Evergreen (manga)

Evergreen
エバーグリーン
Genre	romantic comedy
Manga
Written by	Yuyuko Takemiya
Illustrated by	Akira Kasukabe
Published by	ASCII Media Works
English publisher	Seven Seas Entertainment
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Dengeki Daioh Genesis Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh
Original run	July 19, 2011 – May 27, 2015
Volumes	4

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

1. "Evergreen vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved June 1, 2015.
2. "Seven Seas Adds Vampire Bund 2, Clay Lord, Evergreen, Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary". Anime News Network. June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
3. "Toradora Author Takemiya to Launch Evergreen Manga". Anime News Network. June 28, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
4. "Dengeki Daioh Genesis Magazine Ceases Publication". Anime News Network. November 19, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
5. "Evergreen jp Vol.1". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved June 1, 2015.
6. "Evergreen jp Vol.2". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved June 1, 2015.
7. "Evergreen jp Vol.3". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved June 1, 2015.
8. "Evergreen jp Vol.4". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved June 1, 2015.
9. Rebecca Silverman (May 31, 2015). "Evergreen GN 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 1, 2015.

External links

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