Boarding School Juliet

Boarding School Juliet
, also known as Juliet of Boarding School, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōsuke Kaneda. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from July 2015 to June 2017, and later moved to Weekly Shōnen Magazine, where it ran from September 2017 to September 2019; its chapters were collected in 16 tankōbon volumes. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Kodansha USA.
A light novel adaptation, written by Tadahito Mochizuki and illustrated by Kaneda, was published by Kodansha in February 2017. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired on MBS's Animeism programming block from October to December 2018.
Plot
Boarding School Juliet takes place at Dahlia Academy Boarding School, where students come from two rivalling countries known as the "Nation of Touwa" and "Principality of West". This academy segregates its student body into two dormitories which reflects their nationality: the "Black Dogs" housing those from Touwa, and the "White Cats" housing those from the West. The story follows Romio Inuzuka, the first year leader of the "Black Dog Dormitory". Romio has had an unrequited love for Juliet Persia, the first year leader of the "White Cat Dormitory", since childhood. Initially hesitant, Romio decides to confess his love and resolves to change the world if it meant staying by Juliet's side. Juliet, impressed by Romio's determination, accepts his love. However, now both Romio and Juliet must work hard to keep their relationship a secret from other dorm mates while trying to avoid trouble.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Yōsuke Kaneda, a one-shot chapter of Boarding School Juliet was first published in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on December 9, 2014; it started its serialization in the same magazine on July 9, 2015. It was published in the magazine until June 9, 2017, and was then moved to Weekly Shōnen Magazine on September 27 of the same year. The series finished on September 4, 2019. Kodansha collected its chapters in 16 tankōbon volumes, released from November 9, 2015, to November 15, 2019.
In North America, the series was licensed in English for digital publication by Kodansha USA, who released the first volume under their Kodansha Comics imprint on April 10, 2018.
An anthology of chapters by various artists titled was released on October 17, 2018.
Volume list
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in March 2018. The anime series is directed by Seiki Takuno and animated by Liden Films, with Takao Yoshioka written the scripts, Yūki Morimoto designed the characters and Masaru Yokoyama composed the music. The series aired from October 6 to December 22, 2018, during the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, BS-TBS. The series was streamed on Amazon Prime Video in Japan and markets other than China. The series' opening theme titled "Love With You" is performed by fripSide, and the ending theme titled is performed by Riho Iida. The series ran for 12 episodes.
Reception
In 2017, the series was ranked 14th at the third Next Manga Awards in the print category.
See also
The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch, another manga series by the same author
Notes
References
External links
2017 Japanese novels
Anime series based on manga
Animeism
Comics based on works by William Shakespeare
Kodansha books
Kodansha manga
Liden Films
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Romantic comedy anime and manga
School life in anime and manga
Shōnen manga
Works based on Romeo and Juliet