# Deka Wanko
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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Deka Wanko 1.png
| caption = First ''[tankōbon](/source/tank%C5%8Dbon)'' volume cover
| ja_kanji = デカワンコ
| ja_romaji =
| genre = {{ubl|[Detective](/source/Detective_fiction) [comedy](/source/comedy)[{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Deka Wanko by Gokusen's Morimoto Returns in TV Special|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-07/deka-wanko-by-gokusen-morimoto-returns-in-tv-special|website=[Anime News Network](/source/Anime_News_Network)|access-date=May 31, 2023|date=December 7, 2011|archive-date=December 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209203546/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-07/deka-wanko-by-gokusen-morimoto-returns-in-tv-special|url-status=live}}]}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Kozueko Morimoto
| publisher = [Shueisha](/source/Shueisha)
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| magazine = [You](/source/YOU_(Japanese_magazine))
| first = April 1, 2008
| last = January 15, 2013
| volumes = 12
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| type = drama
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| network = [Nippon TV](/source/Nippon_TV)
| first = January 15, 2011
| last = March 26, 2011
| episodes = 10
| episode_list =
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| type = special
| title = Deka Wanko: Chotto Dake Ritānzu
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| network = Nippon TV
| released = {{Start date|2011|04|30}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = special
| title = Deka Wanko: New Year's Special
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| network = Nippon TV
| released = {{Start date|2012|01|07}}
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{{nihongo||デカワンコ|'''Deka Wanko'''}} is a Japanese [manga](/source/manga) series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto. It was serialized in [Shueisha](/source/Shueisha)'s [''josei'' manga](/source/Josei_manga) magazine [''You''](/source/You_(Japanese_magazine)) from April 2008 to January 2013, with its chapters collected in 12 ''[tankōbon](/source/tank%C5%8Dbon)'' volumes. A 10-episode [television drama](/source/Japanese_television_drama) adaptation was broadcast on [Nippon TV](/source/Nippon_TV) from January to March 2011, followed by two specials aired in April of that same year and January 2012.
==Premise==
The series follows the adventures of Ichiko Hanamori, a young woman who, while always dressing in [lolita fashion](/source/lolita_fashion), is also a [homicide detective](/source/homicide_detective) for the [Tokyo Metropolitan Police](/source/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Police). While inexperienced and often bumbling, she solves crimes using her sense of smell, which surpasses that of the best [police dog](/source/police_dog).
==Media==
===Manga===
Written and illustrated by {{ill|Kozueko Morimoto|ja|森本梢子}}, ''Deka Wanko'' started in [Shueisha](/source/Shueisha)'s [''josei'' manga](/source/Josei_manga) magazine [''You''](/source/You_(Japanese_magazine)) on April 1, 2008.[{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Gokusen's Morimoto to Start Deka Wanko Detective Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-17/gokusen-morimoto-to-start-deka-wanko-detective-manga|website=[Anime News Network](/source/Anime_News_Network)|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208213742/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-17/gokusen-morimoto-to-start-deka-wanko-detective-manga|archive-date=December 8, 2022|date=March 17, 2008|url-status=live}}][{{cite web|script-title=ja:【YOU】YOU№8特大号は、4月1日発売|url=http://manganohi.jp/2008/04/11514.html|website=manganohi.jp|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610202016/http://manganohi.jp/2008/04/11514.html|archive-date=June 10, 2008|language=ja|date=April 1, 2008}}] The series' latest chapter was published on January 15, 2013,[{{cite web|script-title=ja:ＹＯＵ（ユー） （２０１３年２月号）|url=https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-04-4910089290239|website=Kinokuniya|access-date=May 31, 2023|language=ja}}] and Morimoto started another series, ''[Kōdai-ke no Hitobito](/source/K%C5%8Ddai-ke_no_Hitobito)'', on February 15 of that same year.[{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Gokusen's Morimoto to Launch New Romantic Comedy Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-15/gokusen-morimoto-to-launch-new-romantic-comedy-manga|website=[Anime News Network](/source/Anime_News_Network)|access-date=May 31, 2023|date=January 15, 2013|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105224734/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-15/gokusen-morimoto-to-launch-new-romantic-comedy-manga|url-status=live}}] The magazine ceased publication on October 15, 2018.[{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title='YOU' Manga Magazine Ends on October 15|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-30/you-manga-magazine-ends-on-october-15/.132196|website=[Anime News Network](/source/Anime_News_Network)|access-date=May 31, 2023|date=May 30, 2018|archive-date=April 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403045152/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-30/you-manga-magazine-ends-on-october-15/.132196|url-status=live}}] Shueisha collected its chapters in 12 ''[tankōbon](/source/tank%C5%8Dbon)'' volumes, released from October 17, 2008,[{{cite web|script-title=ja:デカワンコ 1巻|url=http://you.shueisha.co.jp/comics/978-4-08-865501-7.html|website=You Official Website|publisher=[Shueisha](/source/Shueisha)|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008012930/http://you.shueisha.co.jp/comics/978-4-08-865501-7.html|archive-date=October 8, 2015|language=ja}}] to March 25, 2013.[{{cite web|script-title=ja:デカワンコ 12巻|url=http://you.shueisha.co.jp/comics/978-4-08-865664-9.html|website=You Official Website|publisher=[Shueisha](/source/Shueisha)|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201064715/http://you.shueisha.co.jp/comics/978-4-08-865664-9.html|archive-date=February 1, 2015|language=ja}}]
===Drama===
A 10-episode [television drama](/source/Japanese_television_drama) adaptation, starring [Mikako Tabe](/source/Mikako_Tabe) as Ichiko Hanamori ("Wanko"), was broadcast on [Nippon TV](/source/Nippon_TV) from January 15 to March 26, 2011.[{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Deka Wanko by Gokusen's Morimoto Gets Live-Action Show|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-31/deka-wanko-by-gokusen-morimoto-gets-live-action-show|website=[Anime News Network](/source/Anime_News_Network)|access-date=May 31, 2023|date=August 31, 2010|archive-date=December 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209101034/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-31/deka-wanko-by-gokusen-morimoto-gets-live-action-show|url-status=live}}][{{cite web|script-title=ja:注目ドラマ紹介：「デカワンコ」 多部未華���がゴスロリ刑事に|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20110115dog00m200007000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=May 31, 2023|language=ja|date=January 15, 2011}}][{{cite web|script-title=ja:デカワンコ — ストーリー|url=https://www.ntv.co.jp/dekawanko/static/story.html|publisher=[Nippon TV](/source/Nippon_TV)|access-date=May 31, 2023|language=ja}}] Two specials, {{Nihongo||ちょっとだけリターンズ|Chotto Dake Ritānzu}} and {{Nihongo|''New Year's Special''|新春スペシャル|Shinshun Supesharu}}, aired on April 30, 2011,[{{cite web|script-title=ja:デカワンコ：多部未華子主演の刑事コメディーが番外編で復活|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20110425dog00m200023000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=May 31, 2023|language=ja|date=April 25, 2011}}] and January 7, 2012, respectively.