River's Edge (manga)
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River's Edge (Japanese: リバーズ・エッジ, Hepburn: Ribāzu Ejji) is a Japanese slice of life manga written and illustrated by Kyoko Okazaki. River's Edge was first published in the women's fashion magazine Monthly Cutie between 1993 and 1994.[1][2]: 195 River's Edge follows Haruna, a high school girl in a suburb of Tokyo, and her friends as they traverse the ups and downs of high-school life in the 90s.[3][2]: 195–196
Quick Facts リバーズ・エッジ (Ribāzu Ejji), Created by ...
River's Edge | |
リバーズ・エッジ (Ribāzu Ejji) | |
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Created by | Kyoko Okazaki |
Manga | |
Written by | Kyoko Okazaki |
Published by | Takarajimasha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | CUTiE |
Demographic | Josei |
Published | 1994 |
Volumes | 1 |
Live-action film | |
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Themes of bullying, homosexuality, drug-use and teenage pregnancy are explored through the lens of a coming of age story. The manga was highly influential in Japanese literature.[3]
A film adaptation of the manga was released in 2018. Kodansha USA publishes the manga in English.[4]