The manga series Sweet Blue Flowers is written and illustrated by Takako Shimura. The series was serialized in Manga Erotics F between November 17, 2004, and July 6, 2013. The chapters were released in eight tankōbon volumes released by Ohta Publishing under their F×comics imprint between December 15, 2005, and September 12, 2013, in Japan. Viz Media licensed the manga for a physical release in North America as a 2-in-1 omnibus edition with a new translation. The manga already had an English digital release before this.[1] The manga has been licensed for release in French by Asuka under the title Fleurs Bleues.[2] Sweet Blue Flowers was adapted as an 11-episode anime television series by J.C.Staff which aired in Japan between July and September 2009 on Fuji TV.[3] The story focuses on Fumi Manjōme, a lesbian high school girl, and her close childhood friend Akira Okudaira who tries to keep her friends happy through difficult times.__TOC__