| Like a Butterfly | |
 Cover of the first volume of manga featuring Suiren Shibazeki. | |
| 日々蝶々 (Hibi Chōchō) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romance, slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Suu Morishita |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Margaret Comics |
| Magazine | Margaret |
| Original run | February 20, 2012 – June 5, 2015 |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Audio drama | |
Like a Butterfly (日々蝶々, Hibi Chōchō; "Daily Butterfly") is a Japanese slice of life romance shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suu Morishita and published by Shueisha in Margaret magazine.[1] Volume 1 was released on July 25, 2012 and a total of 12 volumes have been published. At New York Comic Con 2022, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[2] The series is published in French by Panini, which released the first volume on February 4, 2015.[3][4] It was adapted into a drama CD.[5]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 25, 2012[7] | 978-4-08-846715-3 | July 4, 2023[8] | 978-1-9747-3879-3 |
| 2 | November 22, 2012[9] | 978-4-08-846854-9 | September 5, 2023[10] | 978-1-9747-4045-1 |
| 3 | March 25, 2013[11] | 978-4-08-845008-7 | November 7, 2023[12] | 978-1-9747-4123-6 |
| 4 | June 25, 2013[13] | 978-4-08-845055-1 | January 2, 2024[14] | 978-1-9747-4291-2 |
| 5 | September 25, 2013[15] | 978-4-08-845096-4 | March 5, 2024[16] | 978-1-9747-4292-9 |
| 6 | December 25, 2013[17] | 978-4-08-845140-4 | May 7, 2024[18] | 978-1-9747-4562-3 |
| 7 | April 25, 2014[19] | 978-4-08-845192-3 | July 2, 2024[20] | 978-1-9747-4611-8 |
| 8 | July 25, 2014[21] | 978-4-08-845236-4 | September 3, 2024[22] | 978-1-9747-4882-2 |
| 9 | November 25, 2014[23] | 978-4-08-845297-5 | November 5, 2024[24] | 978-1-9747-4931-7 |
| 10 | March 25, 2015[25] | 978-4-08-845358-3 | January 7, 2025[26] | 978-1-9747-5157-0 |
| 11 | July 24, 2015[27] | 978-4-08-845410-8 | March 4, 2025[28] | 978-1-9747-5221-8 |
| 12 | October 25, 2015[29] | 978-4-08-845459-7 | May 6, 2025[30] | 978-1-9747-5499-1 |
It was number four on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Female Readers survey[31] and it was number nine in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2014.[32] It was also nominated for Best Shōjo Manga at the 38th Kodansha Manga Award.[33][34]
Volume 4 has sold 42,419 copies, as of 29 June 2013;[35] volume 5 has sold 83,454 copies, as of 6 October 2013;[36] volume 6 has sold 112,902 copies, as of 5 January 2014.[37] volume 7 reached the 16th place on the Oricon weekly ranking of manga[38] and, as of May 11, 2014, has sold 162,618 copies;[39] volume 8 reached the 10th place and, as of August 3, 2014, has sold 124,788 copies.[40]
(in Japanese)
