TenPuru

TenPuru: No One Can Live on Loneliness (てんぷる) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka. It has been serialized in Kodansha's online platform Comic Days since September 2018. An anime television series adaptation by Gekkō aired from July to September 2023.

Plot
Akemitsu Akagami is abandoned by his womanizing father and distances himself from women, fearing he inherited his father's perverted nature. When he falls in love at first sight with Yuzuki Aoba, he goes to Minazuki Temple to become a monk and purge his desires, only to find her there. He learns the temple is actually a nunnery and his father owes it ¥20 million. He works at the temple to pay the debt off while trying to avoid being tempted by the various gorgeous girls that live there, but he usually gives into his desires and wants to be with all of them.

Characters

 * Akemitsu Akagami (赤神 明光)
 * Deciding he is cursed with his womanizing father’s perversion after many attempts to disassociate himself with him, he enrolls as a monk and joins the male-only Mikazuki Temple, only to find a girl, one of its many female residents, in it. He also becomes the all-around worker for the temple given that his father also has a huge debt with them.
 * Deciding he is cursed with his womanizing father’s perversion after many attempts to disassociate himself with him, he enrolls as a monk and joins the male-only Mikazuki Temple, only to find a girl, one of its many female residents, in it. He also becomes the all-around worker for the temple given that his father also has a huge debt with them.


 * Yuzuki Aoba (蒼葉 結月)
 * A seventeen year-old girl who aims to become the next head priest of the Mikazuki Temple. Akemitsu fell in love with her the moment he saw her on the street. She is the person whom he first met at the supposedly all-male temple. She is the eldest of the three Aoba sisters, and is determined to become its head priestess, or else the temple will be disbanded. She is engaged to the head of their main temple, who gave her the ultimatum. She is clumsy and she often gets into ecchi situations with Akemitsu, including her clothes getting undone.
 * A seventeen year-old girl who aims to become the next head priest of the Mikazuki Temple. Akemitsu fell in love with her the moment he saw her on the street. She is the person whom he first met at the supposedly all-male temple. She is the eldest of the three Aoba sisters, and is determined to become its head priestess, or else the temple will be disbanded. She is engaged to the head of their main temple, who gave her the ultimatum. She is clumsy and she often gets into ecchi situations with Akemitsu, including her clothes getting undone.


 * Tsukuyo Aoba (蒼葉 月夜)
 * Yuzuki's younger sister. She is also doing archery at her high school. It is implied Akemitsu may have a crush on her as well, but she does not reciprocate.
 * Yuzuki's younger sister. She is also doing archery at her high school. It is implied Akemitsu may have a crush on her as well, but she does not reciprocate.


 * Kurage Aoba (蒼葉 海月)
 * The youngest of the Aoba sisters, but has more insight. She repeatedly attempted to ask Akemitsu to marry her, though he constantly turned her down, not being interested in her. She is in her third year of junior high school. She has a complex about her body, as it is not as developed as her sisters'.
 * The youngest of the Aoba sisters, but has more insight. She repeatedly attempted to ask Akemitsu to marry her, though he constantly turned her down, not being interested in her. She is in her third year of junior high school. She has a complex about her body, as it is not as developed as her sisters'.


 * Mia Christoph (ミア・クリストフ)
 * A foreign girl who escaped her family for the same reasons as Akemitsu. She is accompanied by her only friend Kagura. She is not aware who her real father is.
 * A foreign girl who escaped her family for the same reasons as Akemitsu. She is accompanied by her only friend Kagura. She is not aware who her real father is.


 * Kagura Baldwin (カグラ・ボールドウィン)
 * Mia's best friend who followed her to Japan. Despite aiding Mia in her attempts, Kagura, her family being a subordinate to Mia's family, is secretly working behind the scenes to make her a sex queen, as befitting the Christoph family name; and one of those tasks is to seduce Akemitsu and get rid of him.
 * Mia's best friend who followed her to Japan. Despite aiding Mia in her attempts, Kagura, her family being a subordinate to Mia's family, is secretly working behind the scenes to make her a sex queen, as befitting the Christoph family name; and one of those tasks is to seduce Akemitsu and get rid of him.


 * Kiki (嬉々)
 * Momentary caretaker of the Mikazuki temple, and is training Akemitsu, Yuzuki, and Mia to become priests.
 * Momentary caretaker of the Mikazuki temple, and is training Akemitsu, Yuzuki, and Mia to become priests.


 * Nyagosuke (にゃごすけ)
 * Kurage's pet cat.
 * Kurage's pet cat.

Manga
Written and illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka, TenPuru started in Kodansha's online platform Comic Days on September 1, 2018. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on July 5, 2019. As of April 5, 2024, eleven volumes have been released.

In June 2020, it was announced that BookWalker Global partnered with Kodansha USA to release the manga in English language, and the first two volumes were released digitally on July 14, 2020.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on January 18, 2023. It is produced by Gekkō and directed by Kazuomi Koga, with scripts supervised by Yōhei Kashii, character designs handled by Masato Katsumata, and music composed by Shuntaro Innami. The series aired from July 9 to September 24, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Bonnō Paradise" (煩悩☆パラダイス) performed by Aimi, while the ending theme song is "Oidemase! Mikadzuki Tera" (おいでませ！三日月寺) performed by Aimi, Yu Serizawa, Nanami Yamashita, Madoka Asahina, and Sumire Uesaka as their respective characters. Crunchyroll announced that they licensed the series outside of Asia. Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific, and will be streamed on Ani-One Asia Youtube.

Reception
By November 2021, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.