Maiko Sanchi no Makanaisan 23 (Shonen Sunday Comics Special)

[Machine Translation] Another story spun by a young girl, Kiyo, who lives as a kitchen maid in a yakata in the center of Kyoto's Hanamachi district, is the main character in this warm-hearted story of the backstage of a glamorous Hanamachi district. Kiyo, Sumire, and the maiko (apprentice maiko) are living in the yakata (house) "Ichi" today. Momoko, the reliable older woman, and her mother support them. They are now adults who look after everyone, but when they were still "Azusa" and "Yuko," they were longing to become maiko and started running together. In this volume 23, another story that was surely spun in this place in the past opens.

紡がれる、もう一つの物語京都のど真ん中、花街にある屋形でまかないさんとして暮らす少女キヨを主人公に、華やかな花街の舞台裏、普通の日のごはんを通して、温かな人間模様が描かれるお台所物語。屋形「市」では今日も、キヨやすみれ、舞妓さんたちが元気に暮らしています。そんなみんなを支えるおかあさん、そして頼れる先輩・百子さん。今では大人として皆を見守る2人が、まだ「あずさ」と「夕子」だった頃――舞妓さんに憧れて、一緒に走り出した同期の姿がそこにはありました。この場所で、かつて確かに紡がれた、もう一つの物語が幕を開ける23巻です。