Furo Girl! Explained

Ja Kanji:	ふろがーる！
Ja Romaji:	Furo Gāru!
Genre:	Comedy^[1]

Type:	manga
Author:	Yukio Katayama
Publisher:	Shogakukan
Magazine:	Big Comic Spirits
First:	August 10, 2015
Last:	November 21, 2016
Volumes:	3

Type:	drama
Director:	Junichi Ishikawa
Producer:	Tatsuya Yamaga
Network:	TV Tokyo
First:	July 16, 2020
Last:	August 20, 2020
Episodes:	6

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukio Katayama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from August 2015 to November 2016, with its chapters collected in three volumes. The series depicts the lifestyle of a 25-year-old office worker and bath lover Sayoko Oyumino.

A six-episode television drama adaptation, starring Hinako Sakurai, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to August 2020.

Characters

A 25-year-old office worker that enjoys hot baths and tries various bathing methods to find the best bath.

A biker woman that is friends with Sayoko and sometimes travels on motorcycles with Sayoko to visit hot springs and bath houses.

A girl from Germany that befriends Sayoko and is not familiar with Japanese bathing customs.

A junior student from Sayako's college days. She has a very "bright and high-tension" personality and described as a shower person. which contrasts with Sayako. She is original to the live-action series.

Media

Manga

Furo Girl!, written and illustrated by Yukio Katayama, was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from August 10, 2015,^[2] to November 21, 2016.^[3] Its chapters were collected in three volumes, released from February 29, 2016, to February 28, 2017.

Volumes

Chapters not released in These two chapters were published in Big Comic Spirits as chapters 3 and 7, but were omitted from the releases, changing the chapter numbers for the rest of the chapters in them.

• 003. ^[4]
• 007. ^[5]

Drama

A six-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July 16 to August 20, 2020.^{[6] [7]}

Episodes

See also

• Hanamote Katare, another manga series by the same author
• Yoake no Ryodan, another manga series by the same author

Further reading

• Web site: Ito. Kazuhiro. ja:〈ライターイチ押し！オススメ・コミック〉ふろがーる！ [作]片山ユキヲ. http://book.asahi.com/book/comicbreak/2016122000007.html. book.asahi.com. The Asahi Shimbun. https://web.archive.org/web/20161117150644/http://book.asahi.com/book/comicbreak/2016111400007.html. November 17, 2016. ja. November 16, 2016.

External links

• • Official drama website at TV Tokyo

Notes and References

1. Web site: TV Tokyo Synopsis. July 8, 2020. TV Tokyo. July 4, 2020. July 1, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200701055115/https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/furogirl/. live.
2. Web site: ja:スピにてねむようこら新連載！「じみへん」は完結、豪華メンバー48名寄稿. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/156522. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 9, 2021. ja. August 10, 2015. April 24, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210424012944/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/156522. live.
3. Web site: ja:ビッグコミックスピリッツ 2016年52号. https://www.bookshop-ps.com/bsp/bsp_magcode?sha=1&sho=2776112116. Book Shop Shogakukan. Shogakukan. October 3, 2023. https://archive.today/20231003055915/https://www.bookshop-ps.com/bsp/bsp_magcode?sha=1&sho=2776112116. October 3, 2023. ja. live.
4. Big Comic Spirits. Shogakukan. Holiday Reward. Furo Girl!. Katayama, Yukio. August 31, 2015. 40. 183–190. ja.
5. Big Comic Spirits. Shogakukan. You Are Already In. Furo Girl!. Katayama, Yukio. October 10, 2015. 46. 385–392. ja.
6. Web site: ja:注目ドラマ紹介：「ふろがーる！」 桜井日奈子が“いざ、入湯！” テレ東初主演ドラマがスタート！. https://mantan-web.jp/article/20200715dog00m200014000c.html. Mantan Web. October 8, 2023. ja. July 15, 2020. September 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918092512/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20200715dog00m200014000c.html. live.
7. Web site: ja:ふろがーる！：最終回 桜井日奈子、自宅温泉化計画始動も… ついにお風呂と決別！？. https://mantan-web.jp/article/20200819dog00m200039000c.html. Mantan Web. October 8, 2023. ja. August 19, 2020. October 9, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231009012622/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20200819dog00m200039000c.html. live.