Drowning Love | |
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溺れるナイフ (Oboreru Knife) | |
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Genre | Romantic drama, [1] slice of life [2] |
Manga | |
Written by | George Asakura |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | Kodansha USA |
Magazine | Bessatsu Friend |
Demographic | shōjo |
Original run | October 13, 2004 – December 13, 2013 |
Volumes | 17 |
Manga | |
Oboreru Knife: Yūgyo no Shizuku Iwa no Yume | |
Published | 2012 |
Live-action film | |
Drowning Love (溺れるナイフ, Oboreru Knife) is a Japanese slice of life romantic drama shōjo manga series written and illustrated by George Asakura and published by Kodansha. [1] [2] The chapters were serialized on Bessatsu Friend from October 13, 2004, to December 13, 2013, and compiled into 17 tankōbon volumes. [3] It was published in French by Delcourt. [3] A live action film adaptation of the same name was released on November 5, 2016. [4] Kodansha USA have licensed the manga and will release it in a digital-only format. [5]
Volume 8 reached the 4th place on the Oricon weekly manga charts, selling 32,037 copies as of August 16, 2009; [23] volume 9 reached the 23rd place, selling 29,902 copies as of January 17, 2010; [24] volume 12 also reached the 23rd place, with 18,588 copies sold as of May 15, 2011; [25] volume 14 reached the 22nd place, with 27,609 copies sold as of November 18, 2012; [26] volume 15 reached the 40th place, selling 30,738 copies as of May 18, 2013; [27] volume 16 reached the 25th place, selling 23,898 copies as of November 17, 2013; [28] volume 17 reached the 18th place, selling 22,092 copies as of February 16, 2014. [29]
Drowning Love | |
![]() Cover of volume 1 | |
溺れるナイフ (Oboreru Knife) | |
---|---|
Genre | Romantic drama, [1] slice of life [2] |
Manga | |
Written by | George Asakura |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | Kodansha USA |
Magazine | Bessatsu Friend |
Demographic | shōjo |
Original run | October 13, 2004 – December 13, 2013 |
Volumes | 17 |
Manga | |
Oboreru Knife: Yūgyo no Shizuku Iwa no Yume | |
Published | 2012 |
Live-action film | |
Drowning Love (溺れるナイフ, Oboreru Knife) is a Japanese slice of life romantic drama shōjo manga series written and illustrated by George Asakura and published by Kodansha. [1] [2] The chapters were serialized on Bessatsu Friend from October 13, 2004, to December 13, 2013, and compiled into 17 tankōbon volumes. [3] It was published in French by Delcourt. [3] A live action film adaptation of the same name was released on November 5, 2016. [4] Kodansha USA have licensed the manga and will release it in a digital-only format. [5]
Volume 8 reached the 4th place on the Oricon weekly manga charts, selling 32,037 copies as of August 16, 2009; [23] volume 9 reached the 23rd place, selling 29,902 copies as of January 17, 2010; [24] volume 12 also reached the 23rd place, with 18,588 copies sold as of May 15, 2011; [25] volume 14 reached the 22nd place, with 27,609 copies sold as of November 18, 2012; [26] volume 15 reached the 40th place, selling 30,738 copies as of May 18, 2013; [27] volume 16 reached the 25th place, selling 23,898 copies as of November 17, 2013; [28] volume 17 reached the 18th place, selling 22,092 copies as of February 16, 2014. [29]