:Clover (Toriko Chiya manga)
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Clover
| image = Clover Toriko Chiya.jpg
| caption = Seventh tankōbon volume cover
| ja_kanji = クローバー
| ja_romaji = Kurōbā
| genre = Romance, slice of life
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Toriko Chiya
| publisher = Shueisha
| publisher_en =
| magazine = {{ubl|Bouquet {{noitalic|(1997–2000)}}|Cookie {{noitalic|(2000–2006)}}|Chorus {{noitalic|(2006–2010)}}}}
| magazine_en =
| first = 1997
| last = 2010
| volumes = 24
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Clover Trèfle
| author = Toriko Chiya
| publisher = Shueisha
| publisher_en =
| demographic = Josei
| magazine = Cocohana
| magazine_en =
| first = June 28, 2012
| last = November 28, 2019{{cite web |script-title=ja:稚野鳥子「クローバーtrefle」約7年半の歴史に幕、最終10巻は12月発売 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/357280 |website=Comic Natalie |publisher=Natasha, Inc. |access-date=June 1, 2023 |language=ja |date=November 28, 2019}}
| volumes = 10
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Live-action film
| content =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|Clover|クローバー|Kurōbā|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toriko Chiya. It follows Saya Suzuki, an office lady, who falls in love with her supervisor Susumu Tsuge.
Release
Clover was first serialized in Shueisha's magazine Bouquet between 1997{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-12/toriko-chiya-clover-manga-gets-live-action-film | title=Toriko Chiya's Clover Manga Gets Live-Action Film | date=March 12, 2014 | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=April 25, 2014}} and 2000.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} It was transferred to Cookie,{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/31211 | script-title=ja:稚野鳥子「クローバー」大団円!フェリシモとのコラボも | date=April 28, 2010 | publisher=Natalie | accessdate=April 25, 2014 | language=Japanese}} being published from 2000 to 2006 on it.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} In 2006, another Shueisha magazine, Chorus (now Cocohana), began serializing the manga; it lasted until April 2010.{{cite web | url=http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2010/04/28/Fin-de-Clover | title=Fin de Clover | date=April 28, 2010 | publisher=Manga News | accessdate=April 25, 2014 | language=French}} All 91 individual chapters were collected by Shueisha into 24 tankōbon volumes, published between July 25, 1997, and January 25, 2011.{{cite web | url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-848687-0 | script-title=ja:クローバー 1 (マーガレットコミックス) | publisher=Shueisha | accessdate=April 25, 2014 | language=Japanese}}{{cite web | url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-846616-3 | script-title=ja:クローバー 24 | publisher=Shueisha | accessdate=April 25, 2014 | language=Japanese}} From November 18, 2008, to August 17, 2012, the series was republished in 13 bunkoban volumes.{{cite web | url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-618804-3&mode=1 | script-title=ja:クローバー 1 集英社文庫(コミック版) | publisher=Shueisha | accessdate=April 25, 2014 | language=Japanese}}{{cite web | url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-619370-2 | script-title=ja:クローバー 13 | publisher=Shueisha | accessdate=April 25, 2014 | language=Japanese}}
The manga, which sold over 9.2 million copies in Japan,{{cite web | url=http://woman.infoseek.co.jp/news/entertainment/venustap_724877 | title=映画「クローバー」公開記念! ドS王子にキュンとくる漫画まとめ | date=November 1, 2014 | publisher=Rakuten | work=Infoseek | accessdate=November 1, 2014 | language=Japanese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101050153/http://woman.infoseek.co.jp/news/entertainment/venustap_724877 | archive-date=November 1, 2014 | url-status=dead }} has also been published in Italy by Star Comics,{{cite news | url=http://www.starcomics.com/fumetto.aspx?Fumetto=278497 | title=Clover n. 24 | newspaper=Star Comics | date=November 10, 2011 | accessdate=April 25, 2014 | language=Italian}} in South Korea by Haksan,{{cite web | url=http://www.haksanpub.co.kr/comics/comics_prod_view.asp?prod_code=C0000204&vol_code=24 | script-title=ko:클로버 24권 | publisher=Haksan | accessdate=April 25, 2014 | language=Korean}} and in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press.{{cite web | url=http://news.spp.com.tw/news/?p=13043 | script-title=zh:幸運情人草(23) | date=July 16, 2011 | publisher=Sharp Point Press | accessdate=January 20, 2017 | language=Chinese}} It has spawned a sequel series, {{nihongo|Clover Trèfle|クローバー {{ruby|trefle|トレフル}}|Kurōbā Torefuru}}, which started to be published on June 28, 2012, in Cocohana.{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-29/toriko-chiya-to-launch-clover-trefle-manga-sequel | title=Toriko Chiya to Launch Clover trèfle Manga Sequel | date=May 29, 2012 | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=April 25, 2014}} Its first tankōbon volume was released on January 25, 2014,{{cite web | url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-846885-3 | title=クローバー trefle 1 | publisher=Shueisha | accessdate=April 25, 2014 | language=Japanese}} and, as of December 25, 2019, ten volumes of Clover Trèfle have been released in Japan.{{cite web | url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844282-2 | title=クローバー trefle 10 | publisher=Shueisha | accessdate=May 13, 2020 | language=Japanese}} Clover Trèfle was licensed in South Korea by Haksan.{{cite web | url=http://www.haksanpub.co.kr/comics/comics_prod_view.asp?prod_code=C2002678&vol_code=1 | script-title=ko:클로버 트레플 1권 | publisher=Haksan | accessdate=January 20, 2017 | language=Korean}} Related works {{nihongo4|Little Clover|リトル・クローバー|Ritoru kurōbā}} and Green Green Green were released into a single volume on October 17, 2014.{{cite web | url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-619539-3 | script-title=ja:リトル・クローバー | publisher=Shueisha | accessdate=January 14, 2015 | language=Japanese}}
Adaptations
An audio drama CD was published by Shueisha on May 18, 2004.{{cite web | url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-905641-1&mode=1 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921220028/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-905641-1&mode=1 | archivedate=September 21, 2007 | title=クローバー ドラマCD | publisher=Shueisha | accessdate=February 16, 2015 | language=Japanese}}
A film directed by Takeshi Furusawa and written by Taeko Asano was released on November 1, 2014.
References
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External links
- [http://cocohana.shueisha.co.jp/story/chiya/clover/index.html Clover] at Cocohana{{'}}s site
- {{Anime News Network|manga|7498|Clover}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402040419/http://www.clover-movie.jp/ Clover{{'}}s film official site] {{in lang|ja}}
{{Cookie magazine}}
{{Series in Cocohana}}
Category:Romance anime and manga