Strobe Edge
| Strobe Edge | |
Cover of the first volume of Strobe Edge as published by Shueisha
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ストロボ・エッジ (Sutorobo Ejji) |
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| Genre | Romance |
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| Written by | Io Sakisaka |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Margaret |
| Original run | 2007 – 2010 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Ryūichi Hiroki |
| Released | March 14, 2015 |
Strobe Edge (Japanese: ストロボ・エッジ Hepburn: Sutorobo Ejji?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka. It began serialization in 2007 in the shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret and ended in 2010. The chapters are collected and bound in tankōbon format by Shueisha under the Margaret Comics label. The manga is licensed in North America by Viz Media with its first volume released in November 2012. A live-action film adaptation had its theatrical release on March 14, 2015.
Freshman high school student Ninako Kinoshita has never been in love with anyone until she meets with popular schoolmate Ren Ichinose while boarding a train for school. She gradually falls in love with him as she gets to know about him, though she has to face the truth that Ren is already in a committed relationship with Mayuka Korenaga, a model and the older sister of Daiki, whose love confession Ninako rejects and whose subsequent up-and-down relationship with Ninako's best friend, Sayuri Uehara, becomes the series' secondary plot. Through Ren, Ninako is also introduced to his friend, Takumi Ando, who, despite his womanizing tendency, genuinely falls in love with her.
Ninako and Ren are then thrown into situations that require them to be close together, such as working part-time at the same restaurant and being chosen to buy supplies for the summer festival. Gradually, Ren begins to develop feelings for Ninako, but he is adamant in his choice to stay with Mayuka. Realizing that this act is hurting the both of them, Mayuka chooses to break up with Ren. At the same time, Ando continues to urge Ninako to move on from Ren and be his girlfriend. Once while with Ninako, Ando is confronted by Mao Sugimoto, an ex-girlfriend who cheated him by kissing Ren, causing their breakup and Ando's friendship with Ren becoming looser.
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