Wild Life (manga)

Wild Life (Japanese: ワイルドライフ, Hepburn: Wairudo Raifu) is a Japanese manga series by Masato Fujisaki about a high school juvenile delinquent, Tesshō Iwashiro, working to become a veterinarian. The manga ran from December 2002 to January 2008 in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday. The individual chapters have been collected into a total of 27 tankōbon (bound volumes).

Wild Life
Cover of Wild Life volume 1 as published by Shogakukan
ワイルドライフ
(Wairudo Raifu)
Manga
Written byMasato Fujisaki
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 11, 2002 – January 23, 2008
Volumes27
Television drama
Directed byToru Kawashima, Yukinari Hanawa
Written byTaro Yamada, Toru Kawashima, Yukiko Manabe
StudioAsia Content Center
Original networkNHK
Original run July 31, 2008 – August 1, 2008
Episodes3 (1 unaired)

A live-action version of the series had been scheduled for March 2008. However, NHK announced the cancellation of the drama in January 2008 when a giraffe and her calf suddenly died at the Akita Omoriyama Zoo where it was being filmed. NHK stated later that week that they would air two of the three completed episodes as stand-alone stories.

In 2006, Wild Life received the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.

Plot

Tesshō is your typical high school delinquent with a special skill. He has a perfect pitch. This skill enables him to hear things most people wouldn't. After helping a local vet, Kashiyuu, save a small dog, whom he later names Inu (Japanese for "dog"), Tesshō realizes his calling in life is to become a veterinarian. After passing veterinary school Tesshō finds himself out of a job and out of luck. But due to some connections with an old high school friend, Tesshō is allowed to take the test to enter the famous R.E.D. Vet hospital.

Characters
Tesshō Iwashiro (岩城 鉄生, Iwashiro Tesshō)
A high school delinquent with a perfect pitch. He does not care for his future until he saves a dog and decides he wants to become a vet. He adopts the dog and names it "Inu" (犬). Currently, he is a vet at R.E.D and is in Section 2, meaning he cares for wildlife. Sometimes he is misunderstood as being incompetent because of his blond hair. Thus his nickname is "Blond Haired #1 Idiot Vet in Japan". However, he is a very capable vet and has treated a human in one case. He is also afraid of ghosts.
Mika Senō (瀬能 みか, Senō Mika)
A nurse at R.E.D hospital. She is Tesshō's assistant and accompanies him on worldwide missions. She often thinks that Tesshō is an idiot but respects him very much. It is hinted that she might like him.
Tsukasa Ryōtō (陵刀 司, Ryōtō Tsukasa)
The head of Section 2 who has a sense of absolute insight of animals. Since he was young, he was taken on worldwide trips with his father to gain knowledge and experience to become a vet. Because of this, he can now see through symptoms within seconds. His father is a world-famous vet and is known as "Professor Ryōtō". He wants Tsukasa to become his successor even though Tsukasa wants to stay a vet at R.E.D. His real age is unknown but compared to the recent storyline, he still retains his youthfulness from 20 years ago. He is rumored to be bisexual and appears to like Tesshō. He also has a beautiful grandmother who recently had her 100th birthday but still looks like a 25-year-old. He is shown to be quite lazy as he often tries to avoid large tasks or assignments giving to him.
Hisataka Kurachi (鞍智 久孝, Kurachi Hisataka)
He is a member of Section 2 who had been assigned from Section 3. He graduated from Teito Veterinary College Doctorate Program but he works in R.E.D because of his admiration for Ryōtō and his father. At first, his way of thinking is quite like the "regular vets" who don't work at R.E.D. However, after he is told that Tesshō is more capable than him, he strives to outshine Tesshō and become a better vet. From Tesshō and Ryōtō he learns that a vet also needs to treat the heart and soul of the patient and their owners. From this, he tries hard to smile and care for his patients but ends up scaring them away.

Media

Manga

Wild Life is written and illustrated by Masato Fujisaki. The manga ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from December 11, 2002 to January 23, 2008.[1][2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in twent-seven tankōbon volumes, released from April 18, 2003 to June 18, 2008.[3][4]

Volume list
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 April 18, 2003[3]978-4-09-126421-3
2 June 18, 2003[5]978-4-09-126422-0
3 August 8, 2003[6]978-4-09-126423-7
4 November 18, 2003[7]978-4-09-126424-4
5 January 17, 2004[8]978-4-09-126425-1
6 March 18, 2004[9]978-4-09-126426-8
7 May 18, 2004[10]978-4-09-126427-5
8 September 17, 2004[11]978-4-09-126428-2
9 October 18, 2004[12]978-4-09-126429-9
10 December 17, 2004[13]978-4-09-126430-5
11 March 20, 2005[14]978-4-09-127191-4
12 May 18, 2005[15]978-4-09-127192-1
13 July 15, 2005[16]978-4-09-127192-1
14 September 16, 2005[17]978-4-09-127194-5
15 December 15, 2005[18]978-4-09-127195-2
16 January 18, 2006[19]978-4-09-120049-5
17 April 18, 2006[20]978-4-09-120347-2
18 June 16, 2006[21]978-4-09-120438-7
19 September 15, 2006[22]978-4-09-120626-8
20 December 16, 2006[23]978-4-09-120700-5
21 February 16, 2007[24]978-4-09-121009-8
22 May 18, 2007[25]978-4-09-121060-9
23 August 10, 2007[26]978-4-09-121164-4
24 November 16, 2007[27]978-4-09-121209-2
25 March 18, 2008[28]978-4-09-121299-3
26 April 18, 2008[29]978-4-09-121384-6
27 June 18, 2008[4]978-4-09-121409-6

Drama

A Japanese television drama adaptation of the series had been scheduled for March 2008. However, NHK announced the cancellation of the drama on January 11, 2008 when a giraffe and her calf suddenly died at the Akita Omoriyama Zoo where it was being filmed.[30] NHK stated later that week that they would air two of the three completed episodes as stand-alone stories.[31]

Reception

In 2006, Wild Life received the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.[32]

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