Clover (Toriko Chiya manga)

Clover

Cover of the first Japanese volume of Clover, published by Shueisha on January 25, 2000
クローバー
(Kurōbā)
Genre Romance, slice of life
Manga
Written by Toriko Chiya
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōjo, josei
Magazine Bouquet, Cookie, Chorus
Original run 1997 – April 2010
Volumes 24
Manga
Clover trèfle
Written by Toriko Chiya
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Josei
Magazine Cocohana
Original run June 28, 2012 – ongoing
Volumes 5
Live-action film

Clover (Japanese: クローバー Hepburn: Kurōbā) is a manga series written and illustrated by Toriko Chiya. It follows Saya Suzuki, an office lady, who falls in love with her supervisor Susumu Tsuge.

Release

Clover was first serialized in Shueisha's magazine Bouquet between 1997[1] and 2000. It was transferred to Cookie,[2] being published from 2000 to 2004 on it. In 2006, another Shueisha magazine, Chorus (now Cocohana), began serializing the manga;[1] it lasted until April 2010.[3] All 91 individual chapters were collected by Shueisha into 24 tankōbon volumes,[1][3] published between July 25, 1997 and January 25, 2011.[4][5] From November 18, 2008 to August 17, 2012, the series was republished in 13 bunkoban volumes.[6][7]

The manga, which sold over 9.2 million copies in Japan,[8] has also been published in Italy by Star Comics,[9] in South Korea by Haksan,[10] and in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press.[11] It has spawned a sequel series, Clover trèfle (クローバー trefle(トレフル) Kurōbā Torefuru), which started to be published on June 28, 2012 in Cocohana.[1][12] Its first tankōbon volume was released on January 25, 2014,[13] and, as of November 25, 2014, five volumes of Clover trèfle have been released in Japan.[14] Related works Little Clover (リトル・クローバー Ritoru kurōbā) and Green Green Green were released into a single volume on October 17, 2014.[15]

Adaptations

An audio drama CD was published by Shueisha on May 18, 2004. [16]

A film directed by Takeshi Furusawa and written by Taeko Asano was released on November 1, 2014.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Toriko Chiya's Clover Manga Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. March 12, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ 稚野鳥子「クローバー」大団円！フェリシモとのコラボも (in Japanese). Natalie. April 28, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fin de Clover" (in French). Manga News. April 28, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ クローバー 1 (マーガレットコミックス) (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ クローバー 24 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ クローバー 1 集英社文庫(コミック版) (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ クローバー 13 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "映画「クローバー」公開記念! ドS王子にキュンとくる漫画まとめ". Infoseek (in Japanese). Rakuten. November 1, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Clover n. 24" (in Italian). Star Comics. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  10. ↑ 클로버 24권 (in Korean). Haksan. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  11. ↑ 幸運情人草(23) (in Chinese). Sharp Point Press. July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Toriko Chiya to Launch Clover trèfle Manga Sequel". Anime News Network. May 29, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  13. ↑ "クローバー trefle 1" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  14. ↑ "クローバー trefle 5" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  15. ↑ リトル・クローバー (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  16. ↑ "クローバー ドラマCD" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 21, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

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