Golondrina (Japanese: ゴロンドリーナ, Hepburn: Gorondorīna, "Swallow") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Est Em. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from June 2011 to September 2014, when the magazine ceased its publication, and the series finished with its fifth volume in December of the same year.
| Golondrina | |
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| ゴロンドリーナ (Gorondorīna) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Est Em |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Ikki Comix |
| Magazine | Monthly Ikki (June 25, 2011–September 25, 2014) |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | June 25, 2011 – December 26, 2014 |
| Volumes | 5 |
Plot
editSet in Spain, the story follows a girl known as Chica (チカ, Chika), who after being betrayed by her same-sex lover, Maria (マリア), decides to commit suicide. Hopeless, wandering down the road in the rain at night, Chica is about to be run over by a car driven by a man named Antonio (アントニオ). Antonio decides to help and takes her to his home; the next morning, Chica, mad at him because he did not kill her and wondering if Maria left her for being a woman, asks him if things would have been different if she were a man. Antonio, who used to be a bullfighting apoderado (a bullfighting manager), says that he would suggest Chica to become a matador if she were a man. Chica, makes up her mind and decides to become a bullfighter and die by the horns of a bull. Antonio, hesitant at first, takes her to the Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza, Seville, to show her the risks of being a bullfighter. There, Chica sees a corrida de toros, where a bull is killed; Chica, however, without feeling discouraged about what she saw, driven by her desire to die and by the intention to prove that a woman can become a matador, decides to start her training as a bullfighter under Antonio's instructions.
Publication
editWritten and illustrated by Est Em, Golondrina was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from June 25, 2011,[2][3][4] to September 25, 2014,[5][6] when the magazine ceased its publication and it was announced that series would continue publication via collected tankōbon volumes.[7] Shogakukan released the first volume on February 29, 2012.[8] It was firstly announced that the series would end with six volumes;[9] however, the fifth and last volume was released on December 26, 2014.[10]
Volumes
edit| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 29, 2012[11] | 978-4-09-188575-3 |
| 2 | October 30, 2012[1] | 978-4-09-188606-4 |
| 3 | July 30, 2013[12] | 978-4-09-188627-9 |
| 4 | February 28, 2014[13] | 978-4-09-188647-7 |
| 5 | December 26, 2014[14] | 978-4-09-188673-6 |
References
edit- ^ a b えすとえむの闘牛ドラマ「ゴロンドリーナ」2巻に書店特典. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 29, 2012. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Loo, Egan (May 24, 2011). "Manga Artist est em Starts Golondrina Bullfighting Manga (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Nouvelle série pour Est Em". manga-news.com (in French). May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ えすとえむ青年誌初登場、IKKIで闘牛マンガを新連載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 25, 2011. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ 月刊IKKI最終号が発売、新雑誌に東村アキコら. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 25, 2014. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ 月刊IKKI 2014年11月号 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Ressler, Karen (July 30, 2014). "Monthly Ikki Magazine's Individual Series' Plans Announced". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 4, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ えすとえむの闘牛マンガ「ゴロンドリーナ」1巻に書店特典. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 29, 2012. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 31, 2014). "Est Em Plans to End Golondrina Manga in 6th Volume". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Ｇｏｌｏｎｄｒｉｎａ－ゴロンドリーナ－ ５ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ 【2月29日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 29, 2012. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ えすとえむ＆オノ・ナツメ合同サイン会！単行本同発記念. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 25, 2013. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ えすとえむ「Golondrina」4巻記念サイン会、単独では初. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 21, 2014. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ 【12月26日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 26, 2014. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
Further reading
edit- はじめの1巻：「ゴロンドリーナ」 「闘牛の作品が描きたい！」作者の熱意がマンガに. Mantan Web (in Japanese). April 6, 2012.
- López, Francisco (2017). "Morir en una plaza de toros por desamor. Reseña de Golondrina". Tebeosfera (in Spanish).
External links
edit- Golondrina official website at Ikki Paradise at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-03-31) (in Japanese)
- Golondrina at Anime News Network's encyclopedia