Boyfriend (manga)

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 an 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. On February 11, 1992, an anime adaptation by Magic Bus aired on TV Tokyo. In 2008, the manga was posted on the Yahoo! Comic Japan website, for free browsing, to celebrate Shogakukan's Shōjo Comic's 40th anniversary.

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 YÅ«ki (結城 可奈子, YÅ«ki Kanako)
• Sō Nakatsugawa (仲津川 荘, Nakatsugawa Sō)
• Akira Sofue (曽笛 亜樹良, Sofue Akira)
• Tadashi Takatō (高刀 æ­£, Takatō Tadashi)
• Masao Takatō (高刀 正雄, Takatō Masao)
• Masahiko Takatō (高刀 正彦, Takatō Masahiko)
• Miwako Takatō (高刀 美å'Œå­, Takatō Miwako)
• Misako Tanaka (ç"°ä¸­ 美智子, Tanaka Misako)
• Koga (古賀)
• Aki Togawa (戸川 亜季, Togawa Aki)
• Megumi HanyÅ« (ç¾½ç"Ÿ 恵, HanyÅ« Megumi)
• Mami Hayashino (林野 まみ, Hayashino Mami)
• Tōru Ogi (尾木 透, Ogi Tōru)
• ÅŒba (大場)
• Saeko Sofue (曽笛 冴子, Sofue Saeko)

References

http://www.storminheaven.org/manga.php?t=3

1. ^ 小学館漫ç"»è³žï¼šæ­´ä»£å—賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2009-01-30. 
2. ^ "TVアニメ ボ～イ フレンド" (in Japanese). AllCinema Movie & DVD Database. Retrieved December 1, 2014. 
3. ^ "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