River's Edge was first published in the women's fashion magazine Monthly Cutie between 1993 and 1994.

[1][2]: 195  River's Edge follows Haruna, a high school girl in a suburb of Tokyo, and her friends as they traverse the ups and downs of high-school life in the 90s.

[3][2]: 195–196 Themes of bullying, homosexuality, drug-use and teenage pregnancy are explored through the lens of a coming of age story.

Haruna is a straightforward and unrelenting teenage girl who saves Ichiro from the bullying of her boyfriend, Kannonzaki.

River's Edge was originally published on May 27, 1994, by Takarajimasha[1] in the CUTiE magazine.