Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox animanga/Header Template:Infobox animanga/Print Template:Infobox animanga/Other Template:Infobox animanga/Footer Template:Nihongo is a Japanese slice of life manga written and illustrated by Kyoko Okazaki. River's Edge was first published in the women's fashion magazine Monthly Cutie between 1993 and 1994.[1][2]Template:Rp River's Edge follows Haruna, a high school girl in a suburb of Tokyo, and her friends as they traverse the ups and downs of high-school life in the 90s.[3][2]Template:Rp
Themes of bullying, homosexuality, drug-use and teenage pregnancy are explored through the lens of a coming of age story. The manga was highly influential in Japanese literature.[3]
A film adaptation of the manga was released in 2018. Kodansha USA publishes the manga in English.[4]
Characters
Template:Nihongo - The first protagonist of the novel. Haruna is a straightforward and unrelenting teenage girl who saves Ichiro from the bullying of her boyfriend, Kannonzaki.
Template:Nihongo - The second protagonist of the novel. Ichiro is bullied by the other boys at school due to his popularity with girls at school. Quiet and non-chalant, Ichiro is closeted although he dates Kanna to appear straight.
Template:Nihongo - Kozue is one of the most popular girls at the high school. She is a child model and one of Ichiro's only friends aside from Haruna.
Template:Nihongo - Hotheaded and rash, Kannonzaki is Haruna's boyfriend. He relentlessly bullies Ichiro due to his popularity with girls at school.
Template:Nihongo - Ichiro's girlfriend. She is unaware of his homosexuality and is overprotective of Ichiro.
Template:Nihongo - One of Haruna's friends. She dates older men for gifts.
Publications
River's Edge was originally published on May 27, 1994, by Takarajimasha[1] in the CUTiE magazine. Since then, the manga has been reprinted three times: in 2000, 2008, and 2015.[5][6] In 2023, an English translation published by Kodansha USA was released.[7]