Editing Boys Be... (section)

===Manga===
Written by Masahiro Itabashi and illustrated by [[Hiroyuki Tamakoshi]], ''Boys Be...'' was serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]'' from August 7, 1991,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年マガジン 1991年33号|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M536400|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319125023/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M536400|url-status=live}}</ref> to November 13, 1996.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年マガジン 1996年48号|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M536137|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319125043/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M536137|url-status=live}}</ref> Kodansha collected its chapters in 32 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from January 17, 1992,<ref>{{cite web|title=ＢＯＹＳ ＢＥ…（１）|url=http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3117510|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112040127/http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3117510|archive-date=January 12, 2014|language=ja}}</ref> to January 17, 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boys Be... (32)|url=http://www.kodanclub.com/cgi-local/comic.cgi?id=001-00061-01-032|website=Kodan Club|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419112000/http://www.kodanclub.com/cgi-local/comic.cgi?id=001-00061-01-032|archive-date=April 19, 2008}}</ref>

A second series, titled ''Boys Be... 2nd Season'', was published in the same magazine from November 20, 1996,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年マガジン 1996年49号|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M536136|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319125049/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M536136|url-status=live}}</ref> to February 23, 2000.{{efn|The series finished in the magazine's 13th issue of 2000 ([[cover date]] March 8),<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年マガジン 2000年13号|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M535974|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815171036/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M535974|archive-date=August 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> released on February 23, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年マガジン 第13号|url=http://www.shonenmagazine.com/magazine/newmagazine.htm|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229142937/http://www.shonenmagazine.com/magazine/newmagazine.htm|archive-date=February 29, 2000|language=ja}}</ref>}} Kodansha collected its chapters in 20 volumes, released from April 17, 1997,<ref>{{cite web|title=ＢＯＹＳ ＢＥ…２ｎｄ Ｓｅａｓｏｎ（１）|url=http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3124010|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126211217/http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3124010|archive-date=November 26, 2005|language=ja}}</ref> to July 17, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boys Be... 2nd Season (20)|url=http://www.kodanclub.com/cgi-local/comic.cgi?id=001-00061-02-020|website=Kodan Club|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419142022/http://www.kodanclub.com/cgi-local/comic.cgi?id=001-00061-02-020|archive-date=April 19, 2008}}</ref>

A third series, ''Boys Be... L Co-op'', was published in the same magazine from March 21, 2000,{{efn|The series started in the magazine's 17th issue of 2000 ([[cover date]] April 5),<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年マガジン 2000年17号|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M535970|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319125043/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M535970|url-status=live}}</ref> released on March 21 of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:更新情報|url=http://www.shonenmagazine.com/new.htm|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000511160042/http://www.shonenmagazine.com/new.htm|archive-date=May 11, 2000|language=ja|quote={{lang|ja|2000.03.21 週刊少年マガジンNo.17 登録}}}}</ref>}} to March 14, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年マガジン 2001年14号|url=http://www.shonenmagazine.com/maga14/maga14.html|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010312005651/http://www.shonenmagazine.com/maga14/maga14.html|archive-date=March 12, 2001|language=ja|quote={{lang|ja|週刊少年マガジン15号 3月14日（水）発売！！[…] ■BOYS BE…L CO-OP […] '90年代恋愛漫画の代名詞「BOYS BE…」が、ついに完結！　漫画だけにとどまらず、ドラマ、アニメ、ゲーム、舞台と、爆発的に広がった恋愛世界の集大成！！　特別 企画記事も大充実！　イタバシ先生×玉越先生の内緒話も披露するぞ。}}}}</ref> Kodansha collected its chapters in six volumes, released from August 10, 2000,<ref>{{cite web|title=Boys Be...L co-op (1)|url=http://www.kodanclub.com/cgi-local/comic.cgi?id=001-00061-03-001|website=Kodan Club|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050227191023/http://www.kodanclub.com/cgi-local/comic.cgi?id=001-00061-03-001|archive-date=February 27, 2005}}</ref> to June 15, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boys Be...L co-op (6)|url=http://www.kodanclub.com/cgi-local/comic.cgi?id=001-00061-03-006|website=Kodan Club|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419112845/http://www.kodanclub.com/cgi-local/comic.cgi?id=001-00061-03-006|archive-date=April 19, 2008}}</ref> An additional volume, titled ''Boys Be... Last Season'', was released on June 23, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=BOYS BE…Last Season|url=http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=334424X|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030919132601/http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=334424X|archive-date=September 19, 2003|language=ja}}</ref>

In North America, the second part of the manga, ''Boys Be... 2nd Season'', was released by [[Tokyopop]]; according to Tokyopop's [[Jake T. Forbes|Jake Forbes]], the published licensed the second series due to its "more contemporary, mature, and compelling" subject matter.<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Tokyopop Acquires Boys Be|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-03-22/tokyopop-acquires-boys-be|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|date=March 22, 2004|archive-date=November 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104233603/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-03-22/tokyopop-acquires-boys-be|url-status=live}}</ref> They released 17 volumes from November 9, 2004,<ref>{{cite web|title=Boys Be... Volume 1|url=http://tokyopop.com/dbpage.php?page=product&productid=2466|publisher=[[Tokyopop]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430031040/http://tokyopop.com/dbpage.php?page=product&productid=2466|archive-date=April 30, 2006}}</ref> to August 13, 2008,<ref>{{cite web|title=Boys Be... Volume 17|url=http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1308/BoysBe/17|publisher=[[Tokyopop]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615125453/http://www.tokyopop.com:80/product/1308/BoysBe/17|archive-date=June 15, 2009}}</ref> before Tokyopop confirmed in August 2009 that their manga licensing contracts with Kodansha had expired.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-31/tokyopop-confirms-its-kodansha-manga-licenses-will-end|title=Tokyopop Confirms Its Kodansha Manga Licenses Will End|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 31, 2009|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-date=September 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903020302/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-31/tokyopop-confirms-its-kodansha-manga-licenses-will-end|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Other series====
A special [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] was published in ''[[Magazine Special]]'' on March 19, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=GetBackers' Writer, Artist Are Planning Next Work|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-19/getbackers-writer-artist-are-planning-next-work|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|date=February 19, 2009|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206144631/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-19/getbackers-writer-artist-are-planning-next-work|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Boys Be... Pre-season'' (firstly published as {{Nihongo|''Boys Be… 2009 1-Gakki''|BOYS BE… 2009年1学期}}) was serialized on Kodansha's ''{{ill|MiChao!|ja}}'' manga website from April 24 to October 9 of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:伝説のラブコメ「BOYS BE…」新作、携帯で配信中|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/15003|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|date=April 2, 2009|archive-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609213607/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/15003|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Boys Be… Manga Gets New Manga on Mobile Comic Site|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-02/boys-be-manga-gets-new-manga-on-mobile-comic-site|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|date=April 2, 2009|archive-date=December 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209062619/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-02/boys-be-manga-gets-new-manga-on-mobile-comic-site|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ＢＯＹＳ ＢＥ…ｐｒｅ－ｓｅａｓｏｎ|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000017031|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118195637/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000017031|url-status=live}}</ref> It was collected in a single volume released on January 15, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:伝説のラブコメに新刊。ネット版「BOYS BE…」が単行本に|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/26351|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|date=January 14, 2010|archive-date=May 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522170209/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/26351|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Boys Be... Next Season'' was serialized in Kodansha's ''Magazine Special'' from October 20, 2009,<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Boys Be, Bloody Monday Manga Return in New 'Seasons'|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-14/boys-be-bloody-monday-manga-return-in-new-seasons|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|date=October 14, 2009|archive-date=December 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227185214/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-14/boys-be-bloody-monday-manga-return-in-new-seasons|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:恋・おぼえていますか？伝説のラブコメ「BOYS BE…」復活|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/22650|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|date=October 20, 2009|archive-date=December 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221142832/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/22650|url-status=live}}</ref> to February 20, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Boys Be… Next Season Manga to End on February 20|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-23/boys-be-next-season-manga-ends|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|date=January 23, 2012|archive-date=September 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928155606/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-23/boys-be-next-season-manga-ends|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「Dreams」七三太朗原作の新ゴルフマンガ「マンブリ！」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/64750|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|date=February 20, 2012|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319125039/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/64750|url-status=live}}</ref> Six volumes were released from April 16, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【4月16日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/30626|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|date=April 16, 2010|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613030104/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/30626|url-status=live}}</ref> to April 17, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【4月17日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/67889|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|date=April 17, 2012|archive-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702165136/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/67889|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Boys Be… Adult Season'' started in Kodansha's [[Seinen manga|''seinen'' manga]] magazine [[Evening (magazine)|''Evening'']] on August 11, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Boys Be…~adult season~ Manga Launches in Japan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-11/boys-be-adult-season-manga-launches-in-japan|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 27, 2022|date=August 11, 2012|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926081049/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-11/boys-be-adult-season-manga-launches-in-japan|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:BOYS BE…大人の恋愛編、イブニングで季刊連載スタート|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/74535|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 18, 2023|language=ja|date=August 11, 2012|archive-date=October 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002074415/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/74535|url-status=live}}</ref> Its latest chapter was published on June 25, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:イブニング 2013年14号|url=https://evening.kodansha.co.jp/evening/2013/14.html|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=March 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305155936/https://evening.kodansha.co.jp/evening/2013/14.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Boys Be... Young Adult''' was serialized in [[Fujimi Shobo]]'s ''[[Monthly Dragon Age]]'' from September 8, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Boys Be… ~young adult~ Manga Launches in September|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-19/boys-be-~young-adult~-manga-launches-in-september/.120276|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|date=August 19, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109031628/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-19/boys-be-~young-adult~-manga-launches-in-september/.120276|url-status=live}}</ref> to July 9, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:エイジ新連載「アルカフス」耳と尻尾が生えた不思議な友達に呼ばれ異世界へ|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/290367|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|date=July 9, 2018|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126023646/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/290367|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hisone to Masotan, Death March Arisa Spinoff, Boys Be ~young adult~ Manga End|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-11/hisone-to-masotan-death-march-arisa-spinoff-boys-be-~young-adult~-manga-end/.134074|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 27, 2022|date=July 11, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109035307/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-11/hisone-to-masotan-death-march-arisa-spinoff-boys-be-~young-adult~-manga-end/.134074|url-status=live}}</ref> Two volumes were released on April 9 and October 9, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:男子の恋愛バイブル「BOYS BE…」大人が主役の新作「young adult」1巻発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/277260|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|date=April 9, 2018|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424130852/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/277260|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【10月9日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/302523|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|date=October 9, 2018|archive-date=March 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311155442/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/302523|url-status=live}}</ref>