Evergreen (manga)

Evergreen (エバーグリーン) is an ongoing Japanese school romantic comedy shōnen manga series written by Yuyuko Takemiya and illustrated by Akira Kasukabe.^[1][2] Published by ASCII Media Works, it is serialized since July 19, 2011, first on Dengeki Daioh Genesis magazine and later on Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh.^[3][4] Four volumes compiling the chapters have been released so far.^[1] It's published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.^[2]

Characters

• Hotaka Yoshimatsu – A teenage boy who writes columns as president of the manga club. He has a crush on swimmer student Niki Awaya but is too shy to talk to her. As his father died of congenital heart disease, Hotaka inherits a similar condition where he has to minimize his physical activities and he bears a large scar on his chest. He has a recurring dream where a person in a fox costume stabs him in the chest.^{Ch. 1[2]}
• Niki Awaya – the heroine of the series is a beautiful ace swimmer with long blonde hair.^{Ch. 1[2]}
• On-chan – A underclassman girl with glasses who is in the manga club. She often sets Hotaka straight on doing things.^{Ch. 1[2]}
• Soga – A guy in the manga club who is a bit of a womanizer.^{Ch. 1[2]}

Volumes

• 1 (May 26, 2012; English: May 2015)^[5][2]
• 2 (March 27, 2013; English: August 2015)^[6]
• 3 (January 27, 2014; English: November 2015)^[7]
• 4 (May 27, 2015; English: March 2016)^[8]

Reception

On Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman gave volume 1 an overall grade of B+, calling it "a nice introduction to a story that has more going on beneath the surface than it at first would appear."^[9]

References

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Evergreen (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia