Fujoshi Rumi (妄想少女オタク系, Mōsō Shōjo Otaku-kei, lit. Geeky Girl Obsession) is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by manga author Natsumi Konjoh (紺條夏生, Konjō Natsumi).

Fujoshi Rumi
Media Blasters' English-language edition of Fujoshi Rumi
妄想少女オタク系
(Mōsō Shōjo Otaku-kei)
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byNatsumi Konjoh
Published byFutabasha
English publisher
MagazineComic High!
DemographicSeinen
Original run20042010
Volumes7 (List of volumes)
Live-action film
Directed byTeiichi Hori
Written byYoshiaki Tago, Shikō Onoue
Music byKantoku Nijikamatarō
StudioDōgadō
ReleasedDecember 8, 2007
Runtime113 minutes

Plot

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The series is a comedic romance between two high-school fujoshi and the boys who fall in love with them; much of the humor comes from parodies of stereotypical fujoshi behavior and other otaku topics, and a large number of pop culture references.

Release

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It was first serialized in Japan on April 12, 2006, in Futabasha's seinen manga magazine Comic High!. The series has been licensed in the United States by Media Blasters.[1] It was adapted into a live action drama in 2007.[2] The series was available in English in digital format from JManga under the title Otaku-Type Delusion Girl.[3] It has been released in French by Bamboo Edition's Doki-Doki imprint under the title Otaku Girls.

Volumes

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 December 12, 20064-575-83225-1February 19, 20081598831860
2 April 12, 20064-575-83312-6April 8, 20081598831887
3 August 11, 2007978-4-575-83394-2February 17, 20091598833901
4 June 12, 2008978-4-575-83496-3
5 February 12, 2009978-4-575-83581-6
6 December 12, 2009978-4-575-83705-6
7 September 11, 2010978-4-575-83810-7

Reception

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The Media Blasters translation of Fujoshi Rumi released to mixed positive reviews, with Anime News Network giving the first two volumes an overall B−, stating "There are a number of typos in the first volume, and several text boxes and balloons are missing words in the second. ... Even so, Fujoshi Rumi is without a doubt one of Media Blasters' best manga releases to date and far and away the best in quite a long time."[4] Pop Culture Shock also reviewed the first two volumes, praising the series' humor, translation notes, and pop culture references.[5] Sequential Tart called the series a "fan-friendly little bubble of fictional high school life".[6]

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