is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Mayu Murata. It has been serialized in

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's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''

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'' since December 2015, with its chapters collected into twenty one ''

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'' volumes as of July 2022. A

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film adaptation was released in July 2021. As of November 2022, the series had over 10 million copies in circulation.

Plot

Quiet, shy Uka Ishimori has been nicknamed "stone" since middle school. Upon entering high school, she meets a boy named Kai Miura, whose appearance and personality reminds her of honey lemon soda. As the two become acquainted with one another, Uka's relationship with Kai inspires her to become more confident.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by , ''Honey Lemon Soda'' began serialization in

's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''

'' on December 28, 2015. As of July 2022, twenty one ''

'' volumes have been released. In July 2022,

Yen Press Yen Press, LLC is an American manga and graphic novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published ''Yen Plus'', a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. In addition to translated material, Yen Press ...

announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

Volume list

Live-action film

In September 2020, it was announced that series is getting a

film adaptation, starring

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member Raul as Kai Miura and

Ai Yoshikawa is a Japanese actress. While working as a child actress she was represented by Moon the Child Agency. Her representative works includes the television series Oh! My Girl!!, Hanayome to Papa and Yamada Taro Monogatari Yamada (山田, ) is the ...

as Uka Ishimori. The film was directed by Kōji Shintoku, based on a screenplay by Nami Kikkawa. It premiered in Japan on July 9, 2021. The film's theme song is "Hello Hello" by Snow Man.

Reception

As of November 2022, ''Honey Lemon Soda'' had over 10 million copies in circulation. In 2021, the series was nominated at the 45th

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially w ...

s in the ''shōjo'' category. It also ranked 40th in ''

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'' magazine's "Book of the Year" list for that year.

References

External links

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