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Overview

Ai Yori Aoshi (藍より青し, "Bluer Than Indigo") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki. The manga was serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine from 1998 to 2005 and the chapters collected into 17 tankōbon volumes. It is a love story between two characters who have not seen each other in years, but were once childhood friends.

Plot

Kaoru Hanabishi, a university student, is the eldest son of Yūji Hanabishi, the head of the Hanabishi Zaibatsu, and was set to take over the zaibatsu after his father retired. His mother, Kumi Honjō, and his father never married, making life difficult for both him and his mother. Kaoru's father died when he was five years old. After that, Yūji's father, Gen'ichiro Hanabishi, took Kaoru under his wing and began educating him for the eventual succession. However, Kaoru never felt …

Media

Ai Yori Aoshi began as a manga series written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki. It was serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine from 1998 to 2005 and the chapters collected into 17 tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published by Hakusensha in Japan on May 28, 1999, and the last volume was released on December 20, 2005. The manga was released in English by Tokyopop. The first book was released in January 2004 and the last book was released in Octob…

Reception

Ai Yori Aoshi did well with its English manga release, with book one ranking number 45 on the top 50 Manga's sold of that month. With an estimated 3,329 books sold, the series peaked at number 18 of 100 with Volume 6 but soon fell out of the top 100 list for the other releases. The last volume ended at number 66 out of 100 on the sales list.
As for reviews the manga has been described as "fun to read" and a "good solid romance story". …

Further reading

• King, Hannah (2005). "Ai Yori Aoshi v1". Manga Life. Silver Bullet Comics. Archived from the original on 2006-01-07. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

External links

• Japan Ai Yori Aoshi page (Archived)
• J.C.Staff PC game site
• Success Corp game
• Ai Yori Aoshi at the Grand Comics Database