was a Japanese

manga magazine Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used ...

published by

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 ...

. It was a sister magazine of ''

Ribon is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha on the third of each month. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are ''Nakayoshi'' and '' Ciao''. Its target audience is girls roughly 8–14 years old. It is one of the best-s ...

'', and was published from 1981 until 2006. New and up-and-coming ''Ribon''

manga artists A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist bef ...

often had their first short stories published in this magazine. Established ''Ribon'' manga artists who had a decrease in popularity also had short stories or short series in ''Ribon Original'', and side stories to series currently running in Ribon were also in this magazine. manga that are published in Ribon also concurrently ran in ''Ribon Original''. ''Ribon Original'' was first published quarterly from 1981. It switched to bimonthly in 1994 and remained as such until the magazine was cancelled due to poor sales. The last issue was the June 2006 issue.

Serializations

* '' The Style of the Second Love'' (1996) * ''

ChocoMimi is a shōjo manga, shōjo Yonkoma, 4-panel manga series written and illustrated by Konami Sonoda. It was first serialized in the magazine ''Ribon Original'' in 2003, and later the main ''Ribon'' magazine in March 2004. 11 volumes of the manga ...

'' (2003)

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