Furo Girl!

Furo Girl! (Japanese: ふろがーる！, Hepburn: Furo Gāru!, lit. "Bath Girl!") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukio Katayama. The manga was serialized in the Shogakukan publication Big Comic Spirits from 2015 to 2016. The series depicts the lifestyle of a 25-year-old office worker and bath lover Sayoko Oyumino.

Furo Girl!
Cover of the first volume of Furo Girl!, featuring the character Sayoko Oyumino
ふろがーる！
(Furo Gāru!)
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written byYukio Katayama
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 10, 2015 – November 21, 2016
Volumes3
Television drama
Directed byJunichi Ishikawa
Produced byTatsuya Yamaga
Written byYousuke Masaike
Yukari Nakamura
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run July 15, 2020 – present

The manga is currently being adapted into a live-action drama for TV Tokyo in 2020 starring Hinako Sakurai.[2]

Characters
Sayoko Oyumino (生実野早夜子)
Portrayed by: Hinako Sakurai (live-action)
A 25-year-old office worker that enjoys hot baths and tries various bathing methods to find the best bath.
Shiro (シロー)
A biker woman that is friends with Sayoko and sometimes travels on motorcycles with Sayoko to visit hot springs and bath houses.
Hachiike (八イケ)
A girl from Germany that befriends Sayoko and isn't familiar with Japanese bathing customs.
Aino Hiyama (檜山愛乃)
Portrayed by: Sakurako Konishi (live-action)[3]
A junior student from Sayako's college days. She has a very "bright and high-tension" personality and described as a shower person. which contrasts with Sayako. She is original to the live-action series.

Media

Manga

The manga was serialized in 3 volumes of the Shogakukan publication Big Comic Spirits during the period between the August 10, 2015 issue to the November 21, 2016 issue.

Volumes
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 29th, 2016[4]978-4-09-187460-3
  • 001. Sakura Bath (桜風呂, Sakuraburo)
  • 002. Sake Bath (お酒風呂, O sake furo)
  • 003. Planetarium Bath (プラネタリウム風呂, Puranetariumu furo)
  • 004. Baking Soda Bath (重曹風呂, Jūsō furo)
  • 005. Dokudami Bath (ドクダミ風呂, Dokudami furo)
  • 006. "A Fated Reunion" (宿命の再会!, Shukumei no Saikai!)
  • 007. Mud Bath (泥風呂, Doro furo)
2 July 29th, 2016[5]978-4-09-187718-5
3 February 28th, 2017[6]978-4-09-189380-2
N/ANot released in tankōbon form——
    • 003. Holiday Reward (休日のごほうび, Kyūjitsu no go hōbi)[7]
    • 007. You Are Already In (お前はもう入っている, Omae wa mō haitte iru)[8]
These two chapters were serialized in the Big Comic Spirits as chapters 3 & 7 but were omitted from the Tankōbon releases changing the chapter numbers for the rest of the chapters in them.

Live-action TV series

A live-action TV series is set to premiere on July 15, 2020 starring Hinako Sakurai.

Episode list
No. Title Original airdate
01TBAJuly 15, 2020 (2020-07-15)
Sayoko Oyumino has a daily routine to arranging her own bath. One day, she buys a capsule toy and just before throwing away the empty capsule, she comes up with the idea of making a bath bomb. As soon as she starts making bath bombs, she receives a phone call from her junior, Aino Hiyama.[1]

References
  1. "TV Tokyo Synopsis". TV Tokyo. July 8, 2020.
  2. "TV Tokyo Announcement". TV Tokyo. June 30, 2020.
  3. "Sakurako Konishi, starring in the drama "Furo Girl!"". ORICON NEWS. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  4. ふろがーる! 第1集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  5. ふろがーる! 第2集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  6. ふろがーる! 第3集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  7. Katayama, Yukio (September 14, 2015). "Holiday Reward". Big Comic Spirits. Furo Girl! (in Japanese). Shogakukan (40): 183–190.
  8. Katayama, Yukio (October 10, 2015). "You Are Already In". Big Comic Spirits. Furo Girl! (in Japanese). Shogakukan (46): 385–392.
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