Oumagadoki Zoo

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Oumagadoki Zoo (逢魔ヶ刻動物園, Ōmagadoki Dōbutsuen), sometimes shortened to Oumazoo, was a 2010-2011 manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump and collected into five volumes by Shueisha.

Klutzy high school student Aoi Hana wants to prove that she is more than a good-for-nothing and decides to find a part-time job. Her dream is to interact and take care of animals, so finding a job at the zoo seems like the perfect place. She happens to find work at an isolated and run-down zoo that never gets any customers. The place is run by a man named Shiina, who was turned into a rabbit by a spirit and will only turn back if his zoo becomes the most popular one in the world. Because of this curse, he has also gained magical powers, which he uses to turn all of the zoo animals into a Little Bit Beastly humans during closing time. Now they have various adventures as they go around attempting to make the zoo popular.

The story has received official translations into French (by Akata/Delcourt, released in 2014-2015), Spanish (by Planeta DeAgostini Comics), and Italian (by GP Manga), but as of June 2020 has not been licensed for an English translation.

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