Black and White: Tough Love at the Office (白と黒～Black & White～, Shiro to Kuro ~Black & White~) is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Sal Jiang. It began serialization online via Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Comic Ruelle on March 20, 2020, and is licensed for an English-language release by Seven Seas Entertainment.
| Black and White: Tough Love at the Office | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 白と黒～Black & White～ (Shiro to Kuro ~Black & White~) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Sal Jiang |
| Published by | Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Comic Ruelle |
| Demographic | Josei[2] |
| Original run | March 20, 2020 – May 18, 2023 |
| Volumes | 3 |
The series follows the love-hate relationship between Junko Shirakawa and Kayo Kuroda, two employees of a high-level bank.
Plot
editJunko Shirakawa, who works at a high-level bank, is regarded as an exceptional employee by her colleagues. Kayo Kuroda, who joined the firm at the same time as Shirakawa, gets transferred to Shirakawa's department one day. Shirakawa is put in charge of Kuroda's department training, which completely changes their working life, and sparks a bizarre love-hate relationship that results in either violent office brawls or angry sex.
Publication
editWritten and illustrated by Sal Jiang, Black and White: Tough Love at the Office began serialization online via Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Comic Ruelle on March 20, 2020.[3] The series has been collected in three tankōbon volumes as of May 2023.
The series is licensed for an English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.[4]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 15, 2021[5] | 978-4-40-864005-1 | October 11, 2022[1] | 978-1-63858-528-2 |
| 2 | May 19, 2022[6] | 978-4-40-864058-7 | October 29, 2024[1] | 978-1-63858-743-9 |
| 3 | May 18, 2023[7] | 978-4-40-864091-4 | — | — |
Reception
editErica Friedman of Yuricon praised the series, giving volumes one and two a 10 out of 10 rating; remarking in her review that the first volume "is so frickin’ nasty, I literally grinned my way through it [...] This is not a pretty book about an office romance. This is a violent story about two terrible people being terrible to one another. I love it."[8]
Black and White: Tough Love at the Office was among WomenWriteAboutComics's "Favorite Manga of 2022", with Masha Zhdanova regarding the series as offering an alternative to more typical school-related romances often seen in yuri and remarking that "the rivalry between Shirakawa and Kuroda crackles with chemistry, and Jiang draws the two of them fighting and having sex with a specificity that makes the whole thing feel grounded, rather than the ethereal above-it-all purity older yuri comics often have."[9]
See also
edit- Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko!, another manga series by the same author
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Series: Black and White: Tough Love at the Office". Seven Seas Entertainment. Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ 白と黒～Black & White～（１） (in Japanese). BookWalker. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "【白と黒～Black & White～】" (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. June 18, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "Seven Seas Licenses Box of Light, Black and White: Tough Love at the Office Manga". Anime News Network. October 6, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ 白と黒～Black & White～（１） (リュエルコミックス) (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. ASIN B08ZMXTN43.
- ^ 白と黒～Black & White～（2） (リュエルコミックス) (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. ASIN B09Y8TWZSJ.
- ^ 白と黒～Black & White～（3） (リュエルコミックス) (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. ASIN B0C2YWSH2V.
- ^ Friedman, Erica (July 30, 2021). "白と黒~Black & White~, Volume 1". Okazu. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ Zhdanova, Masha (January 10, 2023). "WWAC's Favorite Manga of 2022". WomenWriteAboutComics. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
External links
edit- Official manga website (in Japanese)
- Official manga website at pixiv Comic (in Japanese)
- Black and White: Tough Love at the Office (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia