Benten Botan

Benten Botan (弁天ぼたん) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nica Saida. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Hibana from April 2016 to June 2017, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes.

Benten Botan
First tankōbon volume cover
弁天ぼたん
Genre	Comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Nica Saida
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Hibana
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	April 7, 2016 – June 7, 2017
Volumes	2

Publication

Written and illustrated by Nica Saida, Benten Botan was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Hibana from April 7, 2016,^[2] to June 7, 2017.^[3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in two tankōbon volumes, released on November 11, 2016,^[4] and September 12, 2017.^[5]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	November 11, 2017[6]	978-4-09-187780-2
2	September 12, 2017[5]	978-4-09-189619-3

References

1. Ito, Kazuhiro (December 21, 2016). 〈マンガ今昔物語〉夢はいっぱしの「スケバン」！. book.asahi.com (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
2. スケバンに憧れる少女の新連載がヒバナで、「ドロヘドロ」描き下ろしポスターも. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 7, 2016. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
3. ヒバナ 2017年7月号. Book Shop Shogakukan (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 11, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
4. 再田ニカの新作はスケバンに憧れる少女が主人公「弁天ぼたん」1巻. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 11, 2016. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
5. 【9月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 12, 2016. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
6. 【11月11日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 11, 2017. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

Further reading

• 『弁天ぼたん』 第1巻 再田ニカ 【日刊マンガガイド】. Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 6, 2016.
• Friedman, Erica (February 20, 2017). "Benten Botan Manga, Volume 1 (弁天ぼたん)". Okazu.

External links

• Official website at Hibana at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-06-06) (in Japanese)