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Japanese magazine
Opera (
Japanese : オペラ ) is a quarterly Japanese
boys' love (BL)
manga magazine . The magazine is published by
Akane Shinsha , which launched Opera in 2005 as a successor to its earlier quarterly BL anthology magazine Edge . Notable titles serialized in Opera include
Classmates ,
Go For It, Nakamura! , and the BL works of
Natsume Ono .
[a]
History
The first issue of Opera was published on December 15, 2005. The magazine is a successor to Edge , Akane Shinsha's previous quarterly BL magazine that ran from May 2004 to April 2005;
[1] titles serialized in Opera are published as
tankōbon volumes by Akane Shinsha under their Edge Comix
imprint .
[2] New issues of Opera are published on a quarterly basis.
In 2018, Opera opened a
pop-up cafe in
Harajuku ,
Tokyo featuring original merchandise and menu items inspired by titles serialized in the magazine. The cafe operated from March 16 to April 8, 2018.
[3] A second pop-up cafe opened in
Ikebukuro , Tokyo in 2019.
[4]
Serializations
Current
Classmates by
Asumiko Nakamura (2006 – present), consisting of:
Dou Kyu Sei (2006 – 2007)
Sotsu Gyo Sei – Winter (2008)
Sotsu Gyo Sei – Spring (2009)
Sora and Hara (2009 – 2011)
O.B. (2012 – 2013)
Blanc (2018 – 2020)
Home (2020 – 2022)
[b]
Sajou Rihito no Chichi to Sono Buka (2022 – Current)
Motto Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!! by Syundei (2017 – present)
[5]
Former
Kuma to Interi by
basso (2005)
[6]
Lies are a Gentleman's Manners by Marta Matsuo (2005 – 2010)
[7]
Orso E Intellettuale [
ja ] by basso (2005 – 2010),
[c] consisting of:
Amato Amaro (2005)
Gad Sfortunato (2007 – 2009)
Al to Neri to Sono Shuuhen (2008 – 2010)
Naka-san no Nagare [
ja ] by basso (2007 – 2011)
Tokyo Shinjū by Totempole (2008 – 2010)
[8]
Senpai by Bikke (2010 – 2011)
[9]
Canis by ZAKK (2012 – 2020)
[10]
Buchou wa Onee by Nagabe (2013 – 2015)
[11]
Go For It, Nakamura! by Syundei (2014 – 2016)
Itou-san by Sui Kuraka (2014 – 2015)
[12]
Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart by Syundei (2015)
[13]
The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms by Nagabe (2015 – 2017)
[14]
I: Itou-san 2 by Sui Kuraka (2016 – 2017)
[15]
Double Mints [
ja ] by Asumiko Nakamura (2017)
[d]
Odoru Omaera To Daimeiwaku by
Beruno Mikawa [
ja ] (2017)
[10]
Notes
^ Published under the pen name "basso".
^ Formerly known as "Futarigurashi"
^ Initially serialized in Edge beginning in 2004.
^ Special
one-shot chapter only; original series serialized in Mellow Mellow
[16]
References
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