By your side (manga)

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Manga
title By your side
Original title コ コ に い る よ!
transcription Koko ni Iru yo!
country JapanJapan Japan
author Ema Tōyama
publishing company Kodansha
magazine Nakayoshi
First publication June 3, 2007 - December 1, 2008
expenditure 5

At your side ( Japanese コ コ に い る よ! , Koko ni Iru yo!, Dt. "I'm here!") Is a completed Japanese manga series of the genus Shōjo . It was drawn by the Japanese mangaka Ema Tōyama and has over 900 pages.

content

The series is about the student Hikage Sumino, who attended the 8th grade, later the 9th grade, of middle school. She is very shy and introverted and describes herself as "no presence", which is why she is ignored by her classmates and has no friends. Her only social contacts are her network acquaintances “Mega Pig” and “Kuro Usagi” (Eng. “Black Hare”) on her own blog , in which she calls herself Himawari. But Sumino's lonely world is suddenly shaken when Hinata Muto, one of the most popular boys in the school, confesses his love for her.

In the course of the story, Sumino, despite the hostility of Hinata's admirers and intrigues from her jealous classmate Aya Fujinaga, overcomes her shyness more and more and is more involved in the class.

Characters

Sumino Hikage ( 隅 乃 ひ か げ , Sumino Hikage )
Sumino is in 8th grade of middle school, has brown hair and blue eyes. She is very shy and introverted, which is why she has no friends and is ignored by her schoolmates. Her only friends are "Mega Pig" and "Kuro Usagi", whom she knows from her internet blog, which she has been running as Himawari since 5th grade.
Hinata Muto ( 武 藤 日 向 , Hinata Mutō )
Hinata Muto is one of the most popular boys in the whole school. He is constantly with his best friend Teru Mikami, which is why the two are also referred to as the "mother and father" of the class community and is in love with Sumino. He trains Kendo and is best of the year.
Teru Mikami ( 三 上 輝 , Teru Mikami )
Teru Mikami: Teru Mikami is Hinata's best friend and is considered the most beautiful boy in school. He is also in love with Sumino, but this does not affect his friendship with Hinata. Later in the story it turns out that he regularly comments on Sumino's blog under the nickname "Kuro Usagi" . His parents are at odds, from which he suffers greatly.
Aya Fujinaga ( 藤 永 彩 , Fujinaga Aya )
Aya Fujinaga is in love with Hinata and the leader of his "fan club". In truth, however, she was just as lonely as Sumino and only made friends in Hinata's “fan club” and then even assumed a leading position there. She is afraid of losing her friends again and therefore starts some intrigues against Sumino. Later in the story everyone turns away from her.
Aoi Nanjo ( 三 上 輝 , Nanjō Aoi )
Nanjo is a shy boy and regularly comments on Sumino's blog under the nickname "Mega Pig" , but the two never meet in real life. He is in love with his classmate Kurasawa, who also reciprocates his love, but because of his shyness he only finds out at the end of the story.

publication

The series was published from issue 7/2007 (June 3, 2007) to 1/2009 (December 1, 2008) in the Japanese manga magazine Nakayoshi . It was summarized in five tankōbons . In Germany, these five tankōbons were published by Claudia Peter in the Egmont Ehapa Verlag from November 2009 to September 2010. An English translation was published by Kodansha USA and DelRey . Ever Glory Publishing brought the series out in Taiwan.

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