GE: Good Ending

GE: Good Ending (Japanese: GE～グッドエンディング～, Hepburn: Guddo Endingu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sasuga. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2009 to January 2013, with its chapters collected in 16 tankōbon volumes. The manga has been licensed for English digital release in North America by Kodansha USA.

GE: Good Ending
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yuki Kurokawa
GE～グッドエンディング～
(Guddo Endingu)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byKei Sasuga
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 19, 2009 – January 9, 2013
Volumes16

Plot

Seiji Utsumi has a crush on schoolmate Shou Iketani, a cheerful, pretty and popular member of the tennis team. He is caught peeping at Shou by classmate Yuki Kurokawa, who gets Seiji to join the club and also coaches him on how to relate to Shou better. However, Seiji also grows to like Yuki, who is hesitant about being involved in any relationships.

Characters
Seiji Utsumi (内海 聖志, Utsumi Seiji)
Yuki Kurokawa (黒川 雪, Kurokawa Yuki)
Shou Iketani (池谷 晶, Iketani Shō)

Publication

Written and illustrated by Kei Sasuga, a pilot one-shot chapter was published in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine on April 8, 2009;[2] it was later published as a serialized manga in the same magazine from August 19, 2009,[3] until its conclusion on January 9, 2013.[4][5] Kodansha collected its chapters in sixteen tankōbon volume, released from January 15, 2010,[6] to February 15, 2013.[7]

In November 2019, Kodansha USA announced that they had licensed the manga in English for a digital release under their Kodansha Comics imprint;[8][9] the sixteen volumes were released from January 14, 2020,[10] to April 13, 2021.[11]

Reception

The French edition of volume 1 received a 2/4 rating by Faustine Lillaz of planetebd.com.[12] Volume 2 received a 1/4 rating.[13]

See also

References
  1. 「少年マガジン」作者ブログ閉鎖 ネット批判に「心折れた」. j-cast.com (in Japanese). December 21, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  2. 週刊少年マガジン 2009年19号 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  3. 週刊少年マガジン 2009年38号 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  4. "Fin de GE - Good Ending". manga-news.com (in French). December 7, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  5. 週マガで「エデンの檻」残り3回、「GE」は次号最終回. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 26, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  6. 【1月15日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 15, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  7. 【2月15日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 15, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  8. Mateo, Alex (2019-11-18). "Kodansha Comics Announces 12 Digital Manga Licenses, 4 Manga Print Releases". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  9. "GE: Good Ending by Kei Sasuga". Kodansha. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  10. Sherman, Jennifer (January 14, 2020). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 12-18". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  11. Mateo, Alex (April 13, 2021). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 11-17". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  12. Faustine Lillaz (2012-09-08). GE - good ending T1. Retrieved 2012-09-09. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  13. Faustine Lillaz (2012-09-08). GE - good ending T2. Retrieved 2012-09-09. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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