Joō no Hana

Joō no Hana (Japanese: 女王の花, lit. "The Queen's Flower") is a Japanese historical romance manga series written and illustrated by Kaneyoshi Izumi. The story revolves around Aki, a cheerful princess who is treated coldly by others, despite her royal title. One day, Aki meets Hakusei, a slave boy with golden hair and blue eyes. The two form a bond, overcoming their differences in status; however, danger awaits them.[1][3]

Joō no Hana
女王の花
GenreFantasy,[1] historical, romance,[2]
Manga
Written byKaneyoshi Izumi
Published byShogakukan
ImprintFlower Comics
MagazineBetsucomi
DemographicShōjo
Original runOctober 13, 2007 (2007-10-13) – December 13, 2016 (2016-12-13)
Volumes15

The manga premiered in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine in the November 2007 issue (released on October 13).[4] It was serialized on an irregular basis until the June 2010 issue (released on May 13), after which it was serialized every other month.[5] The final chapter was published in the January 2017 issue (released on December 13, 2016).[2] Shogakukan collected the individual chapters into fifteen bound volumes under the Flower Comics imprint from August 26, 2008, to March 24, 2017.[6][7] The manga is licensed in France by Kazé Manga.[8]

In 2015, Joō no Hana won the 60th Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shōjo Manga.[1]

Volumes
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 August 26, 2008[6][9]978-4-09-132009-4
2 July 26, 2010[10][11]978-4-09-133383-4
3 January 26, 2011[12][13]978-4-09-133654-5
4 July 26, 2011[14][15]978-4-09-133690-3
5 January 26, 2012[16][17]978-4-09-134308-6
6 August 24, 2012[18][19]978-4-09-134500-4
7 February 26, 2013[20][21]978-4-09-135085-5
8 August 26, 2013[22][23]978-4-09-135449-5
9 February 26, 2014[24][25]978-4-09-135764-9
10 August 26, 2014[26][27]978-4-09-136312-1
11 February 26, 2015[28][29]978-4-09-136820-1
12 August 26, 2015[30][31]978-4-09-137649-7
13 February 26, 2016[32][33]978-4-09-138289-4
14 August 26, 2016[34][35]978-4-09-138479-9
15 March 24, 2017[7][36]978-4-09-139124-7

Reception

Volume 2 reached the 14th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of August 1, 2010, has sold 45,260 copies;[37] volume 3 reached the 12th place and, as of January 30, 2011, has sold 42,495 copies;[38] volume 4 reached the 18th place and, as of July 31, 2011, has sold 45,389 copies;[39] volume 5 reached the 17th place[40] and, as of February 5, 2012, has sold 64,506 copies;[41] volume 6 reached the 26th place and, as of August 26, 2012, has sold 33,083 copies;[42] volume 7 reached the 11th place[43] and, as of March 9, 2013, has sold 71,625 copies;[44] volume 8 reached the 19th place and, as of September 1, 2013, has sold 59,147 copies;[45] volume 9 reached the 13th place[46] and, as of March 9, 2014, has sold 67,088 copies;[47] volume 10 reached the 17th place and, as of August 31, 2014, has sold 47,811 copies;[48] and volume 11 reached the 27th place and, as of March 1, 2015 has sold 40,701 copies.[49]

The series has a staff grade of 15.47 out of 20 on the French manga website Manga-News.com.[50]

In 2015, Joō no Hana won the 60th Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shōjo Manga.[1]

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