was a Japanese

manga magazine are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics an ...

published by

Shueisha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...

. It was a sister magazine of ''

Ribon is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha on the third of each month. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are '' Nakayoshi'' and '' Ciao''. It is one of the best-selling manga magazines, having sold over 590million c ...

'', and was published from 1981 until 2006. New and up-and-coming ''Ribon'' manga artists often had their first short stories published in this magazine. Established ''Ribon'' manga artists who had a decrease in popularity also had short stories or short series in ''Ribon Original'', and side stories to series currently running in Ribon were also in this magazine. manga that are published in Ribon also concurrently ran in ''Ribon Original''. ''Ribon Original'' was first published quarterly from 1981. It switched to bimonthly in 1994 and remained as such until the magazine was cancelled due to poor sales. The last issue was the June 2006 issue.

Serializations

* '' The Style of the Second Love'' (1996) * '' ChocoMimi'' (2003)

References

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