Othello | |
オセロ (Osero) | |
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Genre | Romance |
Manga | |
Written by | Satomi Ikezawa |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Bessatsu Friend |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | August 6, 2001 – September 13, 2004 |
Volumes | 7 |
Othello (Japanese: オセロ, Hepburn: Osero) is a shōjo manga series by Satomi Ikezawa. It was originally serialized by Kodansha in Bessatsu Friend and collected in seven tankōbon volumes. It is distributed by Del Rey Manga in North America. The story is about a shy, naive Japanese teenager with a split personality.
The manga is titled after the board game Othello, and not the Shakespearian play. The game involves a lot of switching back and forth between black and white pieces, representing Yaya and Nana's constant flip-flop.
Yaya is a shy, quiet teen with a passion for singing, Japanese rock music, Gothic Lolita, cosplay and music in general. But she has a secret: When she looks in a mirror or hits her head, Yaya's second personality, aptly named Nana, takes over her body and puts the wrong-doers in their places, shouting her catchphrase "Heavenly Punishment!" and once the damage is dealt, "Justice is done!"
The series chronicles Yaya and Nana's somewhat episodic adventures against bullies, perverts, and generally mean people. The manga also has a lot to do with music, as several of the characters have connections to the music industry or play in a band.
Though this is a different manga, Pon-chan (another manga, Guru-Guru Pon Chan, by the same author) shows up.
Written and illustrated by Satomi Ikezawa, the chapters of Othello were serialized in the Japanese magazine Bessatsu Friend and collected into seven tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The volumes were published from August 6, 2001 to September 13, 2004.[1][2]
Del Rey licensed Othello for an English-language release in North America and published the seven volumes from October 12, 2004 to February 28, 2006.[3][4] In the United Kingdom, Tanoshimi published Othello from May 3, 2007 to November 1, 2007.[5][6] The series is also licensed in Germany by Egmont Manga & Anime,[7] and in France by Pika Édition.[8]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN |
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1 | August 6, 2001[1] | 978-4-06-341249-9 | October 12, 2004[3] | 978-0-345-47913-6 |
2 | September 11, 2002[9] | 978-4-06-341301-4 | December 28, 2004[10] | 978-0-345-47948-8 |
3 | February 13, 2003[11] | 978-4-06-341323-6 | March 29, 2005[12] | 978-0-345-47998-3 |
4 | July 11, 2003[13] | 978-4-06-341344-1 | June 28, 2005[14] | 978-0-345-48000-2 |
5 | December 12, 2003[15] | 978-4-06-341364-9 | September 27, 2005[16] | 978-0-345-47796-5 |
6 | April 13, 2004[17] | 978-4-06-341382-3 | December 27, 2005[18] | 978-0-345-48438-3 |
7 | September 13, 2004[2] | 978-4-06-341402-8 | February 28, 2006[4] | 978-0-345-48439-0 |