Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!

 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kai Ikada. The story follows a Tokyo teenager who moves to Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido and meets a girl unlike any he has ever met before. It has been serialized for free on the "Shōnen Jump+" application and website since September 4, 2019, with the chapters collected and published into 5 "tankōbon" volumes by Shueisha as of April 2, 2021.
Plot summary.
Teenager Tsubasa Shiki moves from Tokyo to the city of Kitami in Hokkaido. On arrival he meets his classmate and native "gal" Minami Fuyuki, who takes a liking to the city boy and takes him under her wing. Finding her unlike any other girl he has met before, Tsubasa finds himself drawn to this Hokkaido "gal".
Production.
"Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!" is written and illustrated by , who is from Kitami where the story takes place. In the original Japanese title, "dosanko" is a nickname for people from Hokkaido, "gyaru" refers to a member of the "gal" subculture, "namara" is a Hokkaido dialect word meaning "very" or "super", and "menkoi" is Hokkaido dialect for "cute" or "adorable." It began as a 19-page one-shot titled that Ikada wrote in five days to represent Hokkaido in the 2018 Jump Scout Caravan Cup. A different one-shot was published in January 2019 as part of a "Shōnen Jump+" New Year event, and was selected to become a serialization due to its popularity.
Speaking of the advantages he now has on the digital "Shōnen Jump+" as opposed to when he worked in printed manga magazines, Ikada said he now has a high degree of freedom and gets a lot of feedback from readers. On the former he explained he has much more freedom as far as serialization frequency, number of pages, genre and methods of expression. As an example of the feedback he receives, he cited how he gained over 36,000 followers on Twitter by October 2020 thanks to "Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!". The series was on hiatus from April to May 2020 due to Ikada's poor health. Originally published weekly, it switched to a biweekly schedule following chapter 49 on February 17, 2021.
Publication.
Written and illustrated by Kai Ikada, "Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!" has been serialized for free on the "Shōnen Jump+" application and website since September 4, 2019. Its chapters have been collected and published into 5 "tankōbon" volumes by Shueisha as of April 2, 2021. A special one-shot of "Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!" was published in "Weekly Shōnen Jump"s first issue of 2021, which was released on December 7, 2020. Shueisha began publishing the series in English for free on the "Manga Plus" app and website on September 1, 2020.
"Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!" is receiving a Vomic adaptation, where voice actors, music and sound effects are heard as the manga images appear on screen. Beginning on January 25, 2021, episodes are uploaded to Jump Comics' official YouTube channel.
Chapters not yet in "tankōbon" format.
These chapters have yet to be published in a "tankōbon" volume. They were serialized on "Shōnen Jump+".
Reception.
By May 2020, "Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!" had sold over 100,000 copies. When the first collected volume was released in December 2019, it immediately received a reprint due to demand. Natalie reported that the first and second volumes were each the best-selling manga at the chain store Comic Zin during their respective first weeks of release.