# Ten de Shōwaru Cupid

Ten de Shōwaru Cupid (てんで性悪キューピッド, Ten de Shōwaru Kyūpiddo, lit. "An Ill-tempered Cupid in Heaven") is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It was serialized in the Shueisha magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1989 to 1990. Togashi is best known from his later works YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter, also serialized in the same publication.

## Plot

The storyline of Ten de Shōwaru Cupid follows Ryuji Koinobori (鯉昇 竜次), a sweet and introverted 15-year-old who lives with his four stepsisters and their father, the leader of the Koinobori yakuza and promiscuous playboy by heritage, just like his own father, grandfather, and so on. Ryuji's family has a tendency to make fun of his innocent nature, causing the boy to continuously try to run away from home. After escaping one day, Ryuji witnesses a beautiful girl with a devil tail bathing in a forest pool. Embarrassed, Ryuji returns to his home only to be confronted by girl the following day. As it turns out, this devil girl named Maria was hired by Ryuji's father to live with them in order to teach his son "the pleasures of the flesh" and make him follow in the family's perverted footsteps.

## Production

Ten de Shōwaru Cupid was the first of manga by author Yoshihiro Togashi serialized in the Shueisha magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. A few years prior to conceiving it, Togashi had created several one shots featured in the same magazine. Togashi produced manuscripts for Ten de Shōwaru Cupid within his Tokyo apartment when it started serialization during the summer of 1989. He began hiring assistants after the first few chapters of the manga's run. Togashi used his weekly messages to fans to recruit assistants by encouraging readers to send in their best work to his Shuiesha editor Toshinaga Takahashi. Togashi's younger brother, another prospective mangaka, would also help out occasionally. Towards the finale of its serialization, Togashi realized that there would not be enough chapters to fill the fourth and final tankōbon volume of manga and that it would be 50 to 100 pages too short. To remedy this, Shueisha included two of his earlier works: Sensē wa Toshishita!! and Jura no Miduki. In the last volume, Togashi also addressed plot holes, such as Ryuyi's middle school age or the fate of the characters Kakisugi and Kitou, by telling fans not to read too deeply into the story.
Years after its conclusion, Togashi has admitted he considers Ten de Shōwaru Cupid a failure and that writing romantic comedy was beyond his capabilities. Having been given an opportunity to serialize his first major work within such a prominent publication, he was embarrassed that he found it so extremely difficult to produce it week after week. In addition, he felt intimidated by many of his more popular contemporaries within Weekly Shōnen Jump and that he was struggling to compete for the reader poll votes necessary to keep the series afloat. He eventually lost his desire to continue Ten de Shōwaru Cupid. After ending it in early 1990, Togashi was anxious and excited to begin working on another manga that better expressed his own interests. This came in the form of the supernatural, fighting manga series Yu Yu Hakusho, which began its serialization late that same year.

## Publication

Ten de Shōwaru Cupid was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from its 32nd issue in 1989 to its 13th issue in 1990. The chapters were collected into four tankōbon volumes between January and November 1990. A wide-ban re-release was published in three volumes from March 18 to May 19, 1994. Finally, a bunkoban (pocket) version was published in two volumes on November 15, 2002.

### Chapter list

| No. | Title | Release date | ISBN |
| 1 | "A Naked Demon!" (ハダカの悪魔！, Hadaka no Akuma!) | January 1990 | 978-4088716718 |
| 01. "A Naked Demon!" (ハダカの悪魔！, Hadaka no Akuma!) 02. "An Old Man, Lady!" (オヤジの女！, Oyaji no On'na!) 03. "The Wonderful Date!" (素敵なデート！, Sutekina dēto!) 04. "Dangerous Buttocks!" (危険なオシリ！, Kiken'na Oshiri!) 05. "Crime and Punishment!" (罪と罰！, Tsumitobachi!) 06. "The Night I Was Bewitched!" (魅せられた夜！, Miserare ta Yoru!) 07. "The Beach is Paradise!" (渚はパラダイス！, Nagisa wa Paradaisu!) 08. "After 6 Years...!" (6年たったら…！, 6-Nen Tattara…!) 09. "After 6 Years...!" (6年たったら…！, 6-Nen Tattara…!) ||||
| 2 | "The Lady of Fascination!" (魅惑の淑女！, Miwaku no Shukujo!) | April 1990 | 978-4088716725 |
| 10. "Temptation of an Angel!" (天使の誘惑！, Tenshi no Yūwaku!) 11. "Bow and Arrow of an Angel!" (天使の弓矢！, Tenshi no Yumiya!) 12. "Sweet Memory!" (甘い記憶！, Amai Kioku!) 13. "Random Cuisine!" (料理はおまかせ！, Ryōri wa Omakase!) 14. "Sports Day of the Storm!" (嵐の運動会！, Arashi no Undōkai!) 15. "Peeping is Useless!" (のぞきはダメよ！, Nozoki wa Dameyo!) 16. "Dream of Invitation!" (夢の招待状！, Yume no Jōtaijō!) 17. "Maria's Desperate Situation!" (まりあ絶体絶命！, Maria Zettaizetsumei!) 18. "The Lady of Fascination!" (魅惑の淑女！, Miwaku no Shukujo!) ||||
| 3 | "Wish Upon a Star!" (星に願いを！, Hoshi Ni Negai Wo) | July 1990 | 978-4088716732 |
| 19. "I Want Blood!" (血が欲しい！, Chi ga Hoshī!) 20. "Sleepless Room!" (眠れない部屋！, Nemurenai Heya!) 21. "Lover of Illusion!" (幻の恋人！, Maboroshi no Koibito!) 22. "Forbidden Love!" (禁断の恋！, Kindan no Koi!) 23. "White Blossom Shower!" (白い花吹雪！, Shiroi Hanafubuki!) 24. "Muzzled Strategy!" (口止め大作戦！, Kuchidome Dai Sakusen!) 25. "The Worst Day!" (最悪の日！, Saiaku no Hi!) 26. "Karuta Tournament of Fear!" (恐怖のカルタ大会！, Kyōfu no Karuta Taikai!) 27. "Wish Upon a Star!" (星に願いを！, Hoshi Ni Negai Wo!) ||||
| 4 | "And Again!" (そして再び！, Soshite Futatabi!) | November 1990 | 978-4088716749 |
| 28. "Stray Cat Extravaganza!" (捨て猫狂想曲！, Sute Neko Kyōsōkyoku!) 29. "Demon World Lover!" (魔界の恋人！, Makai no Koibito!) 30. "The Time of Return!" (帰還の時！, Kikan no Toki!) 31. "A Mournful Farewell!" (別れの挽歌！, Wakare no Banka!) 32. "And Again!" (そして再び！, Soshite Futatabi!) "The New Special Rewrite: Ten de Shōwaru Cupid" (特別書き下ろし その後のてんで性悪キューピッド, Tokubetsu Kakioroshi Sonogo no Ten de Shōwaru Kyūpiddo) "Special Shot: Jura no Miduki" (特別読み切り ジュラのミヅキ, Tokubetsu Yomikiri Jura no Miduki) "Special Shot: Sensē wa Toshishita!!" (特別読み切り センセーは年下!!, Tokubetsu Yomikiri Sensē wa Toshishita!!) ||||