Hibi Chōchō

Hibi Chōchō (日々蝶々) is a Japanese slice of life romance shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suu Morishita and published by Shueisha in Margaret magazine.^[1] Volume 1 was released on July 25, 2012 and a total of 10 volumes have been published so far. The series is published in French by Panini, which released the first volume on February 4, 2015.^[2][3] It was adapted into a drama CD.^[4]

Characters

Suiren Shibazeki (柴石すいれん, Shibazeki Suiren)

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa

She's known in school as a "flower on a high peak" (高嶺の花, takane no hana), a phrase meaning "an unattainable object". A beautiful but quiet girl, she never speaks to anyone, because of her extreme shyness.

Taichi Kawasumi (川澄泰一^[5], Kawasumi Taichi)

Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka

He's a quiet boy with glasses, who is also the school's karate champion. He is generally taciturn with everybody, and especially reserved around girls.

Aya Shimizu (清水あや, Shimizu Aya)

Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro

Aya is Suiren's friend, a sleepy-eyed but generally pushy girl.

Ryōsuke Takaya (高屋良祐, Takaya Ryōsuke)

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono

Ryōsuke is Kawasumi's friend, a less-accomplished karate club member who has known Kawasumi since they were small children.

Koharu Shinkawa (新川小春, Shinkawa Koharu)

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu

Koharu is a beautiful, extroverted girl who has her heart set on dating Kawasumi. When he rejects her initial confession, she doesn't give up, but continues to fight for his affections.

Yuri Kudō (工藤ゆり, Kudō Yuri)

Voiced by: Risa Taneda

Yuri is Suiren's friend. She has also known Ryōsuke for years.

Volumes

• 1 (July 25, 2012)^[6]
• 2 (November 22, 2012)^[7]
• 3 (March 25, 2013)^[8]
• 4 (June 25, 2013)^[9]
• 5 (September 25, 2013)^[10]
• 6 (December 25, 2013)^[11]
• 7 (April 25, 2014)^[12]
• 8 (July 25, 2014)^[13]
• 9 (November 25, 2014)^[14]
• 10 (March 25, 2015)^[15]

Reception

It was number four on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Female Readers survey^[16] and it was number nine in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2014.^[17] It was also nominated for Best Shōjo Manga at the 38th Kodansha Manga Award.^[18][19]

Volume 4 has sold 42,419 copies, as of 29 June 2013;^[20] volume 5 has sold 83,454 copies, as of 6 October 2013;^[21] volume 6 has sold 112,902 copies, as of 5 January 2014.^[22] volume 7 reached the 16th place on the Oricon weekly ranking of manga^[23] and, as of May 11, 2014, has sold 162,618 copies;^[24] volume 8 reached the 10th place and, as of August 3, 2014, has sold 124,788 copies.^[25]

References

External links

• Official website (Japanese)