Frau Faust
Japanese manga series by Kotono Katō
Frau Faust (Japanese: フラウ・ファウスト, Hepburn: Furau Fausuto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Itan from October 2014 to December 2017.
01Plot
Marion, a young boy, meets Johanna Faust, and asks her to be his teacher because his impoverished mother can no longer afford to send him to school. After their first meeting, he follows her in her quest to retrieve the parts of Mephistopheles, who had been cut in pieces by the Inquisition and sealed 100 years ago. Meanwhile, Lorenzo and his assistant Vico are hunting down Faust in order to prevent her to fulfill her quest.
02Publication
Written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki, Frau Faust was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Itan from October 7, 2014, to December 7, 2017. Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from April 7, 2015, to March 7, 2018.
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. The five volumes were released from September 26, 2017, to November 6, 2018.
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 7, 2015 | 978-4-06-380755-4 | September 26, 2017 | 978-1-63236-480-7 (print) 978-1-68233-875-9 (digital) |
| 2 | November 6, 2015 | 978-4-06-380814-8 | November 14, 2017 | 978-1-63236-481-4 (print) 978-1-68233-953-4 (digital) |
| 3 | July 7, 2016 | 978-4-06-380863-6 978-4-06-364988-8 (LE) | January 23, 2018 | 978-1-63236-549-1 (print) 978-1-64212-081-3 (digital) |
| 4 | June 7, 2017 | 978-4-06-380927-5 978-4-06-362360-4 (LE) | March 6, 2018 | 978-1-63236-550-7 (print) 978-1-64212-116-2 (digital) |
| 5 | March 7, 2018 May 3, 2016 (LE) | 978-4-06-511006-5 978-4-06-511005-8 (LE) | November 6, 2018 | 978-1-63236-665-8 (print) 978-1-64212-525-2 (digital) |
03Reception
In 2020, Frau Faust was one of the manga titles that ranked on the "Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens" by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) of the American Library Association.
Sources and credits
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