Bessatsu Friend

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Bessatsu Friend (別冊フレンド, Bessatsu Furendo^?) ( is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Kodansha, aimed at teenage girls. It was originally conceived a bessatsu (or companion magazine) to Shōjo Friend, which is no longer published. Bessatsu Friend is commonly known under the abbreviated name Betsufure　(別フレ）.

Recently, a manga serialized in Bessatsu Friend named Flower of Eden was pulled from publication and recalled by both Kodansha and overseas by Tokyopop, after it was revealed that the mangaka, Yuki Suetsugu, had copied art directly from Slam Dunk and Real by Takehiko Inoue 1.

[edit] Mangaka and series featured in Bessatsu Friend

• Moto Hagio
  • They Were Eleven
• Tomoko Hayakawa
  • Yamato Nadesico Shichihenge (The Wallflower)
• Satomi Ikezawa
  • Guru Guru Pon-chan
  • Othello
• Shizuru Seino
  • Power!! (Girl Got Game)
• Fuyumi Soryo
  • Mars
  • Mars Gaiden
• Keiko Suenobu
  • Raifu
• Yuki Suetsugu
  • Flower of Eden (pulled after plagiarism controversy)
• Tami Takada
  • Abenoseimei Love Stories: Banquet of Flowers
  • Abenoseimei Love Stories: The Flower-Blossom Girl
  • Abenoseimei Love Stories: The Flower-Crown Princess
• Miwa Ueda
  • Love Charge
  • Oh! My Darling
  • Peach Girl
  • Ura Peach Girl
  • Papillon
• Yū Yoshii
  • Deep Love: Ayu no Monogatari (based on the novel by YOSHI)

[edit] Related magazines

• Nakayoshi

[edit] External links

• Bessatsu Friend profile at Anime News Network
• Betsufure On-Line - official site of Bessatsu Friend