The manga series Sweet Blue Flowers is written and illustrated by Takako Shimura.[1] The series was serialized in Manga Erotics F between November 17, 2004, and July 6, 2013. The chapters were released in eight tankōbon volumes released by Ohta Publishing under their F×comics imprint between December 15, 2005, and September 12, 2013, in Japan.[1][2] Viz Media licensed the manga for a physical release in North America as a 2-in-1 omnibus edition with a new translation. The manga already had an English digital release before this.[3] The manga has been licensed for release in French by Asuka under the title Fleurs Bleues.[4] Sweet Blue Flowers was adapted as an 11-episode anime television series by J.C.Staff which aired in Japan between July and September 2009 on Fuji TV.[5] The story focuses on Fumi Manjōme, a lesbian high school girl, and her close childhood friend Akira Okudaira who tries to keep her friends happy through difficult times.
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vol8was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Viz Media Licenses Sweet Blue Flowers, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Queen's Quality Manga". Anime News Network. August 12, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ "Asuka: Fleurs Bleues" (in French). Asuka. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
- ^ "⟨NOISE⟩青い花⟨メディア工房⟩" [⟨NOISE⟩ Sweet Blue Flowers ⟨Media Studio⟩] (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Retrieved July 13, 2009.