Furo Girl!
Furo Girl! (Japanese: ふろがーる！, Hepburn: Furo Gāru!, lit. "Bath Girl!") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukio Katayama. The manga was serialized in the Shogakukan publication Big Comic Spirits from 2015 to 2016. The series the depicts the lifestyle of a 25 year old office worker and bath lover Sayoko Oyumino.
| Furo Girl! | |
 Cover of the first volume of Furo Girl!, featuring the character Sayoko Oyumino | |
| ふろがーる！ (Furo Gāru!) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yukio Katayama |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Big Comic Spirits |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | August 10, 2015 – November 21, 2016 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Junichi Ishikawa |
| Produced by | Tatsuya Yamaga |
| Written by | Yousuke Masaike Yukari Nakamura |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | July 15, 2020 – present |
The manga is currently being adapted into a live-action drama for TV Tokyo in 2020 starring Hinako Sakurai.[2]
Characters
- Sayoko Oyumino (生実野早夜子)
- Portrayed by: Hinako Sakurai (live-action)
- A 25 year old office worker that enjoys hot baths and tries various bathing methods to find the best bath.
- Shiro (シロー)
- A biker woman that is friends with Sayoko and sometimes travels on motorcycles with Sayoko to visit hot springs and bath houses.
- Hachiike (八イケ)
- A girl from Germany that befriends Sayoko and isn't familiar with Japanese bathing customs.
- Aino Hiyama (檜山愛乃)
- Portrayed by: Sakurako Konishi (live-action)[3]
- A junior student from Sayako's college days. She has a very "bright and high-tension" personality and described as a shower person. which contrasts with Sayako. She is original to the live-action series.
Media
Manga
The manga was serialized in 3 volumes of the Shogakukan publication Big Comic Spirits during the period between the August 10, 2015 issue to the November 21, 2016 issue.
Volumes
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 29th, 2016[4] | 978-4-09-187460-3 | ||
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| 2 | July 29th, 2016[5] | 978-4-09-187718-5 | ||
| 3 | February 28th, 2017[6] | 978-4-09-189380-2 | ||
| N/A | Not released in tankōbon form | — | — | |
| These two chapters were serialized in the Big Comic Spirits as chapters 3 & 7 but were omitted from the Tankōbon releases changing the chapter numbers for the rest of the chapters in them. | ||||
Live-action TV series
A live-action TV series is set to premiere on July 15th, 2020 starring Hinako Sakurai.
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | TBA | July 15, 2020 | |
| Sayoko Oyumino has a daily routine to arranging her own bath. One day, she buys a capsule toy and just before throwing away the empty capsule, she comes up with the idea of making a bath bomb. As soon as she starts making bath bombs, she receives a phone call from her junior, Aino Hiyama.[1] | |||
References
- "TV Tokyo Synopsis". TV Tokyo. July 8, 2020.
- "TV Tokyo Announcement". TV Tokyo. June 30, 2020.
- "Sakurako Konishi, starring in the drama "Furo Girl!"". ORICON NEWS. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ふろがーる! 第1集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ふろがーる! 第2集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ふろがーる! 第3集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- Katayama, Yukio (September 14, 2015). "Holiday Reward". Big Comic Spirits. Furo Girl! (in Japanese). Shogakukan (40): 183–190.
- Katayama, Yukio (October 10, 2015). "You Are Already In". Big Comic Spirits. Furo Girl! (in Japanese). Shogakukan (46): 385–392.
External links
- Official Site (Shogakukan) (in Japanese)
- Furo Girl! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Official Twitter (in Japanese)
- TV Tokyo (in Japanese)
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