is a

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series written and illustrated by

Toriko Chiya is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for ''Clover'' as well as ''Tokyo Alice''. Works * (1990, '' Bouquet'', Shueisha, 1 volume) * (1991, ''Bouquet'', Shueisha, 2 volumes) * ''Miracle''(1992–1993, ''Bouquet'', Shueisha, 4 volumes) * ...

. It follows Saya Suzuki, an

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, who falls in love with her supervisor Susumu Tsuge.

Release

''Clover'' was first serialized in

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

's magazine '' Bouquet'' between 1997 and 2000. It was transferred to ''

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'', being published from 2000 to 2006 on it. In 2006, another Shueisha magazine, ''

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'' (now ''Cocohana''), began serializing the manga; it lasted until April 2010. All 91 individual chapters were collected by Shueisha into 24 ''

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'' volumes, published between July 25, 1997, and January 25, 2011. From November 18, 2008, to August 17, 2012, the series was republished in 13 '' bunkoban'' volumes. The manga, which sold over 9.2 million copies in Japan, has also been published in Italy by

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, in South Korea by Haksan, and in Taiwan by

Sharp Point Press Sharp Point Press () is a Taiwanese publisher of manga and music. It was founded in July 1982. History *1982 - Company established. Mainly publishes military and models related books. *1985 - Started publishing annual Zodiac fortune telling handb ...

. It has spawned a sequel series, , which started to be published on June 28, 2012, in ''Cocohana''. Its first ''tankōbon'' volume was released on January 25, 2014, and, as of December 25, 2019, ten volumes of ''Clover Trèfle'' have been released in Japan. ''Clover Trèfle'' was licensed in South Korea by Haksan. Related works and ''Green Green Green'' were released into a single volume on October 17, 2014.

Adaptations

An audio drama CD was published by Shueisha on May 18, 2004. A

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directed by

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and written by Taeko Asano was released on November 1, 2014.

References

External links

''Clover''
at ''Cocohana''s site *
''Clover''s film official site
1997 manga Josei manga Romance anime and manga Sharp Point Press titles Shueisha franchises Shueisha manga Shōjo manga {{manga-stub