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. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from August 2015 to November 2016, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. The series depicts the lifestyle of a 25-year-old office worker and bath lover Sayoko Oyumino.
Furo Girl! | |
ふろがーる! (Furo Gāru!) | |
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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 |
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Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | July 16, 2020 – August 20, 2020 |
Episodes | 6 |
A six-episode television drama adaptation, starring Hinako Sakurai, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to August 2020.
Furo Girl!, written and illustrated by Yukio Katayama, was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from August 10, 2015,[3] to November 21, 2016.[4] Its chapters were collected in three tankōbon volumes, released from February 29, 2016,[5] to February 28, 2017.[6]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | ||
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1 | February 29, 2016[5] | 978-4-09-187460-3 | ||
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2 | July 29, 2016[7] | 978-4-09-187718-5 | ||
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3 | February 28, 2017[6] | 978-4-09-189380-2 | ||
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These two chapters were published in Big Comic Spirits as chapters 3 and 7, but were omitted from the tankōbon releases, changing the chapter numbers for the rest of the chapters in them.
A six-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July 16 to August 20, 2020.[10][11][a]
No. | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | "The World's Most Peaceful Bomb – Bath Bomb" "Sekaiichi Heiwana Bakudan Basubomu" (Japanese: 世界一平和な爆弾 バスボム」) | July 16, 2020[10] | |
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] | |||
2 | "Summer Oranges Are the Beginning of the "Prosperity" Season" "Natsumikan wa "Hae" no Hajimari" (Japanese: 夏みかんは“映え”のはじまり) | July 23, 2020[13] | |
3 | "Love, Rain and Mist Sauna" "Koi to Ame to Misuto Sauna" (Japanese: 恋と雨とミストサウナ) | July 30, 2020[14] | |
4 | "Bubble Bath DE Ooooh!" "Awafuro DE Uōooo" (Japanese: 泡風呂DEうおおおぉ) | August 6, 2020[15] | |
5 | "Are Summer Baths Heaven or Hell?" "Natsu no Furo wa Tengoku ka Jigoku?" (Japanese: 夏の風呂は天国か地獄?) | August 13, 2020[16] | |
6 | "Sanyoko vs. Bath: The Last Battle" "Sayoko VS Furo Saigo no Tatakai" (Japanese: 早夜子VS風呂 最後の戦い) | August 20, 2020[11] |