Hyakushō Kizoku

• Ja Kanji — 百姓貴族 • Genre — * Autobiographical • Comedy • Slice of life

• Type — manga • Author — Hiromu Arakawa • Publisher — Shinshokan • Imprint — Wings Comics • Magazine — * Un Poco • Wings (2009–present) • First — December 28, 2006 • Volumes — 9

• Type — tv series • Director — Yūtarō Sawada • Writer — Yūtarō Sawada • Music — Precious tone • Studio — Pie in the sky • Licensee — Remow • Network — Tokyo MX, BS Asahi • First — July 7, 2023 • Episodes — 36 + 2 OVAs

• Portal — yes Hyakushō Kizoku is a Japanese autobiographical manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Shinshokan's manga magazine Un Poco from December 2006 to March 2009, when the magazine ceased its publication, and the series was then transferred to Wings in June of the same year. The series is infrequently published. Its chapters have been collected in nine wideban volumes as of April 2026. An anime television series adaptation was broadcast from July to September 2023. A second season aired from October to December 2024. A third season aired from October to December 2025. A fourth season has been announced.

Hiromu Arakawa talks candidly about the life of dairy farmers in Hokkaido, as well as detailing her own personal experiences, childhood memories, and the current state of her family's farm.

• Hiromu Arakawa • Mutsumi Tamura • The author herself. She explains the content of this work based on her personal experience on the family ranch, and uses her agricultural knowledge to tease Ishii. • Ishii • Mariko Honda • The editor in charge of this work. She is often teased by the author's agricultural knowledge and retorts that her knowledge is different from that of ordinary people. • Oyaji-dono • Shigeru Chiba • The author's father, and the owner of the family ranch. He has a casual personality and often performs all kinds of bizarre behaviors. He is very good at using or transforming agricultural facilities in unique ways to complete his unconstrained behaviors. Many times he escaped from danger in some accidents, and then the livestock in the family ranch would die for no reason, and the author believed that they became scapegoats. • Okan • Kujira • The author's mother handled various housework at home and administrative work on the ranch, and she continued to work on the ranch even when she was pregnant, which the author admires very much.

Written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa, Hyakushō Kizoku started in Shinshokan's manga magazine Un Poco on December 28, 2006. Un Poco ceased its publication with its 17th issue, released on March 28, 2009, and the series was transferred to the publisher's magazine Wings on July 28, 2009. The series is published on an irregular basis. Shinshokan has collected its chapters into individual wideban volumes. The first volume was released on December 11, 2009. As of April 24, 2026, nine volumes have been released. The manga was digitally published in English by JManga in 2012.

In October 2022, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation. The series was animated by Pie in the sky and directed and scripted by Yūtarō Sawada, with Aayne Matsumoto serving as character designer, animation director and animator, Ari in charge of backgrounds, and Minori Yamada credited for ending animation. The music was composed by Precious tone. The Japan Agriculture Group's Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives is credited for supervising the agricultural aspects. The ending theme song is "Cyan Innocence", performed by FRAM. It was broadcast for 12 episodes on Tokyo MX and BS Asahi from July 7 to September 22, 2023. It consists of four-minute-long episodes. The episodes were released on a DVD volume, along two unaired episodes, bundled with the manga's eighth volume, released on December 20, 2023. A second season was announced in December 2023. It aired from October 4 to December 20, 2024. The ending theme song is "Chōaizoku", performed by Sanetii. A third season was announced in December 2024. It aired from October 3 to December 19, 2025. The opening theme song is 'Offer Help Both When Seen and Unseen', performed by Pachae. A fourth season was announced in December 2025. The series has been streamed by Remow on the It's Anime YouTube channel.