Boarding School Juliet

Template:Nihongo, also known as Juliet of Boarding School, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Template:Ill. It was serialized in Kodansha's [[shōnen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from July 2015 to June 2017, and later moved to Weekly Shōnen Magazine, where it ran from September 2017 to September 2019; its chapters were collected in 16 Template:Transliteration volumes. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Kodansha USA.

A light novel adaptation, written by Tadahito Mochizuki and illustrated by Kaneda, was published by Kodansha in February 2017. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired TBS and MBS's Animeism programming block from October to December 2018.

Plot

Template:See also Boarding School Juliet takes place at Dahlia Academy Boarding School, where students come from two rivalling countries known as the "Nation of Touwa" and "Principality of West". This academy segregates its student body into two dormitories which reflects their nationality: the "Black Dogs" housing those from Touwa, and the "White Cats" housing those from the West. The story follows Romio Inuzuka, the first year leader of the "Black Dog Dormitory". Romio has had an unrequited love for Juliet Persia, the first year leader of the "White Cat Dormitory", since childhood. Initially hesitant, Romio decides to confess his love and resolves to change the world if it meant staying by Juliet's side. Juliet, impressed by Romio's determination, accepts his love. However, now both Romio and Juliet must work hard to keep their relationship a secret from other dorm mates while trying to avoid trouble.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Template:Ill, a one-shot chapter of Boarding School Juliet was first published in Kodansha's [[Shōnen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on December 9, 2014; it started its serialization in the same magazine on July 9, 2015. It was published in the magazine until June 9, 2017, and was then moved to Weekly Shōnen Magazine on September 27 of the same year. The series finished on September 4, 2019. Kodansha collected its chapters in 16 Template:Transliteration volumes, released from November 9, 2015, to November 15, 2019.

In North America, the series was licensed in English for digital publication by Kodansha USA, who released the first volume under their Kodansha Comics imprint on April 10, 2018.

An anthology of chapters by various artists, titled Template:Nihongo, was released on October 17, 2018.

Anime

Template:Main An anime television series adaptation was announced in March 2018. The anime series is directed by Seiki Takuno and animated by Liden Films, with Takao Yoshioka written the scripts, Yūki Morimoto designed the characters and Masaru Yokoyama composed the music. The 12-episode series aired from October 6 to December 22, 2018, on TBS, MBS, and BS-TBS during the Animeism programming block.Template:Efn The series was streamed on Amazon Prime Video in Japan and markets other than China. The series' opening theme is "Love With You" is performed by fripSide, and the ending theme is Template:Nihongo is performed by Riho Iida.

Reception

In 2017, the series was ranked 14th at the third Next Manga Awards in the print category.

See also

• The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch, another manga series by the same author

External links

• Template:Official website Template:In lang
• Template:Anime News Network