Shirley

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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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Genres
Drama Historical Slice of Life
Activities
Working Daily Life Cleaning
Locations
England Foreign
Relationship
Friendship Guardian Relationship Important Non-Romantic Relationship
Themes
Slice of Life Iyashikei
Time Period > Period Piece
Late Modern & Contemporary 20th Century
Occupations
Maids
Work Info > Art Style
Elaborate Realistic
Settings
Urban
Audience Demographics > Male Oriented
Male Demographic with Female Author Male Demographic with Female Lead Seinen
Character Types
Female Lead Cast Primarily Female Cast
Female Lead
Independent Female Lead Young Female Lead