X-Day
- Name
- X-Day
- Creator
- Setona Mizushiro
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- drama anime and manga · romance anime and manga
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• Name — X-Day • Ja Kanji — 彼女達のエクス・デイ • Ja Romaji — Kanojo-tachi no Ekusu-Dei • Genre — Drama, romance
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• Type — manga • Author — Setona Mizushiro • Publisher — Akita Shoten • Publisher En — (expired) • Imprint — Princess Comics • Magazine — Princess • First — 2002 03 06 • Last — 2002 11 06 • Volumes — 2 • Volume List — #Release "Their X-Day" or "The Girls' X-Day" is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Setona Mizushiro. It was serialized in Princess magazine from March to November 2002 and published in two tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten. Written in response to the Columbine High School massacre, the story follows three high school students and a teacher who meet online and plot to blow up their school.
Plot
Plot
Rika Saginuma, Nanaka Shimada, Yumihiko Tsukumura, and biology teacher Reiichi Katano meet in a chatroom, where they go by the screennames 11, Polaris, Mr. Money, and Jangalian, respectively. While online, they discuss their frustrations and form a plan to blow up their school, which they see as the source of all their problems. As the characters get to know each other, they begin to realize that their problems are situated in other aspects of life, as well, not just from the school. The characters find solace in each other; a major topic of the manga is loneliness. All of the characters implode inside as their problems condense. Jangalian is stalked by his boss's daughter, 11 can't deal with a younger girl's presumed superiority, Mr. Money has an abusive mother, and Polaris is crippled by shyness when she is not dressed as a Gothic Lolita. They deal with their problems through helping each other.
Release
Release
X-Day was written and illustrated by Setona Mizushiro in response to the Columbine High School massacre. It was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Princess, beginning in the April 2002 issue, released on March 6, 2002, and concluding in the December 2002 issue, released on November 6, 2002. Its nine chapters were collected into two tankōbon volumes published by Akita Shoten under the Princess Comics imprint; an unrelated short story, "The Last Supper", was also included in the second volume. Tokyopop licensed the series for an English-language release in North America, publishing both volumes in 2003; the company closed its North American publishing division in 2011. The series was also licensed in Germany by Tokyopop Germany and in France by Asuka.
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Reception
In Manga: The Complete Guide, writer Shaenon K. Garrity praised X-Day for its accurate depiction of "the power and fragility of online connections", noting that the series' "moments of beauty and keen observation... have earned it a devoted fan base in Japan." However, Garrity felt that the first volume is stronger than the second volume, "in which more predictably -manga relationship clichés rear their pretty heads."
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- 1.Tag X (Manga). AnimePRO.
- 2.X-Day (manga by S Mizushiro) - Anime News Network. www.animenewsnetwork.com.
- 3.Akita Shoten.
- 4.Akita Shoten.
- 5.Akita Shoten.
- 6.McNeil, Sheena. X-Day vol. 2. Sequential Tart. January 1, 2004.
- 7.Macdonald, Christopher. New Tokyopop Manga Release Details. Anime News Network. May 28, 2003.
- 8.Manry, Gia. Tokyopop: Japanese Manga Licenses to Revert to Owners. Anime News Network. May 24, 2011.
- 9.Bücher Manga: Tag X. Tokyopop Germany.
- 10.X-Day par Setona Mizushiro. Asuka.
- 11.ja:彼女達のエクス・デイ 1 (プリンセスコミックス). Kanojo-tachi no X-Day 1 (Princess Comics).
- 12.X-Day Volume 1. Tokyopop.
- 13.ja:彼女達のエクス・デイ 2 (プリンセスコミックス). Kanojo-tachi no X-Day 2 (Princess Comics).
- 14.X-Day Volume 2. Tokyopop.
- 15.Thompson, Jason. Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. 400–401. 2007. 978-0-345-53944-1.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Chavez, Eduardo M. X day (Kanojo-tachi no) Vol. #01. Mania. January 9, 2005.
- Dacey, Katherine. 5 Underrated Shojo Manga. Manga Bookshelf. July 10, 2010.
- Draper Carlson, Johanna. X-Day (Manga Worth Reading). Comics Worth Reading. September 26, 2010.
- McNeil, Sheena. X-Day vol. 1. Sequential Tart. October 1, 2003.
- McNeil, Sheena. X-Day vol. 2. Sequential Tart. January 1, 2004.
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