Piece
Also recorded as Piece: Her Memory · Piece: Kanojo no Kioku
Piece
- Name
- Piece
- Creator
- Hinako Ashihara
- Publisher
- Flower Comics
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- drama anime and manga · romance anime and manga
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Piece • Genre — * Drama • Romance
Key facts
Key facts
• Type — manga • Author — Hinako Ashihara • Publisher — Shogakukan • Imprint — Flower Comics • Magazine — Betsucomi • First — 2008 04 13 • Last — 2013 04 13 • Volumes — 10
Key facts
Key facts
• Type — drama • Writer — Tetsuya Oishi Yuko Matsuda • Music — Eishi Segawa • Studio — VAP • Network — NTV • First — 2012 10 06 • Last — 2012 12 29 • Episodes — 13 Piece, originally serialized as Piece: Kanojo no Kioku, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hinako Ashihara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine, premiering in the May 2008 issue and concluding in the May 2013 issue (each one released on April 13 in their respective years.) Shogakukan collected the individual chapters into 10 bound volumes from December 2008, to June 2013. in 2013, Piece won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category.
Plot
Plot
After learning that her former high school classmate, Haruka Origuchi, has died from an illness, Mizuho Suga meets her other classmate, Hikaru Narumi, at the funeral. Back in their high school days, Hikaru was famous for being a playboy, and they both had to keep their relationship a secret.
Characters
Characters
• Mizuho Suga, portrayed by Tsubasa Honda • Hikaru Narumi, portrayed by Yuma Nakayama • Madoka Setouchi, portrayed by Airi Suzuki • Remi Nishida, portrayed by Moe Arai • Takashi Yanai, portrayed by Hokuto Matsumura • Haruka Origuchi, portrayed by Elina Mizuno • Yuu Sugawara, portrayed by Yuki Nozawa • Miyamoto, portrayed by Tsutomo Takahashi • Akito Miyamoto, portrayed by Tatsuki Ishikawa • Kimiko Nanao, portrayed by Hana Kino • Risako Narumi, portrayed by Naho Toda • Hiro Narumi, portrayed by Yuma Nakayama • Matsuura
Manga
Manga
Piece written and illustrated by Hinako Ashihara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine, premiering in the May 2008 issue and concluding in the May 2013 issue (each released on April 13 in their respective years). Shogakukan collected the individual chapters into 10 bound volumes from December 24, 2008, to June 26, 2013. It is licensed in France by Kana, in Germany by Tokyopop Germany, and in Italy by Panini Comics.
Live-action series
Live-action series
Piece was also adapted into a live-action television drama series which aired on NTV in Japan from October 6, 2012, to December 29, 2012.
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Reception
Piece won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category in 2013. Volume 6 of the manga sold 41,935 copies as of July 31, 2011; volume 7 sold 43,668 copies as of January 1, 2012; volume 8 sold 45,292 copies as of July 1, 2012; and volume 9 sold 68,456 copies as of January 6, 2013.
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Where material relating to Piece is held. Associated with Japan.
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- 1.Nippon TV.
- 2.Comic Natalie. April 13, 2013.
- 3.Piece 1. Shogakukan. December 24, 2008.
- 4.Piece 10. Shogakukan. November 4, 2013.
- 5.Piece. manga-news.com.
- 6.Piece – Erinnerung an eine Fremde, Band 01. Tokyopop Germany.
- 7.Piece 1. Panini Comics.
- 8.Loo, Egan. Hinako Ashihara's Piece Shōjo Manga Gets Live-Action Show. Anime News Network. September 7, 2012.
- 9.nikkansports.com. September 9, 2012.
- 10.Loo, Egan. Silver Spoon, I Am a Hero Win Shogakukan Manga Awards. Anime News Network. January 24, 2013.
- 11.Loo, Egan. Japanese Comic Ranking, July 25–31. Anime News Network. August 3, 2011.
- 12.Loo, Egan. Japanese Comic Ranking, December 26 – January 1. Anime News Network. January 5, 2012.
- 13.Hodgkins, Crystalyn. Japanese Comic Ranking, June 25 – July 1. Anime News Network. July 4, 2012.
- 14.Hodgkins, Crystalyn. Japanese Comic Ranking, December 31 – January 6. Anime News Network. January 9, 2013.
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