Girl Friend (manga)

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.

For the Milk Morinaga manga, see Girl Friends (manga).
Girl Friend
Manga volume 1 cover
ガールフレンド
(Gaarufurendo)
GenreRomance
Manga
Written byMasaya Hokazono
Illustrated byCourt Betten
Published byShueisha
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original run2003 – 2007
Volumes5

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. Original release date Original ISBN France release date France ISBN
1 June 18, 2004[3]978-4-08-876623-2March 13, 2008[5]978-2-75-601362-6
2 March 13, 2005[7]978-4-08-876765-9August 11, 2008[8]978-2-75-601362-6
3 December 19, 2005[9]978-4-08-876894-6October 15, 2008[10]978-2-75-601364-0
4 September 19, 2006[11]978-4-08-877145-8December 3, 2008[12]978-2-75-601364-0
5 June 19, 2007[4]978-4-08-877263-9February 11, 2009[6]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. Natali. "Chronique : Girl friend" (in French). bdgest.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  3. 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). ASIN 4088766237.
  4. 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). ASIN 4088772636.
  5. Girlfriend, Tome 1 : (Broché) (in French). ASIN 2756013625.
  6. Girlfriend, Tome 5 : (Broché) (in French). ASIN 2756014729.
  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). ASIN 4088767659.
  8. Girlfriend, Tome 2 : (Broché) (in French). ASIN 2756013633.
  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). ASIN 4088768949.
  10. Girlfriend, Tome 3 : (Broché) (in French). ASIN 2756013641.
  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). ASIN 4088771451.
  12. Girlfriend, Tome 4 : (Broché) (in French). ASIN 2756014710.
  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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