Frau Faust

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = Frau Faust vol. 1.png

| caption = First volume cover

| ja_kanji = フラウ・ファウスト

| ja_romaji = Furau Fausuto

| genre = Dark fantasy{{cite web|script-title=ja:「魔法使いの嫁」のヤマザキコレ新作、ITAN連載「フラウ・ファウスト」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/143261|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|date=April 7, 2015|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419060752/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/143261|url-status=live}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Kore Yamazaki

| publisher = Kodansha

| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher

| NA = Kodansha USA

}}

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Josei}}

| imprint =

| magazine = {{ill|Itan (magazine)|lt=Itan|ja|ITAN}}

| first = October 7, 2014

| last = December 7, 2017

| volumes = 5

| volume_list =

}}

{{nihongo|Frau Faust|フラウ・ファウスト|Furau Fausuto|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's Josei manga magazine {{ill|Itan (magazine)|lt=Itan|ja|ITAN}} from October 2014 to December 2017.

Plot

Marion, a young boy, meets Johanna Faust, and asks her to be his teacher because his impoverished mother can no longer afford to send him to school. After their first meeting, he follows her in her quest to retrieve the parts of Mephistopheles, who had been cut in pieces by the Inquisition and sealed 100 years ago. Meanwhile, Lorenzo and his assistant Vico are hunting down Faust in order to prevent her to fulfill her quest.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki, Frau Faust was serialized in Kodansha's Josei manga magazine {{ill|Itan (magazine)|lt=Itan|ja|ITAN}} from October 7, 2014, to December 7, 2017.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヤマザキコレ、ITANでファウスト描く新連載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/127992|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|date=October 7, 2014|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419060752/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/127992|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:悪魔×不死者のダークファンタジー、ヤマザキコレ「フラウ・ファウスト」完結|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/259957|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|date=December 7, 2017|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419060754/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/259957|url-status=live}} Kodansha collected its chapters in five {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from April 7, 2015, to March 7, 2018.

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Kodansha USA.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Kodansha Comics Adds Frau Faust, Fairy Tail: Rhodonite, Kigurumi Defense Squad, Aho Girl, Hōseki no Kuni, More Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-06/kodansha-comics-adds-frau-faust-fairy-tail-rhodonite-kigurumi-defense-squad-aho-girl-hoseki-no-kuni-more-manga/.107331|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 19, 2021|date=October 6, 2016|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805143430/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-06/kodansha-comics-adds-frau-faust-fairy-tail-rhodonite-kigurumi-defense-squad-aho-girl-hoseki-no-kuni-more-manga/.107331|url-status=live}} The five volumes were released from September 26, 2017, to November 6, 2018.

=Volumes=

{{Graphic novel list/header

|Language = Japanese

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{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 1

|OriginalRelDate = April 7, 2015{{cite web|script-title=ja:フラウ・ファウスト（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000046633|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411205348/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000046633|url-status=live}}

|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-380755-4

|LicensedRelDate = September 26, 2017{{cite web|title=Frau Faust, Volume 1|url=https://kodansha.us/volume/frau-faust-1/|publisher=Kodansha USA|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419060753/https://kodansha.us/volume/frau-faust-1/|url-status=live}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-1-63236-480-7

|LicensedISBN_note = (print)
{{ISBNT|978-1-68233-875-9}} (digital)

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 2

|OriginalRelDate = November 6, 2015{{cite web|script-title=ja:フラウ・ファウスト（２）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000046691|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=June 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605003106/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000046691|url-status=live}}

|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-380814-8

|LicensedRelDate = November 14, 2017{{cite web|title=Frau Faust, Volume 2|url=https://kodansha.us/volume/frau-faust-2/|publisher=Kodansha USA|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419060753/https://kodansha.us/volume/frau-faust-2/|url-status=live}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-1-63236-481-4

|LicensedISBN_note = (print)
{{ISBNT|978-1-68233-953-4}} (digital)

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 3

|OriginalRelDate = July 7, 2016{{cite web|script-title=ja:フラウ・ファウスト（３）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000046740|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613015205/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000046740|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:絵本付きフラウ・ファウスト（３）特装版|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000041642|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613072403/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000041642|url-status=live}}

|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-380863-6

|ISBN_note=
{{ISBNT|978-4-06-364988-8}} ({{Abbr|LE|Limited edition}})

|LicensedRelDate = January 23, 2018{{cite web|title=Frau Faust, Volume 3|url=https://kodansha.us/volume/frau-faust-3/|publisher=Kodansha USA|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419060756/https://kodansha.us/volume/frau-faust-3/|url-status=live}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-1-63236-549-1

|LicensedISBN_note = (print)
{{ISBNT|978-1-64212-081-3}} (digital)

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 4

|OriginalRelDate = June 7, 2017{{cite web|script-title=ja:フラウ・ファウスト（４）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000046803|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418060803/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000046803|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:小説付きフラウ・ファウスト（４）特装版|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000039601|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514071409/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000039601|url-status=live}}

|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-380927-5

|ISBN_note=
{{ISBNT|978-4-06-362360-4}} ({{Abbr|LE|Limited edition}})

|LicensedRelDate = March 6, 2018{{cite web|title=Frau Faust, Volume 4|url=https://kodansha.us/volume/frau-faust-4/|publisher=Kodansha USA|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419060752/https://kodansha.us/volume/frau-faust-4/|url-status=live}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-1-63236-550-7

|LicensedISBN_note = (print)
{{ISBNT|978-1-64212-116-2}} (digital)

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 5

|OriginalRelDate = March 7, 2018{{cite web|script-title=ja:フラウ・ファウスト（５）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000053224|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604064630/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000053224|url-status=live}}
May 3, 2016 ({{Abbr|LE|Limited edition}}){{cite web|script-title=ja:小説付きフラウ・ファウスト（５）特装版|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000053225|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=April 19, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130052823/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000053225|url-status=live}}

|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-511006-5

|ISBN_note=
{{ISBNT|978-4-06-511005-8}} ({{Abbr|LE|Limited edition}})

|LicensedRelDate = November 6, 2018{{cite web|title=Frau Faust, Volume 5|url=https://kodansha.us/volume/frau-faust-5/|publisher=Kodansha USA|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419060753/https://kodansha.us/volume/frau-faust-5/|url-status=live}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-1-63236-665-8

|LicensedISBN_note = (print)
{{ISBNT|978-1-64212-525-2}} (digital)

}}

Reception

In 2020, Frau Faust was one of the manga titles that ranked on the "Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens" by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) of the American Library Association.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Silver Spoon, My Brother's Husband Rank in YALSA's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-29/silver-spoon-my-brother-husband-rank-in-yalsa-top-10-graphic-novels-for-teens/.142712|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 19, 2021|date=January 29, 2019|archive-date=April 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405190329/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-29/silver-spoon-my-brother-husband-rank-in-yalsa-top-10-graphic-novels-for-teens/.142712|url-status=live}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://itan.jp/contents/list0022.html|Official website at Itan}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Anime News Network|manga|16961|noparen=true}}

Category:Dark fantasy anime and manga

Category:Josei manga

Category:Kodansha manga

Category:Works based on Goethe's Faust

Category:Works based on the Faust legend

Frau Faust

Plot

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Reception

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