Boyfriend (manga)

Boyfriend
Cover of Boyfriend volume 1 as published by Shogakukan
ボーイフレンド (Bōifurendo)
Genre	Romance
Manga
Written by	Fuyumi Soryo
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Shōjo Comics
Original run	November 26, 1985 – April 23, 1988
Volumes	10
Anime television film
Directed by	Satoshi Dezaki
Written by	Kazumi Koide
Studio	Magic Bus
Original network	TV Tokyo
Released	February 11, 1992

Boyfriend (Japanese: ボーイフレンド, Hepburn: Bōifurendo^?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fuyumi Soryo. The manga focuses on Masaki, a delinquent and former basketball star, and Kanako, a girl with a heart condition that forces her to repeat two years of school, as they develop a relationship.

Boyfriend manga received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga. On February 11, 1992, an anime adaptation by Magic Bus aired on TV Tokyo. In 2008, the manga was posted on the Yahoo! Comic Japan website, for free browsing, to celebrate Shogakukan's Shōjo Comic's 40th anniversary.

Takatou Masaki is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed him at a school notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good at, basketball. A chance encounter with the willful Yuuki Kanako may serve as a catalyst for change, as the indefinable connection she feels with him draws them together...