Furo Girl!

• Ja Kanji — ふろがーる！ • Ja Romaji — Furo Gāru! • Genre — Comedy

• Type — manga • Author — Yukio Katayama • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — Weekly Big Comic Spirits • First — August 10, 2015 • Last — November 21, 2016 • Volumes — 3

• Type — drama • Director — Junichi Ishikawa • Producer — Tatsuya Yamaga • Writer — * Yousuke Masaike • Yukari Nakamura • Studio — * TV Tokyo • Kyodo Television • Network — TV Tokyo • First — July 16, 2020 • Last — August 20, 2020 • Episodes — 6

• Portal — yes Furo Girl! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukio Katayama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from August 2015 to November 2016, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. The series depicts the lifestyle of a 25-year-old office worker and bath lover Sayoko Oyumino. A six-episode television drama adaptation, starring Hinako Sakurai, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to August 2020.

Sayoko Oyumino is a meticulous accountant at a Tokyo food company who finds refuge in her elaborate bathing rituals. A devoted enthusiast of traditional baths, she crafts seasonal infusions like cherry blossom baths to soothe her daily weariness. Her quiet passion contrasts with her professional efficiency, revealing a woman who cherishes solitude and sensory indulgence. The story follows Sayoko's introspective journey, where the quiet artistry of bathing mirrors her unspoken emotions and gradual embrace of life's changes.

• Sayoko Oyumino • Hinako Sakurai • A 25-year-old office worker that enjoys hot baths and tries various bathing methods to find the best bath. • Shiro • A biker woman that is friends with Sayoko and sometimes travels on motorcycles with Sayoko to visit hot springs and bath houses. • Hachiike • A girl from Germany that befriends Sayoko and is not familiar with Japanese bathing customs. • Aino Hiyama • Sakurako Konishi • 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.

Written and illustrated by Yukio Katayama, Furo Girl! was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from August 10, 2015, to November 21, 2016. Its chapters were collected in three tankōbon volumes, released from February 29, 2016, to February 28, 2017.

• Chapters not released in tankōbon These two chapters were published in Big Comic Spirits as chapters 3 and 7, but were omitted from the tankōbon releases, changing the chapter numbers for the rest of the chapters in them. • 3. Kyūjitsu no go Hōbi • 7. Omae wa mō Haitte Iru

A six-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July 16 to August 20, 2020.