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Frau Faust
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| Frau Faust | |
 First volume cover | |
| フラウ・ファウスト (Furau Fausuto) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Dark fantasy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kore Yamazaki |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Itan |
| Original run | October 7, 2014 – December 7, 2017 |
| Volumes | 5 |
Frau Faust (Japanese: フラウ・ファウスト, Hepburn: Furau Fausuto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Itan from October 2014 to December 2017.
Plot
[edit]Marion, a young boy, meets Johanna Faust, and asks her to be his teacher because his impoverished mother can no longer afford to send him to school. After their first meeting, he follows her in her quest to retrieve the parts of Mephistopheles, who had been cut in pieces by the Inquisition and sealed 100 years ago. Meanwhile, Lorenzo and his assistant Vico are hunting down Faust in order to prevent her to fulfill her quest.
Publication
[edit]Written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki, Frau Faust was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Itan from October 7, 2014, to December 7, 2017.[2][3] Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from April 7, 2015, to March 7, 2018.[4][5]
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Kodansha USA.[6] The five volumes were released from September 26, 2017, to November 6, 2018.[7][8]
Volumes
[edit]| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 7, 2015[4] | 978-4-06-380755-4 | September 26, 2017[7] | 978-1-63236-480-7 (print) 978-1-68233-875-9 (digital) |
| 2 | November 6, 2015[9] | 978-4-06-380814-8 | November 14, 2017[10] | 978-1-63236-481-4 (print) 978-1-68233-953-4 (digital) |
| 3 | July 7, 2016[11][12] | 978-4-06-380863-6 978-4-06-364988-8 (LE) | January 23, 2018[13] | 978-1-63236-549-1 (print) 978-1-64212-081-3 (digital) |
| 4 | June 7, 2017[14][15] | 978-4-06-380927-5 978-4-06-362360-4 (LE) | March 6, 2018[16] | 978-1-63236-550-7 (print) 978-1-64212-116-2 (digital) |
| 5 | March 7, 2018[5] May 3, 2016 (LE)[17] | 978-4-06-511006-5 978-4-06-511005-8 (LE) | November 6, 2018[8] | 978-1-63236-665-8 (print) 978-1-64212-525-2 (digital) |
Reception
[edit]In 2020, Frau Faust was one of the manga titles that ranked on the "Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens" by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) of the American Library Association.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ 「魔法使いの嫁」のヤマザキコレ新作、ITAN連載「フラウ・ファウスト」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 7, 2015. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ ヤマザキコレ、ITANでファウスト描く新連載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 7, 2014. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ 悪魔×不死者のダークファンタジー、ヤマザキコレ「フラウ・ファウスト」完結. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 7, 2017. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ a b フラウ・ファウスト（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ a b フラウ・ファウスト（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 6, 2016). "Kodansha Comics Adds Frau Faust, Fairy Tail: Rhodonite, Kigurumi Defense Squad, Aho Girl, Hōseki no Kuni, More Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "Frau Faust, Volume 1". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "Frau Faust, Volume 5". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ フラウ・ファウスト（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "Frau Faust, Volume 2". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ フラウ・ファウスト（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ 絵本付き フラウ・ファウスト（３）特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "Frau Faust, Volume 3". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ フラウ・ファウスト（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ 小説付き フラウ・ファウスト（４）特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "Frau Faust, Volume 4". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ 小説付き フラウ・ファウスト（５）特装版 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ Ressler, Karen (January 29, 2019). "Silver Spoon, My Brother's Husband Rank in YALSA's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 5, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Gilson, Che (October 5, 2017). "Frau Faust [Manga Review]". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017.
- "Frau Faust - The Fall 2017 Manga Guide". Anime News Network. November 6, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official website at Itan (in Japanese)
- Frau Faust at Anime News Network's encyclopedia