Shirley
Manga
シャーリー 2003/02/24
Character count24,697
Word count9,944
Unique words2,202
Words (1-occurrence)1,357
Unique kanji805
Kanji (1-occurrence)280
Difficulty beta Easy
Volumes2

Yet another maid-tastic manga from Kaoru Mori, "Shirley" is an evocative glimpse into the daily life of winsome, 13-year-old Shirley, a maid in turn-of-the-century England. Volume 1 includes two other short stories: 1. An Afternoon with Nelly and Me 2. Mary Banks "Mary Banks" tells about a maid with a Master who loved playing pranks on his servants. Frogs, spraying them with water, trip ropes and other forms of foolishness were all she could look forward to any day. But when her employer passes away unexpectedly, what will happen to Mary Banks? Shirley or Shirley Medison/Madison? Shirley and the oneshots in volume 1 were first published as fanzine (doujinshi) around 2000-2001, at that time the title was "Shirley Medison". In 2003 the first volume was released by Enterbrain publisher as just "Shirley", CMX later translated her name as "Shirley Madison". In 2006, the author decided to continue her work with Shirley and released two chapters under the title "Shirley Medison", these were followed by 2 more in 2010, then another 2 in 2013 and again 2 in 2014. Finally in 2014 all previous "Shirley Medison" chapters were released in "Shirley" volume 2.

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Volume 1
Character count13,118
Word count5,368
Unique words1,567
Words (1-occurrence)932
Unique kanji627
Kanji (1-occurrence)263
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 2
Character count11,579
Word count4,576
Unique words1,393
Words (1-occurrence)850
Unique kanji576
Kanji (1-occurrence)258
Difficulty beta Easy