The Day of the Kamikaze

Kamikaze Girls (Japanese: 下妻物語　ヤンキーちゃんとロリータちゃん, Hepburn: Shimotsuma Monogatari: Yankī-chan to Rorīta-chan; lit. "Shimotsuma Story: Delinquent Girl and Lolita Girl"), is a 2002 Japanese novel written by Novala Takemoto. The story centers on the unlikely friendship between Momoko Ryugasaki, a Lolita, and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri, a yankī (juvenile delinquent). Kamikaze Girls was followed up with a sequel released on June 25, 2005. A live-action film adaptation was released on May 13, 2004. In the same year, a manga adaptation by Yukio Kanesada was serialized in Betsucomi. Viz Media licensed the novel for an English-language release in North America in 2006.