Boys Gilding the Lily Shall Die!? | |
Ja Kanji: | 百合にはさまる男は死ねばいい!? |
Ja Romaji: | Yuri ni Hasamaru Otoko wa Shineba Ii!? |
Type: | manga |
Author: | Yomogimochi |
Publisher: | Gentosha |
Imprint: | Birz Comics |
Demographic: | Josei[1] |
Magazine: | LINE Manga |
First: | March 31, 2021 |
Volumes: | 5 |
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is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Yomogimochi. It has been serialized online through Line Digital Frontier's online platform LINE Manga since March 31, 2021. It was licensed for an English-language release by Tokyopop in 2024.
Chihaya Katagiri, the first trumpet in her school's brass band, becomes close to Hibiki Aikawa, a transfer student from a prestigious school who took her spot in band. Despite their rocky beginnings they both come to admire each other's talent and enthusiasm for playing the trumpet. As their feelings grow stronger, their lives become more complicated due to stress from classes, relationships, and their final high school band competition.
Boys Gilding the Lily Shall Die!? was originally posted on Yomogimochi's Twitter and Pixiv accounts under the title on April 12, 2020.[2] On March 31, 2021, it began a trial serialization on LINE Manga for 16 weeks under its current title.[3] Following this trial, it was annonuced on July 21 that it could continue serialization, which started again on December 22 of the same year. Gentosha began to release the series in tankōbon volumes from May 24, 2023.[4] The series has been collected in five volumes.
The series is licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop.[5]
In June 2022, Boys Gilding the Lily Shall Die!? was nominated for the Next Manga Award in the web manga category.[6] [7] It was nominated again in 2023 and placed nineteenth out of 50 nominees.[8] [9]