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Drowning Love (溺れるナイフ, Oboreru Knife) is a Japanese slice of life romantic drama shōjo manga series written and illustrated by George Asakura and published by Kodansha.[1][2] The chapters were serialized on Bessatsu Friend from October 13, 2004, to December 13, 2013, and compiled into 17 tankōbon volumes.[3] It was published in French by Delcourt.[3] A live action film adaptation of the same name was released on November 5, 2016.[4] Kodansha USA have licensed the manga and will release it in a digital-only format.[5]
| Drowning Love | |
 Cover of volume 1 | |
| 溺れるナイフ (Oboreru Knife) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romantic drama,[1] slice of life[2] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | George Asakura |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | Kodansha USA |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Friend |
| Demographic | shōjo |
| Original run | October 13, 2004 – December 13, 2013 |
| Volumes | 17 |
| Manga | |
| Oboreru Knife: Yūgyo no Shizuku Iwa no Yume | |
| Published | 2012 |
| Live-action film | |
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- 1 (March 11, 2005)[6]
- 2 (October 13, 2005)[7]
- 3 (April 13, 2006)[8]
- 4 (October 13, 2006)[9]
- 5 (February 13, 2007)[10]
- 6 (July 13, 2007)[11]
- 7 (December 13, 2007)[12]
- 8 (August 10, 2009)[13]
- 9 (January 13, 2010)[14]
- 10 (June 11, 2010)[15]
- 11 (November 12, 2010)[16]
- 12 (May 13, 2011)[17]
- 13 (July 13, 2012)[18]
- 14 (November 13, 2012)[19]
- 15 (May 13, 2013)[20]
- 16 (November 13, 2013)[21]
- 17 (February 13, 2014)[22]
Volume 8 reached the 4th place on the Oricon weekly manga charts, selling 32,037 copies as of August 16, 2009;[23] volume 9 reached the 23rd place, selling 29,902 copies as of January 17, 2010;[24] volume 12 also reached the 23rd place, with 18,588 copies sold as of May 15, 2011;[25] volume 14 reached the 22nd place, with 27,609 copies sold as of November 18, 2012;[26] volume 15 reached the 40th place, selling 30,738 copies as of May 18, 2013;[27] volume 16 reached the 25th place, selling 23,898 copies as of November 17, 2013;[28] volume 17 reached the 18th place, selling 22,092 copies as of February 16, 2014.[29]
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