Boogiepop and Others
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Cover of the English release of Boogiepop and Others
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ブギーポップは笑わない (Bugīpoppu wa Warawanai) |
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| Genre | Speculative fiction |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Kouhei Kadono |
| Illustrated by | Kouji Ogata |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
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| Demographic | Male |
| Published | February 25, 1998 |
| Manga | |
| Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh | |
| Written by | Kouji Ogata |
| Published by | Mediaworks |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
| Original run | October 1999 – May 2001 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Ryu Kaneda |
| Produced by | Kazuo Kato Tsuguo Hattori Yasumasa Sone Youmi Miyano |
| Written by | Sadayuki Murai |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
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| Released | March 11, 2000 |
| Runtime | 109 minutes |
Boogiepop and Others (ブギーポップは笑わない Bugīpoppu wa Warawanai?) is a light novel and manga authored by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated by Kouji Ogata, and a live-action movie directed by Ryu Kaneda. The light novel, the first in the Boogiepop series, was released in 1998 by MediaWorks and won the fourth Dengeki Game Novel Contest.
The story takes place in an unnamed Japanese city, and follows five students at Shinyo Academy as they try to piece together the puzzle of a new drug and recent disappearances among the student populace. While the teachers believe them to only be runaways, the female students whisper among themselves about the urban legend Boogiepop, who is said to be a shinigami.
The titles used in the Boogiepop Series can typically be separated into multiple titles. The full, Japanese title of this novel is Boogiepop wa Warawanai Boogiepop and Others. Typically the translation of Boogiepop wa Warawanai is either Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh or Boogiepop Doesn't Smile; the publishers of the manga of the same name chose to use the Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh translation. This refers to the character Boogiepop, who is usually described with a deadpan expression, and is never seen to laugh or smile. Boogiepop and Others simply refers to the character Boogiepop, and the 'other' characters.
When waiting for his girlfriend, Touka Miyashita, to arrive, Keiji Takeda sees a ragged looking man stumbling through the town. A short man in a black cloak speaks with the other man after he collapses, then berated the crowd for not helping. When the police arrive, the two escape, but what shocked Takeda most of all was that the cloaked man has the face of his girlfriend. The following day, Miyashita acts as if nothing had happened the previous day. Takeda sought to speak with her after school, but instead spots the cloaked man. Confronting him, the stranger introduces himself as Boogiepop. Boogiepop claims to be a split personality, who has emerged to protect the world.
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