Black and White: Tough Love at the Office
{{Short description|Japanese yuri manga}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Black and White: Tough Love at the Office
| image = Black and White Volume 1 Japanese Cover.jpg
| alt = Cover of the first Japanese volume
| caption = First tankōbon volume cover
| ja_kanji = 白と黒～Black & White～
| ja_romaji = Shiro to Kuro ~Black & White~
| genre = {{ubl|Drama|Romance|Yuri}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Sal Jiang
| publisher = Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Seven Seas Entertainment}}
| demographic = Josei{{cite web|script-title=ja:白と黒～Black & White～（１）|url=https://bookwalker.jp/de31443349-3ae3-491d-a2a9-455d604c641c/|publisher=BookWalker|access-date=March 19, 2024|lang=ja}}
| magazine = Comic Ruelle
| first = March 20, 2020
| last = May 18, 2023
| volumes = 3
| volume_list = #Publication
}}
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{{Nihongo|Black and White: Tough Love at the Office|白と黒～Black & White～|Shiro to Kuro ~Black & White~}} is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Sal Jiang. It began serialization online via Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Comic Ruelle on March 20, 2020, and is licensed for an English-language release by Seven Seas Entertainment.
The series follows the love-hate relationship between Junko Shirakawa and Kayo Kuroda, two employees of a high-level bank.
Plot
Junko Shirakawa, who works at a high-level bank, is regarded as an exceptional employee by her colleagues. Kayo Kuroda, who joined the firm at the same time as Shirakawa, gets transferred to Shirakawa's department one day. Shirakawa is put in charge of Kuroda's department training, which completely changes their working life, and sparks a bizarre love-hate relationship that results in either violent office brawls or angry sex.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Sal Jiang, Black and White: Tough Love at the Office began serialization online via Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Comic Ruelle on March 20, 2020.{{cite web|title=【白と黒～Black & White～】|url=https://j-nbooks.jp/comic/original.php?oKey=187/|publisher=Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha|date=June 18, 2019|access-date=August 10, 2023|language=ja}} The series has been collected in three tankōbon volumes as of May 2023.
The series is licensed for an English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-06/seven-seas-licenses-box-of-light-black-and-white-tough-love-at-the-office-manga/.178228|title= Seven Seas Licenses Box of Light, Black and White: Tough Love at the Office Manga |publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 6, 2021 |access-date=August 10, 2023}} In 2024 Seven Seas Entertainment announced an omnibus collection of the series titled "Tough Love at the Office: The Complete Yuri Collection".
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| Language = Japanese
| SecondLanguage = English
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|VolumeNumber = 1
|OriginalRelDate = April 15, 2021{{cite book|script-title=ja:白と黒～Black & White～（１） (リュエルコミックス)|publisher=Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha |language=ja|id={{ASIN|B08ZMXTN43|country=jp}}}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-40-864005-1
|LicensedRelDate = October 11, 2022{{cite web |title=Black and White: Tough Love at the Office Vol. 1|url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/black-and-white-tough-love-at-the-office-vol-1/|website=Seven Seas Entertainment|publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment |access-date=August 10, 2023}}
July 22, 2025{{cite web |title=Tough Love at the Office: The Complete Yuri Collection|url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/tough-love-at-the-office-the-complete-yuri-collection/|website=Seven Seas Entertainment|publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment |access-date=August 10, 2023}}
|LicensedISBN = 978-1-63858-528-2
}}
{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber = 2
|OriginalRelDate = May 19, 2022{{cite book|script-title=ja:白と黒～Black & White～（2） (リュエルコミックス)|publisher=Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha |language=ja|id={{ASIN|B09Y8TWZSJ|country=jp}}}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-40-864058-7
|LicensedRelDate = July 22, 2025
|LicensedISBN = 979-8-89373-395-2
}}
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|VolumeNumber = 3
|OriginalRelDate = May 18, 2023{{cite book|script-title=ja:白と黒～Black & White～（3） (リュエルコミックス)|publisher=Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha |language=ja|id={{ASIN|B0C2YWSH2V|country=jp}}}}
|OriginalISBN = 978-4-40-864091-4
|LicensedRelDate = July 22, 2025
|LicensedISBN = 979-8-89373-395-2
}}
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Reception
Erica Friedman of Yuricon praised the series, giving volumes one and two a 10 out of 10 rating; remarking in her review that the first volume "is so frickin’ nasty, I literally grinned my way through it [...] This is not a pretty book about an office romance. This is a violent story about two terrible people being terrible to one another. I love it."{{cite web |last1=Friedman |first1=Erica |date= July 30, 2021|title=白と黒~Black & White~, Volume 1|url=https://okazu.yuricon.com/2021/07/30/%e7%99%bd%e3%81%a8%e9%bb%92black-white-volume-1/|accessdate=August 10, 2023 |website=Okazu}}
Black and White: Tough Love at the Office was among WomenWriteAboutComics
See also
- Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko!, another manga series by the same author
References
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External links
- [https://j-nbooks.jp/comic/original.php?oKey=187 Official manga website] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://comic.pixiv.net/works/7114|Official manga website}} at pixiv Comic {{in lang|ja}}
- {{anime News Network|manga|26072}}
Category:2020s LGBTQ literature
Category:Drama anime and manga
Category:Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha manga
Category:LGBTQ-related anime and manga
Category:Romance anime and manga
Category:Seven Seas Entertainment titles