Manhua by Tan Jiu
SQ Begin W/Your Name! (), also known as Tamen de Gushi ( "Their Story") is a Chinese girls' love manhua written and illustrated by Tan Jiu. The manhua has been serialized independently online via Tan Jui's Weibo and Twitter accounts from November 17, 2014, and was later published to Tencent's ACQQ app in January, 2018. A paperback collecting chapters 1 through 141 was published by Zhejiang People's Fine Arts Publishing House on October 1, 2015, under the title "SQ Begin W/Your Name!". The story follows the daily lives of Sun Jing and Qiu Tong, two teenagers attending different high schools, whose newly formed friendship slowly develops into something romantic.
Plot.
After Sun Jing keeps seeing the same cute girl from another school at the bus stop each day, she becomes determined to ask her name. Once Sun Jing musters up the courage and introduces herself, she begins a new friendship with Qiu Tong.
Publication.
Written and illustrated by Tan Jiu, "SQ" was first titled "Tamen de Gushi" and was serialized independently online via Tan Jui's Weibo and Twitter account from November 17, 2014, before it was added to Tencent's ACQQ app in January, 2018.
The series was collected into volume format by Zhejiang People's Fine Arts Publishing House under the title "SQ Begin W/Your Name!", with the first volume releasing on October 1, 2015. On January 15, 2018, Tan Jiu announced that the second print volume had been indefinitely postponed due to the publisher requesting the removal of several romantic scenes between Sun Jing and Qiu Tong. Kadokawa licensed the series for a Japanese release in 2020.
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Reception.
Erica Friedman of Yuricon gave the Japanese print volume an overall 9 out of 10 rating, praising the art and remarking that "I genuinely hope to see this title make it over here. It's really delightful and, as the comics often pass by with very little dialogue many are completely silent, it doesn't matter what language it's in." Mey Rude included the series in Autostraddle's "8 Queer/Feminist Comics to Get Your Friends Into Comics", noting that the series is "a classic story about two high school girls who fall in love and act like teenagers. Fans of "Buffy", "Glee", "Faking It", or any other show with queer teens will fall in love with this comic."
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