Flower of Life (manga)
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| Flower of Life | |
.jpg) Cover of the first volume of the manga as released by Digital Manga Publishing | |
| フラワー·オブ·ライフ (Furawa obu Raifu) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Fumi Yoshinaga |
| Published by | Shinshokan |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Wings |
| Original run | April 2004 – March 2007 |
| Volumes | 4 |
Flower of Life (Japanese: フラワー·オブ·ライフ, Hepburn: Furawa obu Raifu) is a slice of life comedy manga series by Fumi Yoshinaga revolving around a group of friends in a high school. The manga is serialised in Shinshokan's Wings. It was nominated for the first annual Manga Taishō award in 2008 and one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2008 Great Graphic Novels. The manga is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing.[1][2]
Harutaro Hanazono, a cheerful and outspoken boy, enrolls at his new high school a month late, as he has been recovering from a bone marrow transplant to treat his leukemia. He is befriended by Shota Mikuni, who is also friends with Kai Majima, an otaku. Harutaro finds Kai annoying. The story follows the school life of Harutaro.
Manga
Four bound volumes were released in Japan between April 2004 and March 2007 published by Shinshokan.[3][4] Digital Manga Publishing released the manga's four tankōbon between January 17, 2007, and May 20, 2009.[5][6]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 2004[3] | 978-4-40361-749-2 | January 17, 2007[5] | 978-1-56970-939-9 |
| 2 | March 25, 2005[7] | 978-4-40361-792-8 | April 11, 2007[8] | 978-1-56970-873-6 |
| 3 | April 2006[9] | 978-4-40361-829-1 | July 11, 2007[10] | 978-1-56970-829-3 |
| 4 | March 2007[4] | 978-4-40361-867-3 | May 20, 2009[6] | 978-1-56970-055-6 |