Shojo Fight

Shojo Fight (Japanese: 少女ファイト, Hepburn: Shōjo Faito, lit. "Girl's Fight") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Nihonbashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from December 2005 to February 2023, when the magazine ceased its publication, and the series moved to the Comic Days manga app in June of the same year. Its chapters have been collected in 18 tankōbon volumes as of January 2022. An original video animation (OVA) produced by Production I.G was released in October 2009.

Shojo Fight
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Neri Ooishi
少女ファイト
(Shōjo Faito)
GenreSports[1]
Manga
Written byYoko Nihonbashi
Published byKodansha
English publisher
Magazine
  • Evening (2005–2023)
  • Comic Days (2023–present)
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 27, 2005 – present
Volumes18
Original video animation
Nora Inu-tachi no Odekake
Directed byShunsuke Tada
Written byYoko Nihonbashi
Music byYoshihiro Ike
StudioProduction I.G
ReleasedOctober 23, 2009
Runtime30 minutes

Media

Manga

Shojo Fight, written and illustrated by Yoko Nihonbashi, started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening on December 27, 2005.[2] In November 2020, it was announced that the manga would enter on a six-month hiatus due to the author's poor health, and resumed on May 11, 2021.[3] Evening ceased its publication on February 28, 2023, and the series moved to Comic Days manga app on June 1 of that same year.[4][5] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on July 21, 2006.[6] As of January 21, 2022, eighteen volumes have been released.[7]

In North America, Kodansha USA has licensed the manga for English language digital in 2017.[8]

Volumes
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 July 21, 2006[6]978-4-06-372171-3
2 February 23, 2007[9]978-4-06-372262-8
3 September 21, 2007[10]978-4-06-372351-9
4 April 23, 2008[11][12]978-4-06-375476-6
978-4-06-362110-5 (SE)
5 January 23, 2009[13][14]978-4-06-375638-8
978-4-06-362132-7 (SE)
6 October 23, 2009[15][16]978-4-06-375794-1
978-4-06-358308-3 (SE)
7 July 22, 2010[17][18]978-4-06-375944-0
978-4-06-364836-2 (SE)
8 July 22, 2011[19][20]978-4-06-376063-7
978-4-06-364872-0 (SE)
9 August 23, 2012[21][22]978-4-06-376640-0
978-4-06-364890-4 (SE)
10 July 23, 2013[23][24]978-4-06-376861-9
978-4-06-364926-0 (SE)
11 June 23, 2014[25][26]978-4-06-377009-4
978-4-06-364957-4 (SE)
12 May 22, 2015[27][28]978-4-06-377178-7
978-4-06-362294-2 (SE)
13 May 23, 2016[29][30]978-4-06-377465-8
978-4-06-362330-7 (SE)
14 July 21, 2017[31][32]978-4-06-393235-5
978-4-06-362373-4 (SE)
15 August 23, 2018[33][34]978-4-06-512375-1
978-4-06-512861-9 (SE)
16 September 20, 2019[35][36]978-4-06-517221-6
978-4-06-517222-3 (SE)
17 July 22, 2020[37][38]978-4-06-517221-6
978-4-06-520262-3 (SE)
18 January 21, 2022[7][39]978-4-06-525927-6
978-4-06-527007-3 (SE)

Original video animation

An original video animation (OVA), titled Nora Inu-tachi no Odekake (少女ファイト 野良犬たちのおでかけ, "The Origin of the Stray Dogs"), produced by Production I.G, directed by Shunsuke Tada and scripted by Yoko Nihonbashi, was bundled with the special edition of the sixth volume of the manga on October 23, 2009.[40][41]

Reception

Shojo Fight was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2009.[42]

See also

References
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