Boyfriend (manga)

ボーイフレンド (Bōifurendo)
Boyfriend
Cover of Boyfriend volume 1 as published by Shogakukan
Genre	Romance
Manga
Written by	Fuyumi Soryo
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Shōjo Comics
Original run	November 26, 1985 – April 23, 1988
Volumes	10
Anime television film
Directed by	Satoshi Dezaki
Written by	Kazumi Koide
Studio	Magic Bus
Network	TV Tokyo
Released	February 11, 1992

Boyfriend (Japanese: ボーイフレンド, Hepburn: Bōifurendo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fuyumi Soryo. The manga focuses on Masaki, a delinquent and former basketball star, and Kanako, a girl with a heart condition that forces her to repeat two years of school, as they develop a relationship.

Boyfriend manga received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga.^[1] On February 11, 1992, an anime adaptation by Magic Bus aired on TV Tokyo.^[2] In 2008, the manga was posted on the Yahoo! Comic Japan website, for free browsing, to celebrate Shogakukan's Shōjo Comic's 40th anniversary.^[3]

Plot

Takatou Masaki is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed him at a school notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good at, basketball. A chance encounter with the willful Yuuki Kanako may serve as a catalyst for change, as the indefinable connection she feels with him draws them together...

Characters

Masaki Takatō (高刀柾, Takatō Masaki)
Kanako Yūki (結城可奈子, Yūki Kanako)
Sō Nakatsugawa (仲津川荘, Nakatsugawa Sō)
Akira Sofue (曽笛亜樹良, Sofue Akira)
Tadashi Takatō (高刀正, Takatō Tadashi)
Masao Takatō (高刀正雄, Takatō Masao)
Masahiko Takatō (高刀正彦, Takatō Masahiko)
Miwako Takatō (高刀美和子, Takatō Miwako)
Misako Tanaka (田中美智子, Tanaka Misako)
Koga (古賀)
Aki Togawa (戸川亜季, Togawa Aki)
Megumi Hanyū (羽生恵, Hanyū Megumi)
Mami Hayashino (林野まみ, Hayashino Mami)
Tōru Ogi (尾木透, Ogi Tōru)
Ōba (大場)
Saeko Sofue (曽笛冴子, Sofue Saeko)

References

↑ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
↑ "TVアニメボ～イフレンド" (in Japanese). AllCinema Movie & DVD Database. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
↑ "Sho-Comi Mag Marks 40th Anniversary with Free Manga". Anime News Network. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2009-01-30.

External links

Boyfriend (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Works by Fuyumi Soryo

Boyfriend (1985–1988) Mars (1996–2000) ES (Eternal Sabbath) (2002–2004) Cesare (2005–ongoing)

Shogakukan Manga Award – Shōjo

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2010s	Ōoku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga (2010) Pin to Kona by Ako Shimaki (2011) Piece – Kanojo no Kioku by Hinako Ashihara (2012) Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru by Kotomi Aoki (2013) Joō no Hana by Kaneyoshi Izumi (2014) My Love Story!! by Kazune Kawahara and Aruko (2015)

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