The Magic Touch (親指からロマンス, Oyayubi kara Romance?) is a Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Izumi Tsubaki. It was seralised in Hana to Yume magazine and collected into nine bound volume by Hakusensha between 2004 and 2007.[1][2] It is licensed in North America by Viz Media, which released the first volume of the manga on February 3, 2009 and the final volume on August 3, 2010.[3][4] It is licensed in French by Akata, which is releasing the manga as Sweet Relax.[5]
Media
Manga
| No. |
Japanese release date |
Japanese ISBN |
English release date |
English ISBN |
| 1 |
January 19, 2004[6] |
ISBN 4592178092 |
February 3, 2009[7] |
ISBN 9781421516714 |
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| 2 |
May 19, 2004[6] |
ISBN 4592173236 |
June 2, 2009[8] |
ISBN 9781421516721 |
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| 3 |
September 17, 2004[6] |
ISBN 4592173244 |
August 4, 2009[9] |
ISBN 9781421516738 |
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| 4 |
April 19, 2005[6] |
ISBN 459217268X |
October 6, 2009[10] |
ISBN 978-1421521657 |
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| 5 |
December 16, 2004[6] |
ISBN 4592172698 |
December 1, 2009[11] |
ISBN 978-1421521664 |
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| 6 |
May 19, 2006[6] |
ISBN 4592172701 |
February 2, 2010[12] |
ISBN 978-1421521671 |
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| 7 |
November 17, 2006[6] |
ISBN 459218257X |
April 6, 2010[13] |
ISBN 978-1421521688 |
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| 8 |
March 19, 2007[6] |
ISBN 9784592182580 |
June 1, 2010[14] |
ISBN 978-1421521695 |
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| 9 |
May 18, 2007[6] |
ISBN 9784592182597 |
August 3, 2010[15] |
ISBN 978-1421521701 |
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Reception
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