Mandom Father and Son

**Mandom Father and Son** ( マンダム親子 *Mandamu Oyako*) is a gag series by Mitsutoshi Furuya, serialized in Weekly Shonen King from 1971 to 1972.

## Overview

This series chronicles the wacky adventures of the world's richest man, Mandom Kaneda, who is tired of his inexhaustible supply of money and seeks to use it however he can. He is accompanied by his young son named Kintaro, along with their butler and other colorful characters.

In the original serialization, the title credits bore a "Mitsutoshi Furuya and Fujio Pro" billing, with Fujio Pro's credit excised in reprints after Furuya went independent and formed Family Planning.

## Characters

In addition to these characters and others who appear through the series, Fujio Akatsuka's Karappe can be seen in a cameo at one point and a more extended role in another chapter. Takobo and Onibaba of No-Good Father also show up, as an in-joke to their title.

### Mandom Kaneda

A millionaire of multiple companies, whose biggest problem is having way too much money. His wife has died, leaving him as a single parent to Kintaro.

### Kintaro

The elementary school-aged son of Kaneda, who has an energetic and innocent personality.

### Butler

A middle-aged servant to the family who also tires of money, yet secretly conspires with his younger sister to take over Mandom Kaneda's property. In the meantime, he acts loyal.

### Beggar (Kanichi)

A beggar man who comes to live with Mandom Kaneda and his son as a "live-in employee". Like a certain officer from The Genius Bakabon, his most notable feature are his connected eyeballs. He is often made a fool of by the butler.

### Taro Kinmochi

Kaneda's neighbor who lives in a Western-style castle, and who rivals him in riches. Unlike Kaneda, his family is quite stupid and have an obsession with gaining money. For some reason, cats like to attach themselves to his body whenever he is naked.

### Kinmochi's House Servant

A woman with the face of Damesuke Amano from *No-Good Father* (and a son much like Takobo), but a kappa-type haircut. She is only paid a 10,000 yen salary by her boss.

### Mole

A sight gag character that appears in scene changes or the margins of pages. He resembles Shotaro Ishinomori's "Mutant Mole", with the glasses of Akatsuka's Mole-man bit player.

## Reprints

* Shonen Gahosha "Hit Comics" (3 volumes)
* Akebono Comics (6 volumes)
* Asahi Sonorama "Sun Comics" (6 volumes)

The current digital editions by eBookJapan and Manga Library Z are based from the later releases, and each total 6 volumes in themselves.

## Media

### Image Song: "Zeni Doll Song"

Lyrics- Fujio Akatsuka/Composed by- Seiichi Suzuki/ Singer- Minoru Shiraki

The theme song for the series (though it never went as far as to be animated), which is sometimes reflected back in the manga. It was released on Canyon Records, with its B-side being a song written by Akatsuka about *No-Good Father*.

## Trivia

* As Akatsuka's relaunch of Osomatsu-kun also ran in Weekly Shonen King in 1972, the father and son protagonists of this series would make a cameo in a frontispiece for the series (along with the mole).

## External Links

* Read "Mandom Father and Son" for free on MangaZ (Japanese)
* Read "Mandom Father and Son" on eBookJapan (Japanese)