Written by Fuyumi Soryo Demographic Shōjo Directed by Satoshi Dezaki Magazine Shōjo Comic Publisher Shogakukan | Published by Shogakukan Volumes 10 Genre Romance novel Studio Magic Bus | |
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Original run November 26, 1985 – April 23, 1988 Similar Makoto Call!, Barairo no Ashita, Fancy Dance, Kisshō Tennyo, Sonnanja neyo | ||
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.
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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...