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==Reception==
In Japan, the series received a mixed reception. Conservative newspaper ''[[Sankei Shimbun]]'' praised the work, stating that it has a "calm and balanced portrayal of Japanese-Korean issues", while liberal newspaper ''[[The Asahi Shimbun]]'' criticized Japanese society for popularizing the manga.<ref name=vogel>{{cite web|title=Japan's Cartoon Network|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/19/japans-cartoon-network/|website=[[Foreign Policy]]|last=Vogel|first=Steven K.|author-link=Steven K. Vogel|date=October 19, 2009|access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]'' refused to run advertisements for the manga.<ref name=ANN1>{{cite web|title=Anti-Korean Manga Causes Controversy|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-08-16/anti-korean-manga-causes-controversy|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=August 16, 2005|access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref> Manga artist [[Tetsuya Chiba]] criticized the manga, stating that he "apologizes on behalf of Japanese authors".<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:일만화 거장 지바 데쓰야 방한|url=https://www.donga.com/jp/article/all/20051003/289464/1?m=kor|website=[[The Dong-A Ilbo]]|date=October 3, 2005|access-date=December 14, 2024|language=ko}}</ref> Netizens on the textboard [[2channel]] supported the manga and its message.<ref name=CBR>{{cite web|title=Manga Kenkanryu: The Manga That DARED to Hate K-Pop|url=https://www.cbr.com/manga-kenkanryu-anti-korean-japan/|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|last=Donohoo|first=Timothy|date=November 19, 2021|access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name=focus>{{cite web|title="Hating 'The Korean Wave'" Comic Books: A sign of New Nationalism in Japan?|url=https://apjjf.org/rumi-sakamoto/2535/article|website=[[The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus]]|last1=Allen|first1=Matthew|last2=Sakamoto|first2=Rumi|date=October 1, 2007|access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref>
South Korea's three largest newspapers, ''[[The Chosun Ilbo]]'', ''[[The Dong-A Ilbo]]'', and ''[[JoongAng Ilbo]]'', all ran editorials criticizing the manga.<ref name=ANN1/> A spokesperson for the [[Embassy of South Korea, London]] said "[''Manga Kenkanryu''] contained numerous factual errors and that it would be dangerous if Japanese readers treated the comics as an accurate view of the real world".<ref>{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Leo|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/neighbour-fails-to-see-funny-side-of-comic-tcjqpjwdmg7|title=Neighbour fails to see funny side of comic|website=[[The Times]]|date=November 1, 2005|access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref> South Korean writer Yang Byeong-sol wrote a book, titled ''The Anti-Japan Wave'', in response to ''Manga Kenkanryu'', though it failed to garner attention in South Korea or Japan.<ref name=CBR/>
The first volume sold 300,000 copies within three months of its release.<ref name=vogel/> As of 2015, the series has 1 million copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:マンガ 大嫌韓流|url=http://www.shinyusha.co.jp/~top/02mook/daikenkanryu.htm|publisher=[[Shin-yo-sha]]|access-date=December 14, 2024|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101325/http://www.shinyusha.co.jp/~top/02mook/daikenkanryu.htm|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References==
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