Good Friend (aka Nakayoshi)

Ongoing Serial: a series of episodes, published over a span of weeks/months/years where the story plot is connected from chapter to chapter and must be read in chronological order for it to be understood properly.
Chapter Serial: a series of episodes, published over a span of weeks/months/years where the story plot is self-contained to a single chapter. There may be an overarching plot, but the stories can generally be read in any order and be understood
Book: an all-in-one self contained story published as a one-off.
Supplement: an an all-in-one self contained story published as a stand-alone supplement to a regular weekly/monthly periodical.
Short Story: an all-in-one, self contained story that was published in a regular weekly/monthly periodical
Anthology: a collection of all-in-one, self contained stories that were published in a regular weekly/monthly periodical but are generally grouped together.

Also known as なかよし (Nakayoshi)

Good Friend
September 1956

Good Friend is a monthly shojo manga published by Kodansha in Japan, with a target demographic of young girls aged 9 – 15.

It was first launched in December 1954 – albeit with the January 1955 issue – and the inaugural edition featured Tezuka’s serial The Story of Tonkara Valley (1955-56).

For a period of over ten years, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, Good Friend readers enjoyed an almost uninterrupted run of Tezuka’s work. Aside from one short-story, The Song of the White Peacock (1959) it has primarily featured long-form serial adventures geared towards an audience of elementary and junior high school-aged girls.

As such, it was been home to most of Tezuka’s important shojo manga series, including The Twin Knights (1958-59), Angel’s Hill (1960-61) and the remake version of Princess Knight [Nakayoshi] (1963-66).

Good Friend

Series	Japanese Title	Begin	End	Type
The Story of Tonkara Valley	とんから谷物語	1955/01	1956/03	Ongoing Serial
The Rainbow Fortress	虹のとりで	1956/05	1957/03	Ongoing Serial
The Kokeshi Detective Bureau	こけし探偵局	1957/04	1957/12	Ongoing Serial
The Twin Knights	双子の騎士	1958/01	1959/06	Ongoing Serial
The Song of the White Peacock	白くじゃくの歌	1959/09/15	—	Short Story [Summer Vacation Special]
Angel’s Hill	エンゼルの丘	1960/01	1961/12	Ongoing Serial
Here Comes Yokko!	ヨッコちゃんがきたよ!	1962/01	1962/04	Ongoing Serial
The Spirit of the Wild Rose	野ばらの精	1962/05	1962/12	Ongoing Serial
Princess Knight	リボンの騎士	1963/01	1966/10	Ongoing Serial