Book Girl is a collection of Japanese light novels written by Mizuki Nomura, with illustrations by Miho Takeoka. The novels share the common title Book Girl (文学少女, Bungaku Shōjo), which is where the series gets its name. The series centers around Konoha Inoue, a writer in high school who joined the literature club after meeting Tohko Amano, the president and sole member of the club. Tohko can only eat stories by consuming the paper they are printed on and Tohko often asks Konoha to write her short stories as "snacks".
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There are 16 novels in the series: eight cover the original series, four are short story collections, and four are of a side story. The eight novels of the original series were published between April 28, 2006, and August 30, 2008. The four short story collections were published between December 26, 2008, and December 25, 2010; many of the short stories were previously published in Enterbrain's FB Online online magazine. The four side story novels were published between April 30, 2009, and April 30, 2011. The first three side story novels are a part of a single story, while the last one is separate. The novels were published by Enterbrain under their Famitsu Bunko imprint. Yen Press licensed the light novel series and began releasing it in English in North America in July 2010, with a new volume being released every six months.[1][2]
Volume list
editMain series
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1 | Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime Bungaku Shōjo to Shinitagari no Piero ("文学少女"と死にたがりの道化【ピエロ】) | April 28, 2006[3] 978-4-7577-2806-6 | July 27, 2010[2][4] 978-0-316-07690-6 | |
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Konoha Inoue is a second-year high school student and one of two members in his school's literature club, the other being third-year and club president Tohko Amano. Tohko is a self-proclaimed "book girl" who can only eat stories by consuming the paper they are printed on. After Tohko set up a mailbox for people to ask help in matters of love, a first-year girl named Chia Takeda comes to the literature club for help. Konoha ends up getting roped into writing love letters for the boy Chia likes, a third-year on the archery team named Shuji Kataoka. Konoha and Tohko discover there is no one on the archery team named Shuji. Chia takes Konoha to watch the archery team practice and when alumni of the archery club come to visit, they are surprised to see Konoha, who looks almost exactly like their old friend Shuji. Konoha and Tohko find out more about Shuji and how he had committed suicide ten years previous, as well as finding out that Chia already has a boyfriend. Chia lures Yasuyuki Soeda, one of Shuji's friends, to confront Konoha, since she suspected Soeda killed Shuji, who admits to stabbing him in the chest. However, Tohko arrives with Soeda's wife Rihoko and friend Shigeru Manabe, also previous friends of Shuji. Tohko proclaims that Rihoko was the one Shuji feared the most, since she saw through his act of always joking around. Rihoko admits to allowing Shuji to jump off the roof, after being stabbed by Soeda, so as to be at peace. Later, Konoha discovers that Chia had experienced similar things that Shuji had gone through, and he and Tohko manage to prevent Chia from committing suicide by jumping off the school roof. | ||||
2 | Book Girl and the Famished Spirit Bungaku Shōjo to Uekawaku Gōsuto ("文学少女"と飢え渇く幽霊【ゴースト】) | August 30, 2006[5] 978-4-7577-2915-5 | January 25, 2011[2][6] 978-0-316-07692-0 | |
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One day after school, Tohko looks in the literature club's mailbox and finds a bunch of scraps of paper with mysterious short phrases and strings of numbers. After they stake out the mailbox, they discover an emaciated girl, who says she is Kayano Kujo, wearing the school's old uniform and proclaims that she is already dead. However, Tohko finds out that the girl's real name is Hotaru Amemiya, and Tohko is determined to uncover the mystery of the ghost, but Konoha wants no part in it. However, Konoha meets with Ryuto Sakurai, a boy who lives with his mother and Tohko, and who is in a relationship with Hotaru. Konoha meets with Hotaru and her alter ego Kayano to help Ryuto understand her behavior. Konoha and Ryuto discover Hotaru demolishing a room in her mansion, though Konoha leaves to go back home. Tohko calls him from the police station, and explains she was investigating with Nanase, who is recovering in a hospital after being injured. Tohko explains that she has found out Kayano as Hotaru's mother, and the relationship she shares with her uncle and guardian Tamotsu Kurosaki. Konoha and Tohko go to Hotaru's mansion to look for Ryuto, but are almost killed by Hotaru, who believes them to be the dead spirits of Kayano and Aoi Kunieda, whom Kayano had loved. Ryuto had been stabbed and nearly killed by Hotaru. Tohko, Konoha, Ryuto and Maki Himekura go to a church to find Kurosaki and Hotaru, who wanted to enact her revenge against Kurosaki. Tohko reveals that they are actually father and daughter, something only Hotaru was aware of, and that Hotaru loves Kurosaki as much as she hates him. Hotaru had been suffering from a terminal disease and dies a week later. | ||||
3 | Book Girl and the Captive Fool Bungaku Shōjo to Tsunagareta Fūru ("文学少女"と繋がれた愚者【フール】) | December 25, 2006[7] 978-4-7577-3084-7 | August 16, 2011[8] 978-0-316-07693-7 | |
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4 | Book Girl and the Corrupted Angel Bungaku Shōjo to Aimei no Anju ("文学少女"と穢名の天使【アンジュ】) | April 28, 2007[9] 978-4-7577-3506-4 | January 24, 2012[2][10] 978-0-316-07694-4 | |
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5 | Book Girl and the Wayfarer's Lamentation Bungaku Shōjo to Dōkoku no Parumiēre ("文学少女"と慟哭の巡礼者【パルミエーレ】) | August 30, 2007[11] 978-4-7577-3685-6 | July 24, 2012[2][12] 978-0-316-07695-1 | |
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6 | Book Girl and the Undine Who Bore a Moonflower Bungaku Shōjo to Tsuki-hana o Daku Undīne ("文学少女"と月花を孕く水妖【ウンディーネ】) | December 25, 2007[13] 978-4-7577-3918-5 | January 22, 2013[2][14] 978-0-316-07696-8 | |
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7 | Book Girl and the Scribe Who Faced God (part 1) Bungaku Shōjo to Kami ni Nozomu Romanshie Jō ("文学少女"と神に臨む作家【ロマンシエ】 上) | April 28, 2008[15] 978-4-7577-4173-7 | July 23, 2013[2][16] 978-0-316-07697-5 | |
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8 | Book Girl and the Scribe Who Faced God (part 2) Bungaku Shōjo to Kami ni Nozomu Romanshie Ge ("文学少女"と神に臨む作家【ロマンシエ】 下) | August 30, 2008[17] 978-4-7577-4371-7 | January 2014[2] 978-0-316-07698-2 | |
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Short story collections
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1 | Book Girl and Falling in Love Episode 1 Bungaku Shōjo to Koisuru Episōdo 1 ("文学少女"と恋する挿話集【エピソード】 1) | December 26, 2008[18] | 978-4-7577-4578-0 | |
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2 | Book Girl and Falling in Love Episode 2 Bungaku Shōjo to Koisuru Episōdo 2 ("文学少女"と恋する挿話集【エピソード】 2) | August 29, 2009[19] | 978-4-7577-5039-5 | |
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3 | Book Girl and Falling in Love Episode 3 Bungaku Shōjo to Koisuru Episōdo 3 ("文学少女"と恋する挿話集【エピソード】 3) | April 30, 2010[20] | 978-4-04-726487-8 | |
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4 | Book Girl and Falling in Love Episode 4 Bungaku Shōjo to Koisuru Episōdo 4 ("文学少女"と恋する挿話集【エピソード】 4) | December 25, 2010[21] | 978-4-04-726960-6 | |
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Side story series
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1 | Book Girl Apprentice's First Love Bungaku Shōjo Minarai no, Hatsukoi. ("文学少女"見習いの、初戀【はつこい】。) | April 30, 2009[22] | 978-4-7577-4829-3 | |
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2 | Book Girl Apprentice's Heartbreak Bungaku Shōjo Minarai no, Shōshin. ("文学少女"見習いの、傷心【しょうしん】。) | December 26, 2009[23] | 978-4-04-726030-6 (regular edition) 978-4-04-726029-0 (DVD bundled edition) | |
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3 | Book Girl Apprentice's Graduation Bungaku Shōjo Minarai no, Sotsugyō. ("文学少女"見習いの、卒業【そつぎょう】。) | August 30, 2010[24] | 978-4-04-726725-1 | |
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4 | Soft-boiled Author and the Book Girl Muse Hanjuku Sakka to Bungaku Shōjo na Myūzu (半熟作家と“文学少女”な編集者【ミューズ】) | April 30, 2011[25] | 978-4-04-727222-4 | |
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Additional stories
edit- "Someday, Until the Day I Meet You" (いつか、きみに会う日まで, Itsuka, Kimi no Au Hi made)
- "Magnolia's Prayer" (木蓮(マグノリア)の祈り, Magunoria no Inori)
- "The End of the Summer You Were Here" (きみがいた夏の終わり, Kimi ga Ita Natsu no Owari)
- "Book Girl Peace Chapter: The Young Lord Put into Writing and the Young Lady Put into Speech and Reading" ("文学少女"平安編 書き綴る若君と読み語る女房, Bungaku Shōjo Heian-hen Kakitsuzuru Wakagimi to Yomikataru Nyōbō)
- "The Mermaid Likes Sweet Romance" (人魚姫【マーメイド】は甘いロマンスが好き, Māmeido wa Amai Romansu ga Suki)
- "The Snow Queen Won't Allow Love" (雪の女王(スノークイーン)は愛を許さない, Sunō Kuīn wa Ai o Yurusanai)
- "Belle Turned Away with a Scowl" (美女(ベル)はツンと顔をそむける, Beru wa Tsun to Kao o Sumukeru)
- "Sweet Digression: Always From Now On" (甘い余談~これからも、ずっと, Amai Yodan: Korekara mo, Zutto)
References
edit- ^ "Yen Press Adds Haruhi-Chan, K-On! Manga, Bungaku Shoujo". Anime News Network. February 3, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Book Girl (novel) by Mizuki Nomura". Yen Press. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ ""文学少女"と死にたがりの道化" [Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime". Hachette Book Group USA. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ^ ""文学少女"と飢え渇く幽霊" [Book Girl and the Famished Spirit] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "Book Girl and the Famished Spirit". Hachette Book Group USA. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ^ ""文学少女"と繋がれた愚者" [Book Girl and the Captive Fool] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "Book Girl and the Captive Fool". Hachette Book Group USA. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ ""文学少女"と穢名の天使" [Book Girl and the Corrupted Angel] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "Book Girl and the Corrupted Angel". Hachette Book Group USA. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ ""文学少女"と慟哭の巡礼者" [Book Girl and the Wayfarer's Lamentation] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "Book Girl and the Wayfarer's Lamentation". Hachette Book Group USA. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ ""文学少女"と月花を孕く水妖" [Book Girl and the Undine Who Bore a Moonflower] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "Book Girl and the Undine Who Bore a Moonflower". Hachette Book Group USA. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ ""文学少女"と神に臨む作家 上" [Book Girl and the Scribe Who Faced God (part 1)] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "Book Girl and the Scribe Who Faced God, Part 1". Hachette Book Group USA. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ ""文学少女"と神に臨む作家 下" [Book Girl and the Scribe Who Faced God (part 2)] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ ""文学少女"と恋する挿話集 1" [Book Girl and Falling in Love Episode 1] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ ""文学少女"と恋する挿話集 2" [Book Girl and Falling in Love Episode 2] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ ""文学少女"と恋する挿話集3" [Book Girl and Falling in Love Episode 3] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ ""文学少女"と恋する挿話集4" [Book Girl and Falling in Love Episode 4] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ ""文学少女"見習いの、初戀。" [Book Girl Apprentice's First Love] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ ""文学少女"見習いの、傷心。" [Book Girl Apprentice's Heartbreak] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ ""文学少女"見習いの、卒業。" [Book Girl Apprentice's Graduation] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "半熟作家と"文学少女"な編集者" [Soft-boiled Author and the Book Girl Muse] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved May 17, 2011.