| Futaribeya: A Room for Two | |
| Ja Kanji: | ふたりべや |
| Ja Romaji: | Futaribeya |
| Genre: | Slice of life, yuri[1] |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Yukiko |
| Publisher: | Gentosha |
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| First: | July 30, 2014 |
| Last: | June 23, 2023 |
| Volumes: | 10 |
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, is a Japanese yuri manga series by Yukiko. It began serialization in Gentosha's seinen magazine Monthly Birz in July 2014, and later concluded on the website Comic Boost in June 2023. Tokyopop licensed Futaribeya for release in North America and began releasing it in 2018.
Sakurako Kawawa is an intelligent and responsible girl about to start high school. Upon moving into a boarding house affiliated with the school, Sakurako meets her roommate Kasumi Yamabuki, an easygoing girl who prefers putting the least amount of effort into everything she does. The two of them quickly settle into their new life together and find that they are quite compatible with each other to the point of even sharing a bed and drinking from matching mugs.
Futaribeya is written and illustrated by Yukiko. It originally began as a dōjinshi titled Futaribeya Yukiko distributed at the dōjinshi convention Comitia 107 on February 2, 2014, and according to Yukiko, this was the first dōjinshi she created.[2] [3] This dōjinshi was later included in Yukiko's short story collection released in December 2016.[4] The series began serialization in Gentosha's Monthly Birz magazine with the September 2014 issue sold on July 30, 2014.[5] It concluded in that magazine with the May 2015 issue sold on March 30, 2015 and was transferred to Gentosha's website Denshi Birz on April 30, 2015.[6] Denshi Birz was later renamed Comic Boost on January 15, 2019.[7] The series ended serialization on June 23, 2023.[8] Ten tankōbon volumes were published between March 24, 2015 and July 24, 2023. Tokyopop licensed Futaribeya for release in North America and began releasing it in 2018.[9]
Comic Boost reported in November 2019 that over 210,000 physical and digital copies of the volumes have been sold in Japan.[10]