Penguin Revolution (Japanese: ペンギン 革命, Hepburn: Pengin Kakumei) is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Sakura Tsukuba. It was serialized by Hakusensha in the shōjo manga magazine, LaLa with its collected volumes published under the Hana to Yume Comics imprint with seven complete volumes. It has been licensed in North America by CMX, an imprint of DC Comics for manga. The series is about a high school girl who disguises herself as a young man to become the manager of an actor classmate.
Penguin Revolution | |
ペンギン 革命 (Pengin Kakumei) | |
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Genre | Romantic comedy, Gender bender |
Manga | |
Written by | Sakura Tsukuba |
Published by | Hakusensha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | LaLa |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 2005 – 2007 |
Volumes | 7 |
Yukari Fujimaru is the only daughter of a quite unreliable father, and she dreams of a more reliable future, as a public official. She has a gift: she can see the potential of a person in the form of wings on their back, and by chance she sees wings on the back of one of her schoolmates, Ryouko, who is actually Ryou, one of the male actors of the famous entertainment company PEACOCK, in disguise. When Yukari's father loses his work and flees, Ryou introduces her to PEACOCK as his manager, and a totally unexpected career starts for Yukari. Through a series of twists and turns, both Ryou and Yuka are forced to put their teamwork and trust to the test.
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | April 5, 2005[14] | 4-592-18241-3 [14] | October 25, 2006 | 978-1-4012-1130-1 |
2 | September 5, 2005[15] | 4-592-18242-1 [15] | January 3, 2007 | 978-1-4012-1131-8 |
3 | March 4, 2006[16] | 4-592-18243-X [16] | April 30, 2007 | 978-1-4012-1284-1 |
4 | November 4, 2006[17] | 4-592-18244-8 [17] | July 31, 2007 | 978-1-4012-1306-0 |
5 | April 5, 2007[18] | 978-4-592-18245-0 [18] | January 29, 2008 | 978-1-4012-1704-4 |
6 | October 5, 2007[19] | 978-4-592-18246-7 [19] | November 11, 2008 | 978-1-4012-1776-1 |
7 | February 5, 2008[20] | 978-4-592-18247-4 [19] | March 17, 2009 | 978-1-4012-2093-8 |
A short drama of the series was collected together with Vampire Knight and Ouran High School Host Club as a free supplement, titled as LaLa Gorgeous Drama CD in the November issue of LaLa in 2006. Tomoko Kawakami, Mitsuki Saiga and Hiroki Takahashi voiced the three main protagonists.[21]