Girl Friend (manga)

For the Milk Morinaga manga, see Girl Friends (manga).
Girl Friend

Cover of Girl Friend volume 1 as published by Shueisha
ガールフレンド
(Gaarufurendo)
Genre Romance
Manga
Written by Masaya Hokazono
Illustrated by Court Betten
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Weekly Young Jump
Original run June 18, 2004 – June 19, 2007
Volumes 5

Girl Friend (Japanese: ガールフレンド Hepburn: Gaarufurendo) is a Japanese manga written by Masaya Hokazono and illustrated by Court Betten. The manga is serialised in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump. The manga is licensed for a French-language in France by Delcourt.[1][2] The series contains a collection of short stories about romantic relationships of high school girls.

Manga

Shueisha published the manga's 5 bound volumes between June 18, 2004 and June 19, 2007.[3][4] Delcourt published the manga's 5 bound volumes between March 13, 2008 and February 11, 2009.[5][6]

Volume list

No.Japan release dateJapan ISBNFrance release dateFrance ISBN
1 June 18, 2004[3]ISBN 978-4-08-876623-2March 13, 2008[5]ISBN 978-2-75-601362-6
2 March 13, 2005[7]ISBN 978-4-08-876765-9August 11, 2008[8]ISBN 978-2-75-601362-6
3 December 19, 2005[9]ISBN 978-4-08-876894-6October 15, 2008[10]ISBN 978-2-75-601364-0
4 September 19, 2006[11]ISBN 978-4-08-877145-8December 3, 2008[12]ISBN 978-2-75-601364-0
5 June 19, 2007[4]ISBN 978-4-08-877263-9February 11, 2009[6]ISBN 978-2-75-601472-2

Reception

BD Gest' claims that the series can be summarized in three words: "School, sex, and socks".[2] They comment that the relationships portrayed are flawed relationships because of their adolescent bases and their alternations between fantasy and reality, as well as an excessive focus on having love based purely on sex. They also felt that the series has potential, but also has great room for disappointment.[2] MangaNews commends manga artist Court Betten saying that his work is "indeed sumptuous". The review also commends Masaya Hokazono's ability "to tell in a few pages, the randomness/hazard of the first love relationships".[13] Animeland commends the manga for "every possible relationship combinations between young adults" without pudeur.[14] Later reviews from Manganews criticises the stories as clichéd but commends the stories for "keep their funny side without overdoing it".[15][16]

References

  1. ↑ "Girl Friend" (in French). akata.fr. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  2. 1 2 3 Natali. "Chronique : Girl friend" (in French). bdgest.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  3. 1 2 ガールフレンド 1 (1) (ヤングジャンプコミックス) (コミック) (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  4. 1 2 ガールフレンド 5 (5) (ヤングジャンプコミックス) (コミック) (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  5. 1 2 "Girlfriend, Tome 1 : (Broché)" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  6. 1 2 "Girlfriend, Tome 5 : (Broché)" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  7. ↑ ガールフレンド 2 (2) (ヤングジャンプコミックス) (コミック) (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  8. ↑ "Girlfriend, Tome 2 : (Broché)" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  9. ↑ ガールフレンド 3 (3) (ヤングジャンプコミックス) (コミック) (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  10. ↑ "Girlfriend, Tome 3 : (Broché)" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  11. ↑ ガールフレンド 4 (4) (ヤングジャンプコミックス) (コミック) (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  12. ↑ "Girlfriend, Tome 4 : (Broché)" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  13. ↑ "Girlfriend Vol.1" (in French). manga-news.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  14. ↑ "Girl Friend Vol. 4" (in French). Animeland.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  15. ↑ "Girlfriend Vol.2" (in French). manga-news.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  16. ↑ "Girlfriend Vol.3" (in French). manga-news.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

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