Furo Girl!

Furo Girl!
	Cover of the first volume of Furo Girl!, featuring the character Sayoko Oyumino
ふろがーる！; (Furo Gāru!)
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Written by	Yukio Katayama
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Spirits
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	August 10, 2015 – November 21, 2016
Volumes	3
Television drama
Directed by	Junichi Ishikawa
Produced by	Tatsuya Yamaga
Written by	Yousuke Masaike; Yukari Nakamura
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	July 15, 2020 – present
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Furo Girl! (Japanese: ふろがーる！, Hepburn: Furo Gāru!, lit. "Bath Girl!") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukio Katayama. The manga was serialized in the Shogakukan publication Big Comic Spirits from 2015 to 2016. The series depicts the lifestyle of a 25-year-old office worker and bath lover Sayoko Oyumino.

The manga is currently being adapted into a live-action drama for TV Tokyo in 2020 starring Hinako Sakurai.^[2]

Characters[]

Sayoko Oyumino (生実野早夜子): Portrayed by: Hinako Sakurai; A 25-year-old office worker that enjoys hot baths and tries various bathing methods to find the best bath.
Shiro (シロー): A biker woman that is friends with Sayoko and sometimes travels on motorcycles with Sayoko to visit hot springs and bath houses.
Hachiike (八イケ): A girl from Germany that befriends Sayoko and is not familiar with Japanese bathing customs.
Aino Hiyama (檜山愛乃): Portrayed by: Sakurako Konishi^[3]; A junior student from Sayako's college days. She has a very "bright and high-tension" personality and described as a shower person. which contrasts with Sayako. She is original to the live-action series.

Media[]

Manga[]

Furo Girl! is written and illustrayed by Yukio Katayama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from August 10, 2015 to November 21, 2016.^[4] Its chapters were collected in three tankōbon volumes, released from February 29, 2016 to February 28, 2017.^[5]^[6]

Volume list[]

No.

Japanese release date

Japanese ISBN

1

February 29, 2016^[5]

978-4-09-187460-3

001. Sakura Bath (桜風呂, Sakuraburo)
002. Sake Bath (お酒風呂, O sake furo)
003. Planetarium Bath (プラネタリウム風呂, Puranetariumu furo)
004. Baking Soda Bath (重曹風呂, Jūsō furo)
005. Dokudami Bath (ドクダミ風呂, Dokudami furo)
006. "A Fated Reunion" (宿命の再会!, Shukumei no Saikai!)
007. Mud Bath (泥風呂, Doro furo)

2

July 29, 2016^[7]

978-4-09-187718-5

3

February 28, 2017^[6]

978-4-09-189380-2

Chapters not released in tankōbon[]

These two chapters were serialized in the Big Comic Spirits as chapters 3 and 7, but were omitted from the tankōbon releases changing the chapter numbers for the rest of the chapters in them.

003. Holiday Reward (休日のごほうび, Kyūjitsu no go hōbi)^[8]
007. You Are Already In (お前はもう入っている, Omae wa mō haitte iru)^[9]

Live-action TV series[]

A live-action TV series is set to premiere on July 15, 2020 starring Hinako Sakurai.

Episode list[]

No.	Title	Original airdate
01	TBA	July 15, 2020 (2020-07-15)
Sayoko Oyumino has a daily routine to arranging her own bath. One day, she buys a capsule toy and just before throwing away the empty capsule, she comes up with the idea of making a bath bomb. As soon as she starts making bath bombs, she receives a phone call from her junior, Aino Hiyama.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "TV Tokyo Synopsis". TV Tokyo. July 8, 2020.
^ "TV Tokyo Announcement". TV Tokyo. June 30, 2020.
^ "Sakurako Konishi, starring in the drama "Furo Girl!"". ORICON NEWS. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
^ スピにてねむようこら新連載！「じみへん」は完結、豪華メンバー48名寄稿. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 10, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ふろがーる! 第1集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ふろがーる! 第3集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
^ ふろがーる! 第2集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
^ Katayama, Yukio (September 14, 2015). "Holiday Reward". Big Comic Spirits. Furo Girl! (in Japanese). Shogakukan (40): 183–190.
^ Katayama, Yukio (October 10, 2015). "You Are Already In". Big Comic Spirits. Furo Girl! (in Japanese). Shogakukan (46): 385–392.

External links[]

Official Site (Shogakukan) (in Japanese)
Furo Girl! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Official Twitter (in Japanese)
TV Tokyo (in Japanese)

[TV_Tokyo_Synopsis-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "TV Tokyo Synopsis". TV Tokyo. July 8, 2020.

[Drama_Announcement-2] "TV Tokyo Announcement". TV Tokyo. June 30, 2020.

[3] "Sakurako Konishi, starring in the drama "Furo Girl!"". ORICON NEWS. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-09.

[4] スピにてねむようこら新連載！「じみへん」は完結、豪華メンバー48名寄稿. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 10, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2021.

[Shogakukan-V01-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ふろがーる! 第1集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2020.

[Shogakukan-V03-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ふろがーる! 第3集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2020.

[Shogakukan-V02-7] ふろがーる! 第2集 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2020.

[8] Katayama, Yukio (September 14, 2015). "Holiday Reward". Big Comic Spirits. Furo Girl! (in Japanese). Shogakukan (40): 183–190.

[9] Katayama, Yukio (October 10, 2015). "You Are Already In". Big Comic Spirits. Furo Girl! (in Japanese). Shogakukan (46): 385–392.

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