My Girlfriend's a Geek
Novel, manga, film
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My Girlfriend's a Geek (腐女子彼女, Fujoshi Kanojo) is a Japanese light novel series in two volumes by Pentabu based on a popular blog[1] of the same name with 11 million[2] page views. A manga adaptation by Rize Shinba started serialization in 2007 and was published by Enterbrain under their B's LOG Comic imprint. A movie adaptation was published in 2009 with My Geeky Girlfriend as the International English title.[3] Both the light novel and manga have been licensed for release by Yen Press.[4]
| My Girlfriend's a Geek | |
Cover of the first My Girlfriend's a Geek light novel | |
| 腐女子彼女。 (Fujoshi Kanojo.) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Romance, Slice of life |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Pentabu |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| English publisher | |
| Original run | December 8, 2006 – August 1, 2007 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Pentabu |
| Illustrated by | Rize Shinba |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | B's LOG Comic |
| Original run | December 1, 2007 – March 1, 2010 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Atsushi Kaneshige |
| Produced by | Enterbrain |
| Written by | Ei Katsuragi |
| Released | May 2, 2009 |
Story synopsis
The story is about the misadventures of a college student, who was falling in love with a pretty girl two years his senior, while in a part-time job, only to find out his girlfriend is a hard-core yaoi fangirl, and so his torment begins.
Media
Novels
The novels contains blog entries of the blog with the same name from 2005 to 2007.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | December 8, 2006[5] | 978-4-7577-3059-5 | September 28, 2010[6] | 978-0-7595-3171-0 |
| 02 | August 1, 2007[7] | 978-4-7577-3664-1 | March 29, 2011[8] | 978-0-7595-3172-7 |
Manga
In December 2007, Enterbrain published the first volume of the manga adaptation created by Rize Shinba in its B's LOG Comics imprint. The fourth volume was released in April 2009. The manga has been translated into Chinese, German, English and French; in Germany, it is published as Akihabara Shōjo.[9]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | December 1, 2007[10] | 978-4-7577-3899-7 | May 18, 2010[11] | 978-0-7595-3173-4 |
| 02 | March 31, 2008[12] | 978-4-7577-4111-9 | November 30, 2010[13] | 978-0-7595-3174-1 |
| 03 | November 1, 2008[14] | 978-4-7577-4531-5 | May 31, 2011[15] | 978-0-316-17821-1 |
| 04 | April 1, 2009[16] | 978-4-7577-4811-8 | September 20, 2011[17] | 978-0-316-17822-8 |
| 05 | March 1, 2010[18] | 978-4-04-726379-6 | December 13, 2011[19] | 978-0-316-17825-9 |
Film
The live action film was released in Japan's theaters in May 2009. It was directed by Atsushi Kaneshige, with screenplay written by Ei Katsuragi.