store, it was ranked number one in sales in the
literary/paperback new book genre, becoming the best-selling literary book in 2023, and dominating the bestseller rankings. This September, the first volume of the comic adaptation by Kaori Tsuruya of “Metamorphosis no Engawa” will be released, and it is attracting more and more attention.
This work has also been decided to be made into a movie. Starring Taisuke Fujigaya and Nao, it will be released nationwide on Friday, September 27, 2024.
To commemorate the movie’s release, more than 1,800 bookstores nationwide have begun selling the paperback version with a limited number of original double-sided cards.
The card features white and pink geranium flowers on each side. The meaning of geranium flowers changes depending on the color. Please enjoy the movie and learn about its meaning.
*Distribution will end as soon as the card stock runs out.
* [Synopsis of the work] *
His fiance, Mami Sakaniwa, suddenly disappeared. In order to find her whereabouts, Kasa Nishizawa will have to face her “past.” Why did she disappear? The roots of the difficulty of living in modern society are emerging. A love mystery masterpiece that has received overwhelming support. 《Commentary by Ryo Asai》
* [Author Profile] *
He made his debut in 2004 by winning the 31st Mephisto Award for “Time Stops in the Cold School Building.” In 2011, he won the 32nd Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Award for New Writers for Tsunagu, the 147th Naoki Award for Dreaming Without a Key in 2012, and the 15th Bookstore Award for Kagami no Solitary Castle in 2018. His books include “Zero, Hachi, Zero, Nana. ” “The Island is with Us” “Haken Anime! ”, “Run with the Blue Sky”, “Amber Summer”, “Auror”, “Liar Jenga”, “Look at the Stars of This Summer”, “Your Words” and many more.
*Please also take a look at the special site for Mitsuki Tsujimura’s “Pride and Goodness”*.
https://publications.asahi.com/gouman/
*Official movie site*
https://gomantozenryo.asmik-ace.co.jp/
* Movie official SNS *
X: https://twitter.com/goman_zenryo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goman_zenryo/
*Click here for comicalization by Kaori Tsuruya*
https://webtripper.jp/m/mdf185579bb2a
* “Arrogance and Goodness” (Asahi Bunko) *
Release date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
List price: 891 yen (810 yen + tax 10%)
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4022650591