It follows a 24-year-old Afro-haired young man named Hiroshi Tanaka who falls in love for the first time.

It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits since 2001, spawning six series.

The Afro Tanaka series, written and illustrated by Masaharu Noritsuke [ja], has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits since December 3, 2001.

[a] It has been divided into seven parts: A film directed by Daigo Matsui,[21] based on Jōkyō Afro Tanaka story[1] was released on February 18, 2012, by Showgate.

[24] The film also spawned a spin-off, a 10-episodes mini-drama entitled Hōkago Afro Tanaka.