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Written by
  
Keiko Suenobu

English publisher
  
Vertical

Volumes
  
6

Genre
  
Drama

Publishers
  
Vertical (NA), Kodansha

Published by
  
Kodansha

Demographic
  
Shōjo

Author
  
Keiko Suenobu

Magazine
  
Bessatsu Friend

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Original run
  
October 13, 2009 – September 13, 2011

Similar
  
Life, Aoi Honō, Welcome to the El‑Palacio, Kamen Teacher, Kodoku No Gurume

The Limit (Japanese: リミット, Hepburn: Rimitto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Suenobu.

Contents

Plot

This manga focuses on Mizuki Konno, a typical high school junior at Yanno Prefectual High School. A group of high school girls is on their way to an exchange camp when the bus driver passes out and causes the bus to drop from a cliff. The few survivors gather together and try to survive until rescue arrives.

Live-action

A live-action drama version of the manga aired on TV Tokyo between July 12, 2013, and September 27, 2013.

Cast

  • Nanami Sakuraba as Mizuki Konno
  • Tao Tsuchiya as Chieko Kamiya
  • Rio Yamashita as Arisa Morishige
  • Ayano Kudo as Haru Ichinose
  • Yuka Masuda as Chikage Usui
  • Katsuhiro Suzuki as Haruaki Hinata
  • Riho Takada as Sakura Himesawa
  • Masataka Kubota as Wataru Igarashi
  • Ikkei Watanabe as Hirokazu Konno
  • Reception

    Carlo Santos of Anime News Network (ANN) gave volume 1 a B-. Rebecca Silverman, also of ANN, gave it a B.

    By July 17, 2011, volume 5 had sold 30,934 copies in Japan. By December 18, 2011, volume 6 had sold 32,754 copies in Japan. In the week of October 14 to 20, 2012, volume 1 ranked in second place in the list of The New York Times Manga Best Sellers. It has sold 10 million copies in Japan.

    References

    Limit (manga) Wikipedia