His Favorite | |
アイツの大本命 (Aitsu no Daihonmei) | |
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Genre | Comedy, Romance |
Manga | |
Written by | Suzuki Tanaka |
Published by | Libre Publishing |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Magazine Be × Boy |
Demographic | Josei |
Original run | 2008 – present |
Volumes | 13 |
His Favorite (アイツの大本命, Aitsu no Daihonmei) is a boys' love manga created by Suzuki Tanaka. The story follows Takahiko Satō, a handsome student that all the girls in his school idolize and adore, but who in turn has no real interest in them. He is in love with "his most favorite", Yoshio Yoshida, a fellow student who protected Satō from bullies when he was younger. However, as Yoshida is so close to Satō, all the girls at the school hate him. His Most Favorite was one of the first titles released in print by SuBLime, the yaoi imprint of Viz Media, under the title of His Favorite.[1] In August 2015 it was announced that His Favorite would be adapted as a live-action TV series.[2]
His Favorite began serialization in 2008. The first tankōbon volume was released in Japan by Libre Publishing on July 18, 2008. So far ten volumes have been published. The series was released in English by SuBLime, with the first volume being released on September 11, 2012.[4] In August 2015 a series of live-action commercials were made to commemorate the release of the ninth volume.[2] Kōta Torii played Yoshida, and Takeaki Isowa played Sato.[5]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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1 | July 18, 2008 [6] | 9784862634337 | September 11, 2012 [7] | 9781421543512 | ||
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2 | February 10, 2009 [8] | 9784862635396 | December 11, 2012 [9] | 9781421543529 | ||
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3 | January 9, 2010 [10] | 9784862637192 | March 12, 2013[11] | 9781421543574 | ||
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4 | December 10, 2010 [12] | 9784862638816 | June 11, 2012[13] | 9781421543581 | ||
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5 | April 10, 2012 [14] | 9784799711088 | September 10, 2013[15] | 9781421555492 | ||
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6 | April 10, 2013 [16] | 9784799713037 | January 14, 2014[17] | 9781421543499 | ||
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7 | April 10, 2014 [18] | 9784799714942 | September 9, 2014[19] | 9781421558929 | ||
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8 | January 10, 2015 [20] | 9784799724743 | January 12, 2016[21] | 9781421584232 | ||
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9 | September 10, 2015 [22] | 9784799726587 | June 14, 2016[23] | 9781421588551 | ||
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10 | December 10, 2016 [24] | 9784799731642 | January 9, 2018 [25] | 9781421593715 | ||
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11 | August 10, 2019 [26] | 9784799744314 | November 12, 2020 [27] | 9781974715367 | ||
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12 | April 9, 2021 [28] | 9784799752098 | May 10, 2022[29] | 9781974728923 | ||
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13 | November 10, 2022[30] | 9784799760048 | – | — | ||
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Ian Wolf of MyM magazine praised His Most Favorite writing that: "One interesting aspect is that Yoshida is not conventionally attractive because of a scar on his face which would put some people off. However the humour is good and the chemistry between the two works well."[31]
Shaenon K. Garrity, writing for Anime News Network, was mostly positive about the series. She praised the humour, the extended cast and the character development. Garrity however, also expressed annoyance for the lack of sex there was in His Most Favorite.[32]