Limit (manga)

Japanese manga series

リミット (Rimitto)
Limit
Cover of the first manga volume
Genre	Suspense^[1]
Manga
Written by	Keiko Suenobu
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Vertical
Magazine	Bessatsu Friend
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	October 13, 2009 – September 13, 2011
Volumes	6
Television drama
Music by	Kōji Endō
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	July 12, 2013 – September 27, 2013
Episodes	12

Limit (Japanese: リミット, Hepburn: Rimitto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Suenobu.^[2]

Plot

This manga focuses on Mizuki Konno, a typical high school junior at Yanno Prefectural High School. A group of high school girls is on their way to an exchange camp when the bus driver passes out and causes the bus to drop from a cliff. The few survivors gather together and try to survive until rescue arrives.

Live-action

A live-action drama version of the manga aired on TV Tokyo between July 12, 2013, and September 27, 2013.^[3]^[4]

Cast^[5]

Nanami Sakuraba as Mizuki Konno
Tao Tsuchiya as Chieko Kamiya
Rio Yamashita as Arisa Morishige
Ayano Kudo as Haru Ichinose
Yuka Masuda as Chikage Usui
Katsuhiro Suzuki as Haruaki Hinata
Riho Takada as Sakura Himesawa
Masataka Kubota as Wataru Igarashi
Ikkei Watanabe as Hirokazu Konno

Kurtuluş Lisesi, a Turkish television series adaptation was announced in August 2021.^[6] The series had aired on the Turkish digital streaming platform GAIN in January, 2024.^[7]

Reception

Carlo Santos of Anime News Network (ANN) gave volume 1 a B−.^[8] Rebecca Silverman, also of ANN, gave it a B.^[9]

By July 17, 2011, volume 5 had sold 30,934 copies in Japan.^[10] By December 18, 2011, volume 6 had sold 32,754 copies in Japan.^[11] In the week of October 14 to 20, 2012, volume 1 ranked in second place in the list of The New York Times Manga Best Sellers.^[12] It has sold 10 million copies in Japan.^[13]

References

^ "Keiko Suenobu's Suspense Manga Limit Gets Live-Action Show". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
^ "Life's Suenobu to Launch Limit Manga on October 13". Anime News Network. 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
^ ドラマ24「リミット」: 第1話 (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
^ ドラマ24「リミット」: 第12話 (最終話) (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
^ "ドラマ24「リミット」: Cast" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
^ "Bir Mangaya Yerli Dizi Geliyor!". Animeler.net (in Turkish). 2021-08-16. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ Japon manga uyarlaması: 'Kurtuluş Lisesi' izleyicilerle buluştu
^ Carlo Santos (2012-10-09). "RIGHT TURN ONLY!! Everybody to the Limit". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
^ Rebecca Silverman (2012-11-06). "Review The Limit GN 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, July 11–17". Anime News Network. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 12–18 (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
^ "New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 14–20". Anime News Network. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
^ ドラマ24「リミット」: イントロダクション (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved December 17, 2013.