Boyfriend (manga)

Boyfriend (manga)
Cover of Boyfriend volume 1 as published by Shogakukan
ボーイフレンド
Genre	Romance
Manga
Written by	Fuyumi Soryo
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shōjo Comics
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	November 26, 1985 – April 23, 1988
Volumes	10

Boyfriend (ボーイフレンド, Bōifurendo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fuyumi Soryo. Boyfriend manga received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga. In 2008, the manga was posted on the Yahoo! Comic Japan website, for free browsing, to celebrate Shogakukan's Shōjo Comic's 40th anniversary. 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.

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 Yūki (結城 可奈子, Yūki Kanako)
• Sō Nakatsugawa (仲津川 荘, Nakatsugawa Sō)
• Akira Sofue (曽笛 亜樹良, Sofue Akira)
• Tadashi Takatō (高刀 正, Takatō Tadashi)
• Masao Takatō (高刀 正雄, Takatō Masao)
• Masahiko Takatō (高刀 正彦, Takatō Masahiko)
• Miwako Takatō (高刀 美和子, Takatō Miwako)
• Misako Tanaka (田中 美智子, Tanaka Misako)
• Koga (古賀)
• Aki Togawa (戸川 亜季, Togawa Aki)
• Megumi Hanyū (羽生 恵, Hanyū Megumi)
• Mami Hayashino (林野 まみ, Hayashino Mami)
• Tōru Ogi (尾木 透, Ogi Tōru)
• Ōba (大場)
• Saeko Sofue (曽笛 冴子, Sofue Saeko)

References

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

External links

• Boyfriend (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia