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 Cover of the December 15, 2017 issue of Be Love, published by Kodansha | |
| Categories | Josei manga[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 98,650[2] (July–September, 2016) |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Company | Kodansha |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Official website |
Be Love is a Japanese monthly (bimonthly May 1982 – 2018) manga magazine targeting women published by Kodansha. It debuted in September 1980.[3] It is one of the leading manga magazines for adult women,[4][5] the second of its kind (the first being Petit Comic published by Shogakukan),[6] and was instrumental in the rising popularity of josei manga in the 1980s, which led to the creation of other magazines targeted at women such as You and Big Comic for Lady.[4] As of 2003, Be Love, like You and Jour, published stories focusing on "the reality of everyday life" experienced by its readers.[7]
As of 1997, the magazine's readers are mostly working women and housewives, but students made up 8% of readership in that year.
- ^ Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. xxiii-xxiv. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
- ^ a b "Women's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ "少女漫画の歴史1980年代". Propel. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ a b Jaqueline Berndt: Phänomen Manga : Comic-Kultur in Japan. edition q, Berlin 1995. ISBN 3-86124-289-3, S. 133. (German)
- ^ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
- ^ "Mazohizumu no mon: Masochistic and Sadistic Representations of Women in Japanese Exploitation Films and Reidissu komikku". Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ Kinko Ito (2003). "The World of Japanese Ladies' Comics: from Romantic Fantasy to Lustful Perversion". The Journal of Popular Culture. 36 (1): 68–85. doi:10.1111/1540-5931.00031.