Excuse Me Dentist, It's Touching Me!

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Excuse Me Dentist, It's Touching Me!
First volume cover, featuring Tomori Shirayuki (left) and Takuma Kurosumi
歯医者さん、あタってます!
(Haisha-san, Atattemasu!)
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written bySho Yamazaki
Published by
Jump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 16, 2020January 21, 2023
Volumes8
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Excuse Me Dentist, It's Touching Me![Jp. 1] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sho Yamazaki. It was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website from May 2020 to January 2023, with its chapters collected into eight tankōbon volumes.

Premise

The series focuses on Takuma Kurosumi, the member of a yakuza group who falls in love with the dentist Tomori Shirayuki during an appointment under the belief that Tomori is a woman; in reality, he is a cross-dressing man of a rival yakuza group.[2]

Production

In 2019, Sho Yamazaki published a

trend, exceeding 2.6 million views and becoming the most viewed one-shot work by Shōnen Jump+ in history.[3] Due to the popularity of the one-shot, Yamazaki decided to adapt it as a full-length serialization on Shōnen Jump+.[4]

Publication

Written and illustrated by Sho Yamazaki, Excuse Me Dentist, It's Touching Me! was serialized on Shueisha's online magazine Shōnen Jump+ from May 16, 2020,[5] to January 21, 2023.[6][7] Shueisha collected its chapters in eight tankōbon volumes, released from October 2, 2020, to March 3, 2023.[8][9]

The series is also released in English simultaneously with its Japanese release through Shueisha's Manga Plus service.[10]

Volumes

No. Release date ISBN
1 October 2, 2020[11]978-4-08-882460-4
2 February 4, 2021[12]978-4-08-882571-7
3 July 2, 2021[13]978-4-08-882667-7
4 November 4, 2021[14]978-4-08-882802-2
5 March 4, 2022[15]978-4-08-883041-4
6 July 4, 2022[16]978-4-08-883155-8
7 December 2, 2022[17]978-4-08-883358-3
8 March 3, 2023[9]978-4-08-883478-8

Reception

By February 2021, the manga had over 3 million views on the Shōnen Jump+ platform.[18] By July 2021, it had over 100.000 copies in circulation.[13]

The series won the grand prize at the first EbookJapan Manga Award in 2021.[19]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: 歯医者さん、あタってます!, Hepburn: Haisha-san, Atattemasu!

References

  1. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 30, 2020. Archived
    from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  2. Nicovideo (in Japanese). Niconico. October 2, 2020. Archived
    from the original on August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  3. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 16, 2020. Archived
    from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  4. Mantan Web (in Japanese). May 16, 2020. Archived
    from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  5. @nifty (in Japanese). Nifty Corporation. October 2, 2020. Archived
    from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  6. ^ Hazra, Adriana (January 10, 2023). "'Excuse Me Dentist, It's Touching Me' Manga Ends in Next Chapter". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  7. ^ [68話]歯医者さん、あタってます!. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on January 21, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  8. Mantan Web (in Japanese). September 30, 2020. Archived
    from the original on August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  9. ^ a b 歯医者さん、あタってます! 8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. March 3, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  10. ^ Hazra, Adriana (August 30, 2020). "Manga Plus Adds 'Excuse me dentist, it's touching me!' Manga in English". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  11. ^ 歯医者さん、あタってます! 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  12. ^ 歯医者さん、あタってます! 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  13. ^ a b 歯医者さん、あタってます! 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  14. ^ 歯医者さん、あタってます! 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  15. ^ 歯医者さん、あタってます! 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  16. ^ 歯医者さん、あタってます! 6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on April 24, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  17. ^ 歯医者さん、あタってます! 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. December 2, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  18. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 4, 2021. Archived
    from the original on September 25, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  19. ^ 第1回ebookjapanマンガ大賞受賞作が決定! (Press release) (in Japanese). Line Digital Frontier. March 1, 2021. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2025 – via PR Times.