| Koizora | |
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| 恋空―切ナイ恋物語 (Koizora: Setsunai Koi Monogatari) | |
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| Genre | Romance, Tragedy |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Mika[1] |
| Published by | Starts Publications |
| Published | 2005 (online) October 2006 (print) |
| Manga | |
| Written by | [Cleofe] Ibuki Haneda |
| Published by | Futabasha |
| Magazine | Comic Mahou no iland |
| Demographic | Josei |
| Original run | June 21, 2007 – February 21, 2009 |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Television drama | |
| Original network | TBS |
| Original run | August 2, 2008 – September 13, 2008 |
| Episodes | 6 |
| See also | |
Koizora: Setsunai Koi Monogatari (Japanese: 恋空―切ナイ恋物語, Hepburn: Koizora: Setsunai Koi Monogatari, lit. "Sky of Love: A Sad Love Story"), or Koizora (恋空) for short, is a 2005 best-selling[2] Japanese coming of age and romance novel written by Mika.[1] Originally posted on the cell phone website "Mahō no iLand",[citation needed] where chapters would be released exclusively for mobile reading, Koizora received a hard print publication from Starts Publications in October 2006, with the story being separated into two volumes.[3]
Koizora is claimed to be a biographical account of Mika, or at least, based on first-hand accounts.[4] It boomed in popularity and became a mass cultural phenomenon,[3] spawning a theatrical film,[5][6] a television drama adaptation,[7] and a manga adaptation.
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