Gunjō (manga)

Gunjō (羣青, lit. "Ultramarine") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ching Nakamura [ja]. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Morning Two from June 2007 to June 2009, before being canceled, and the manga continued its publication in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki from February 2010 to January 2012. Shogakukan collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes. A live-action film adaptation produced by Netflix, titled Ride or Die, premiered worldwide in April 2021.

Gunjō
Cover of the first volume
羣青
Genre	Drama, yuri[1]
Manga
Written by	Ching Nakamura [ja]
Published by	Kodansha (former) Shogakukan (current)
Imprint	Ikki Comix
Magazine	Monthly Morning Two (June 26, 2007 – June 22, 2009) Monthly Ikki (February 25, 2010 – January 25, 2012)
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	June 26, 2007 – January 25, 2012
Volumes	3
Live-action film
Ride or Die (2021)

Characters

Megane-san (メガネさん) / Nanae Shinoda (篠田 七恵, Shinoda Nanae)

Portrayed by: Honami Sato^[2]

Les-san (レズさん, Rezu-san) / Rei Nagasawa (永澤 レイ, Nagasawa Rei)

Portrayed by: Kiko Mizuhara^[2]

Media

Manga

Gunjō, written and illustrated by Ching Nakamura [ja], debuted in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Morning Two [ja] on June 26, 2007.^[3] The manga was canceled after 13 installments on June 22, 2009.^[4][5] Nakamura first planned to resume the manga as doujinshi;^[6][5] however, her plans changed after discussing with Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki's staff.^[7][5] The manga resumed publication in Monthly Ikki on February 25, 2010,^[5][8] and finished on January 25, 2012.^[9] Shogakukan collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from February 25, 2010,^[10] to May 30, 2012.^[11]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	February 25, 2010[10]	978-4-09-188509-8
2	January 28, 2011[12]	978-4-09-188537-1
3	May 30, 2012[11]	978-4-09-188577-7

Live-action film

Main article: Ride or Die (2021 film)

In October 2020, it was announced that Netflix was developing a live-action film adaptation of the manga, titled Ride or Die (彼女, Kanojo, "Her"), which premiered simultaneously worldwide on April 15, 2021.^[13][14][15] The film stars Kiko Mizuhara and Honami Sato. The film was directed by Ryūichi Hiroki, Nami Sakkawa wrote the scripts and Haruomi Hosono performed the theme song.^[13][2]