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Flowers (magazine) - Wikipedia

Flowers (フラワーズ) is a monthly Japanese josei manga magazine published by Shogakukan and issued on the 28th of every month.

Flowers
The cover of the first issue of Flowers
CategoriesJosei[1][2]
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation33,000[2]
(July–September 2016)
First issueApril 27, 2002 (2002-04-27)
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Websiteflowers.shogakukan.co.jp

History

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Flowers originally started out under the name Petit Flower (プチフラワー, Puchifurawā), which was also published by Shogakukan. Petit Flower was founded in 1980 as a quarterly magazine, eventually becoming monthly and then ultimately bi-monthly, and became defunct in March 2002. It was relaunched as the monthly Flowers in April 2002, which, to increase circulation, incorporated such popular Betsucomi serials as Yasha and 7 Seeds with previous Petit Flower titles. Before ceasing publication, Petit Flower serialized a number of works by Moto Hagio, including Iguana Girl, Mesh, Marginal, and A Cruel God Reigns.

Serializations

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Current

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Former

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Notes

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  1. ^ Yasha was originally serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic from 1996 to 2002. It then moved to Flowers, where it ended in 2002.[14]
  2. ^ Kaze Hikaru was originally serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic from 1997 to 2002. It then moved to Flowers, where it ended in 2020.[15]
  3. ^ Amakusa 1637 was originally serialized in Petit Flower from 2000 to 2002. It then moved to Flowers, where it ended in 2006.[16]
  4. ^ 7 Seeds was originally serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic from 2001 to 2002. It then moved to Flowers, where it ended in 2017.[17][18]
  5. ^ Shitsuren Chocolatier was originally serialized in Rinka from 2008 to 2010. It then moved to Flowers, where it ended in 2014.[32][33]
  6. ^ Nanohana is a single-volume collection of five one-shots by Moto Hagio, originally published in Flowers in 2011 and 2012.[34][35]
  7. ^ Shiki no Zenjitsu is a single-volume collection of six one-shots by Hozumi. Two were originally published in Rinka in 2010 and 2011;[36][37] the remaining four were published in Flowers in 2011 and 2012.[38][39]

References

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