Drowning Love (溺れるナイフ, Oboreru Knife) is a Japanese slice of life romantic drama shōjo manga series written and illustrated by George Asakura and published by Kodansha.
[1][2] The chapters were serialized on Bessatsu Friend from October 13, 2004, to December 13, 2013, and compiled into 17 tankōbon volumes.
[3] A live action film adaptation of the same name was released on November 5, 2016.
[4] Kodansha USA have licensed the manga and will release it in a digital-only format.
[5] Volume 8 reached the 4th place on the Oricon weekly manga charts, selling 32,037 copies as of August 16, 2009;[23] volume 9 reached the 23rd place, selling 29,902 copies as of January 17, 2010;[24] volume 12 also reached the 23rd place, with 18,588 copies sold as of May 15, 2011;[25] volume 14 reached the 22nd place, with 27,609 copies sold as of November 18, 2012;[26] volume 15 reached the 40th place, selling 30,738 copies as of May 18, 2013;[27] volume 16 reached the 25th place, selling 23,898 copies as of November 17, 2013;[28] volume 17 reached the 18th place, selling 22,092 copies as of February 16, 2014.