is a Japanese

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short story series written and illustrated by

George Asakura is a Japanese manga artist. She took her pen name from one of the title characters in ''Gatchaman'' and made her debut in 1995 with ''Punky Cake Junkie'', which was published in the magazine ''Bessatsu Friend DX Juliet''. She is best known for ' ...

. Each story depicts a relationship that revolves around the use of love letters. The stories were originally published by

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

in the '' shōjo'' (aimed at teenage girls)

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'', and collected in two bound volumes. ''A Perfect Day for Love Letters'' received the

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for shōjo manga along with '' Oi Piitan!!'' by Risa Itou in 2005. A

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film adaptation premiered in Japan on December 4, 2004. It was also adapted into a

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in 2014.

Manga

In Japan,

published both ''

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'' volumes in March 2001 ( and ). The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by

Del Rey Manga Del Rey Manga was the manga-publishing imprint of Del Rey Books, a branch of Ballantine Books, which in turn is part of Random House, the publishing division of Bertelsmann. History Del Rey Manga was formed as part of a cross-publishing rela ...

. The first published in June 2005 () and the second in November 2005 ().

Reception

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's Carlo Santos criticizes the manga for its characters quirks for being annoying and "occasional clutter layout". However, he complimented the manga for "true-to-life characters". Mania.com's Mike Dungan criticises George Asakura's artwork as "coarse". However he commends the manga for "building the tension just right" in each of the individual stories.

References

External links

Official Del Rey website

Official NTV website
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