QQ Sweeper

QQ Sweeper (QQ スイーパー (キューキュースイーパー), Kyūkyū Suīpā) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kyousuke Motomi. After it ended in 2015, a sequel, titled Queen's Quality (クイーンズ・クオリティ, Kuīnzu Kuoriti), began publication later the same year.

QQ Sweeper
The cover of the first volume.
QQ スイーパー
(キューキュースイーパー)
(Kyūkyū Suīpā)
GenreDark fantasy,[1] romance, supernatural[2]
Manga
Written byKyousuke Motomi
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
MagazineBetsucomi
DemographicShōjo
Original run13 March 2014 – 13 May 2015
Volumes3
Manga
Queen's Quality
Written byKyousuke Motomi
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
Viz Media
MagazineBetsucomi
DemographicShōjo
Original run13 July 2015 – present
Volumes10

Both series are published in North America by Viz Media.

Plot

Sixteen-year-old Fumi Nishioka is a homeless high school girl suffering from amnesia, often spending her nights in a secret unused room of the school. Despite having no memories, she chooses a positive outlook on life and is determined to find her "Prince Charming" in the future. One day however, she is found by Kyutaro Horikita, an unfriendly second-year student with a talent for cleaning, and is drawn into a mysterious door in the room through her classmate and delinquent Sakaguchi's voice calling for help. The door leads to the Void, a gateway linking thousands of people's minds, one of which is Sakaguchi's. Sakaguchi, who has been plagued by negative emotions and created a bug infestation in his mind, is cleansed by Kyutaro, who arrives just in time to save Fumi.

The school's chairman Koichi Horikita recognises Fumi's talent and decides to invite her as part of their family, explaining the situation to her. The Horikita family are "Sweepers", people who enter the mind vaults of others to cleanse their souls of bug infestations that are the result of uncontrollable negative emotions. As Fumi undergoes training to become a Sweeper and Kyutaro's partner, she stumbles upon an extraordinary power lying dormant inside her: the "Queen", a rare existence that can allow the bearer to have mind control over others. However, the Queen's power can be both evil and good, and some people are out to find her and capture her for their own deeds. Struggling with her training and romantic feelings for Kyutaro, Fumi attempts to search for an answer in her own soul and lost memories.

Characters
Kyutaro Horikita (堀北玖太郎, Horikita Kyūtarō)
A "sweeper", or someone who exorcises malignant spirits created by troubled minds.[3]
Fumi Nishioka (西岡 文, Nishioka Fumi)
A homeless girl who begins to assist Kyutaro after encountering him at school.[3]

Release

Kyousuke Motomi began serializing the manga in Shogakukan's shōjo magazine Betsucomi on 13 March 2014.[4] The series concluded on 13 May 2015,[5] but was followed by a sequel called Queen's Quality, which debuted in the same magazine on 13 July 2015.[6]

Viz Media announced their license to the series on 6 February 2015, with plans to begin publishing it under their Shojo Beat imprint in October 2015.[7][8] They announced their license to the sequel at Otakon in August 2016.[9]

Volumes
No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 26 September 2014[10]978-4-09-136316-96 October 2015[11]978-1-4215-8214-6
2 26 February 2015[12]978-4-09-136819-52 February 2016[13]978-1-4215-8393-8
3 24 July 2015[14]978-4-09-137628-27 June 2016[15]978-1-4215-8633-5

Queen's Quality
No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 26 January 2016[16]978-4-09-138280-15 September 2017[17]978-1-4215-9244-2
2 24 June 2016[18]978-4-09-138378-55 December 2017[19]978-1-4215-9508-5
3 25 November 2016[20]978-4-09-138697-76 March 2018[21]978-1-4215-9590-0
4 24 March 2017[22]978-4-09-139169-85 June 2018[23]978-1-4215-9859-8
5 26 October 2017[24]978-4-09-139716-44 September 2018[25]978-1-9747-0134-6
6 26 March 2018[26]978-4-09-139850-54 December 2018[27]978-1-9747-0399-9
7 24 August 2018[28]978-4-09-870138-44 June 2019[29]978-1-9747-0788-1
8 26 February 2019[30]978-4-09-870336-43 December 2019[31]978-1-9747-0959-5
9 26 June 2019[32]978-4-09-870448-42 June 2020[33]978-1-9747-1117-8
10 25 October 2019[34]978-4-09-870632-7——
11 26 February 2020[35]978-4-09-870754-6——

Reception

Reviewing the first volume for Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman gave it a grade of B. She wrote that the while series "doesn't do a whole lot to distinguish itself or give us any major surprises, it is still a very enjoyable read filled with the humor and small romantic elements that Motomi does so well." She noted that "it feels as if Motomi can't quite decide who is the point of view character. While there is no problem in manga with having more than one, the shifts here feel abrupt". She was positive toward the series' art, commenting "Motomi's art is more refined than in Dengeki Daisy while still retaining her sharp look". She concluded by writing that the series "isn't off to an amazing start, but it is a solid one that looks like it will build to Motomi's usual heights."[3]

gollark: ***P A G I N A T I O N***
gollark: It *is* a bug though.
gollark: Okay, 90% may be a bit hyperbolic, maybe 10%.
gollark: I bet 90% of codes have some sort of meaning to someone somewhere.
gollark: Wow, looks like I'm halfway to the silver trophy somehow.

References
  1. Douresseaux, Leroy (20 June 2016). "QQ Sweeper: Volume 3 manga review". ComicBookBin. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. "The Official Website for QQ Sweeper". Viz Media. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. Silverman, Rebecca (18 October 2015). "QQ Sweeper GN 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  4. Ressler, Karen (9 February 2014). "Dengeki Daisy's Motomi to Launch QQ Sweeper Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  5. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (10 May 2015). "Kyousuke Motomi Ends QQ Sweeper Manga, Starts Sequel". Anime News Network. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  6. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (13 June 2015). "Story Details Revealed for Kyousuke Motomi's Queen's Quality Sequel Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  7. Ressler, Karen (6 February 2015). "Viz's Shojo Beat Adds Kyousuke Motomi's QQ Sweeper". Anime News Network. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  8. Green, Scott (6 February 2015). "Viz Announces 'QQ Sweeper' and 'Idol Dreams' Shoujo Manga". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  9. Ressler, Karen (12 August 2016). "Viz Media Licenses Sweet Blue Flowers, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Queen's Quality Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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