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Fangirl: The Manga #4
Fangirl, Vol. 4: The Manga
The heartwarming final volume in the manga adaptation of the beloved novel by Rainbow Rowell!
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, everybody is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life. Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath just can’t let go…
Cath and Levi are officially dating—finally!—but Cath still has a lot on her plate as the end of freshman year approaches. She only has a few more weeks to save her grade in Fiction Writing, her twin sister, Wren, is acting increasingly reckless, and an unexpected reunion with her mother has thrown everything off-balance. Plus, with the release date for the last Simon Snow novel looming, Cath is struggling to focus on anything except finishing her epic fanfiction—including her relationship with Levi.
In this final volume of Fangirl , Cath must decide whether finding her own path forward means walking away from Simon Snow for good.
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, everybody is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life. Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath just can’t let go…
Cath and Levi are officially dating—finally!—but Cath still has a lot on her plate as the end of freshman year approaches. She only has a few more weeks to save her grade in Fiction Writing, her twin sister, Wren, is acting increasingly reckless, and an unexpected reunion with her mother has thrown everything off-balance. Plus, with the release date for the last Simon Snow novel looming, Cath is struggling to focus on anything except finishing her epic fanfiction—including her relationship with Levi.
In this final volume of Fangirl , Cath must decide whether finding her own path forward means walking away from Simon Snow for good.
218 pages, Paperback
First published August 20, 2024
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About the author
Rainbow Rowell
117 books141k followersRainbow Rowell writes all kinds of stuff.
Sometimes she writes about adults (ATTACHMENTS, LANDLINE, SLOW DANCE).
Sometimes she writes about teenagers (ELEANOR & PARK, FANGIRL) .
Sometimes — actually, a lot of the time — she writes about lovesick vampires and guys with dragon wings. (THE SIMON SNOW TRILOGY).
Recently, she’s been writing comics, including her first graphic novel, PUMPKINHEADS, and the monthly SHE-HULK comic for Marvel.
She lives in Omaha, Nebraska.
More at rainbowrowell.com.
Sometimes she writes about adults (ATTACHMENTS, LANDLINE, SLOW DANCE).
Sometimes she writes about teenagers (ELEANOR & PARK, FANGIRL) .
Sometimes — actually, a lot of the time — she writes about lovesick vampires and guys with dragon wings. (THE SIMON SNOW TRILOGY).
Recently, she’s been writing comics, including her first graphic novel, PUMPKINHEADS, and the monthly SHE-HULK comic for Marvel.
She lives in Omaha, Nebraska.
More at rainbowrowell.com.
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November 13, 2025
Leer el manga de Fangirl fue la mejor decisión que pude tomar en la vida.
December 31, 2024
i'm sorry but if you turn my teenage favorite books into graphic novels i am going to read them.
the ending feels a lot more abrupt in this version, to the extent that i ignored where it said "the end" and "volume 4/4" in the ebook and ignored where it says "the heartwarming final installment" in the synopsis and clicked on the series title to try to add the 5th volume to my tbr.
fangirl is my comfort book in some ways, but it's also my problematic fav: i don't like the simon snow parts, or the part where she submits fanfiction as an assignment, or the unresolved familial issues (more so here).
i love the anxiety representation (so #me) and the yearning (best part of romances).
neither to be found in here, so this was meh for me!
bottom line: i'll always have a soft spot for the original...but not for the adaptations.
the ending feels a lot more abrupt in this version, to the extent that i ignored where it said "the end" and "volume 4/4" in the ebook and ignored where it says "the heartwarming final installment" in the synopsis and clicked on the series title to try to add the 5th volume to my tbr.
fangirl is my comfort book in some ways, but it's also my problematic fav: i don't like the simon snow parts, or the part where she submits fanfiction as an assignment, or the unresolved familial issues (more so here).
i love the anxiety representation (so #me) and the yearning (best part of romances).
neither to be found in here, so this was meh for me!
bottom line: i'll always have a soft spot for the original...but not for the adaptations.
September 27, 2024
It’s been 10 years since I first read Fangirl back in 2014. Since then I’ve reread the book four or maybe five times, and this manga series has meant so much to me. To be able to relive this story again and again is so comforting. Cath is one of my most relatable characters of all time, and I adore this story with my whole heart. Being in Cath’s head feels like being in my own head, and there’s very few characters I can say that about. I love this manga series and I hope someday soon to reread this entire series again and again the way I have with the physical book 🥹💖
August 28, 2024
Infinity stars!
I will never stop loving 'Fangirl'
I also wouldn't mind if the author ever decides in the future to write about Cath & Levi when they're adults and live together happily and lovingly. 🥹
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I know Wren is going to be on this volume's cover, but imagine how beautiful it'll be if they go with a pink or purple cover.
I will never stop loving 'Fangirl'
I also wouldn't mind if the author ever decides in the future to write about Cath & Levi when they're adults and live together happily and lovingly. 🥹
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I know Wren is going to be on this volume's cover, but imagine how beautiful it'll be if they go with a pink or purple cover.
August 28, 2024
Reading any version of Fangirl is like a giant and warm hug. I love this manga series adaptation so much: it captured the novel almost exactly as I saw it in my head. I'm sad it's over but glad all 4 books are out so I can reread in whole whenever my heart desires.
August 15, 2024
levi got me kicking my feet fr fr
September 17, 2024
4 stars
I loved the fourth and final installment of the 'Fangirl' manga. This is such a comfort read and it was great to re-read this story in a different way. I loved the art and watching the book come to life in this way.
I loved the fourth and final installment of the 'Fangirl' manga. This is such a comfort read and it was great to re-read this story in a different way. I loved the art and watching the book come to life in this way.
September 2, 2025
Aún recuerdo cómo el libro de Fangirl me molestó en muchas maneras, nunca supe porqué ñ, no se por el desagrado que le tengo a Rainbow Rowell o por lo problemático que es, pero siempre ha sido un libro que me causa conflicto.
El manga por otra parte es superior, la historia se siente más ligera y no hay complicaciones al leerlo, aunque quizá ese final fue algo abrupto, creo que hubieron mejores maneras de desarrollar el final del libro que solo acortarlo así de rápido, eso me sacó un poco de la lectura y me dejó desconcertada.
En parte me agrada la implementación de Simon Snow entre el libro pero a la vez llega a ser molesto, siempre me confundía con esas partes y era demasiado obvio que era una calca de Harry Potter, en el manga se siente más fantástico porque las ilustraciones le dan el toque, los efectos de magia y la situaciones se presentan casi siempre como una introducción más detallada sobre los gustos de Cat y su desarrollo con ellos.
No tengo tanto que agregar pues es un manga y normalmente no tengo opciones largas sobre ellos, pero me agradó más que la primera vez que lo leí, el manga me hizo apreciarla como es y me divertí mucho, las ilustraciones fueron tan divinas y desearía que más libros fueran adaptados a este estilo, así podría releerlos con más calma.
El manga por otra parte es superior, la historia se siente más ligera y no hay complicaciones al leerlo, aunque quizá ese final fue algo abrupto, creo que hubieron mejores maneras de desarrollar el final del libro que solo acortarlo así de rápido, eso me sacó un poco de la lectura y me dejó desconcertada.
En parte me agrada la implementación de Simon Snow entre el libro pero a la vez llega a ser molesto, siempre me confundía con esas partes y era demasiado obvio que era una calca de Harry Potter, en el manga se siente más fantástico porque las ilustraciones le dan el toque, los efectos de magia y la situaciones se presentan casi siempre como una introducción más detallada sobre los gustos de Cat y su desarrollo con ellos.
No tengo tanto que agregar pues es un manga y normalmente no tengo opciones largas sobre ellos, pero me agradó más que la primera vez que lo leí, el manga me hizo apreciarla como es y me divertí mucho, las ilustraciones fueron tan divinas y desearía que más libros fueran adaptados a este estilo, así podría releerlos con más calma.
November 13, 2024
que injusto que levi no exista en la vida real (estoy enamorada de el hace 10 años)
September 6, 2024
Final volume!
This will never be my favorite graphic novel adaptation, but it certainly is pleasant and comfy to settle into. Some nice Midwestern teen angst.
This will never be my favorite graphic novel adaptation, but it certainly is pleasant and comfy to settle into. Some nice Midwestern teen angst.
October 22, 2024
Levi is one of my new favorite characters of all time. The way I melted when he said "read to me, sweetheart" 🥹😍
March 21, 2025
The final installment of the novel. This manga series really brought the novel beautifully to life.
May 9, 2025
Tres años después y finalmente llegamos al final de esta nueva versión de una de mis historias favoritas de cuándo estaba en secundaria 😭💖 Fangirl significó tanto para mí en esos años, y volver a leer cachitos cada año ha sido una experiencia bonita
Leí Fangirl por primera vez hace casi (o más de) una década, y aún te sigo amando Levi 🫵🏼
Leí Fangirl por primera vez hace casi (o más de) una década, y aún te sigo amando Levi 🫵🏼
January 27, 2026
yani fena değildi de bayılmadım o kadar. bi climax yoktu, neye bağlandı, nasıl bitti anlayamadım. kitap da mı böyle ucube bitiyordu acaba
September 24, 2024
todo fue perfecto, ahora saquen las novelas gráficas de carry on por favor, se los pido de rodillas, el próximo año se cumple una década desde que salió 😭
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February 12, 2025
27/09/2024: Dear future self, if you read this review a few years from now I want to ask you where life took you. This book is one that you keep coming back to, finding comfort in a character that is you down to a t. Reading this release after a sad week and being left with a heavy heart you read about one of your favorite-most romance stories out there. Of how someone was seen and listened to and wasn’t shamed for all the things that made her insecure. I want to know how things progressed from this very moment onward to a later date. Because I am Fangirl, just a much as you are Fangirl. This book is the rawest version of ourselves and it makes me hope for a love as beautiful and effortless as Cath’s and Levi’s — this is a warm hug in a pocket of time that is marked by my insecurities. Much like how Cath starts out at the novel, only to end here. This book is a reminder that loving something deeply and feeling emotions in a big way isn’t bad, it means you care. And that taking your time with things is perfectly okay. I hope it’s nice where you are and that you reread this manga and the book a million times over since now.
To say that this book is my favorite book of all time is an understatement. It is a book that brings me comfort to an extent I cannot describe. No novel or character has understood me as profoundly as Fangirl and Cath have. I demand a mini series to be made of it on some streaming website. For me to get all the Fangirl merch. Thank you, Rainbow Rowell, for writing this. For reminding me that writing is my passion; that love will make itself clear to you not as something you have to demand, but something that is readily available in people without having to ask for it; how life will turn around for the better and how the leaving of one’s comfort zone can bring wonderful things. Thank you, for giving me this book — it’s the one story that I always come back to.
To say that this book is my favorite book of all time is an understatement. It is a book that brings me comfort to an extent I cannot describe. No novel or character has understood me as profoundly as Fangirl and Cath have. I demand a mini series to be made of it on some streaming website. For me to get all the Fangirl merch. Thank you, Rainbow Rowell, for writing this. For reminding me that writing is my passion; that love will make itself clear to you not as something you have to demand, but something that is readily available in people without having to ask for it; how life will turn around for the better and how the leaving of one’s comfort zone can bring wonderful things. Thank you, for giving me this book — it’s the one story that I always come back to.
January 20, 2025
[3.5]
I wouldn’t know how to explain it, but while I really enjoyed this volume, it also felt kind of incomplete.
I wouldn’t know how to explain it, but while I really enjoyed this volume, it also felt kind of incomplete.
October 22, 2025
5 stars ₊°⋆ this series is my endgame ♡
Rainbow Rowell knows how to write, and Gabi Nam KNOWS how to illustrate!
i don't know how to explain that, throughout the series, these characters have become a part of me now. Cath, Wren, Levi, Reagan, Simon, and Baz are all so close to my heart.
and, oh my, the romance is EVERYTHING for me!
Levi and Cath were so perfect, but not too perfect, and i'm not sure how that even works but it did.
the story is so amazing too - and the character development?? SO GOOD.
🧸₊˚⊹♡ this was the coziest series I've ever read, and I'm so surprised because I normally don't fall in love with contemporary fiction. maybe it was the elements of fantasy in the fanfiction Cath was writing, but the whole thing felt so magical!!
Rainbow Rowell knows how to write, and Gabi Nam KNOWS how to illustrate!
i don't know how to explain that, throughout the series, these characters have become a part of me now. Cath, Wren, Levi, Reagan, Simon, and Baz are all so close to my heart.
and, oh my, the romance is EVERYTHING for me!
Levi and Cath were so perfect, but not too perfect, and i'm not sure how that even works but it did.
the story is so amazing too - and the character development?? SO GOOD.
🧸₊˚⊹♡ this was the coziest series I've ever read, and I'm so surprised because I normally don't fall in love with contemporary fiction. maybe it was the elements of fantasy in the fanfiction Cath was writing, but the whole thing felt so magical!!
December 15, 2025
this story is the one i've reread the most, and yet i bawled my eyes out reading the final volume of this manga series. Cath's feelings and thoughts were so close to mine when i was a teenager, and i still feel very close to her in a lot of ways. It's like reading about a younger version of myself, knowing she ended up okay. It's like a hug to my past self.
Levi is, as always, a top character for me. He's pure sunshine and the drawings depicted that perfectly.
i just love this story and this world so much, it's still my comfort book, and the manga version did not disappoint.
Levi is, as always, a top character for me. He's pure sunshine and the drawings depicted that perfectly.
i just love this story and this world so much, it's still my comfort book, and the manga version did not disappoint.
October 19, 2024
They changed the ending and I don’t know how I feel about that. Hmm.
November 17, 2024
Don’t mind me. I’m only here to cry again. Fangirl is such a darling book for me, and the idea that it got a manga adaptation sent me to cloud nine. I love this with all my heart.
July 31, 2025
Me ha gustado mucho… pero en comparación a los otros 3, me ha costado un poco más acabármelo y el final me ha dejado un poco frío :(
August 25, 2024
God, I love Fangirl. This manga series and that book make me nostalgic for college and my fanfiction years something fierce.
August 20, 2024
I fucking loved this one so much. It was beautiful and I need more Fangirl. So I'm going to reread this manga.
September 11, 2024
just another year of me being in love with levi.
October 6, 2024
time to admit (it wasn't a secret) that my head will forever be full of Levi:)
November 15, 2024
Обычно я не пишу отзывы на графические новеллы или мангу, но раз уж это финальная часть, почему бы и нет?
Я читала «Carry On» до того, как узнала о том, что оказывается есть нарисованная предыстория, и это было большой ошибкой. Не то чтобы в комиксах раскрывается много лора, но хотя бы становится понятна идея книги.
Кэт — первокурсница, которая приезжает в колледж вдали от своего родного дома и пытается справиться с поступающими проблемами. Она очень закрытая и застенчивая, не привыкла к новым знакомствам и вниманию к себе. Больше всего на свете ей нравится писать фанфики про Саймона Сноу, местного аналога Гарри Поттера, с сестрой-близнецом Рен и уходить с головой в их выдуманный мир.
У Кэт много неприятностей в жизни: сестра отдаляется и хочет социализироваться, отец остался один дома и едва ли может нормально функционировать из-за особенностей психики, преподавательница не одобряет фанфики в качестве семестровой работы, а про травму от ухода в их с Рен детстве матери и говорить нечего. Все это пожирает ее изнутри, и во многом Кэт очень понимаешь, и видишь в ней себя.
Все меняется с приходом Ливая в ее жизнь, и вот тут мое мнение об этой истории постоянно менялось. С одной стороны, авторка прописала его как очень милого, очень заботливого золотистого терьера, который приносит Кэт только хорошее, за исключением одного случая. С другой — это очевидная попытка вклеить персонажа с синдромом спасателя, который должен вытянуть Кэт из пучины неудач.
И у Ливая это получается, но мне временами как-то тошно смотреть на их парочку. Кэт погрязла в своих проблемах и поведении обиженного человека, а Ливай слишком отличается от нее. И этот троп про замкнутую девочку и компанейского парня уже порядком надоел. Из раза в раз он будет спасать ее, а потом Кэт столкнется с новыми трудностями от нерешенных ситуаций из прошлого. Плюс в комиксе очень уж часто мелькают моменты, когда она остро реагирует на сказанное и пытается убедить Ливая, что раз у нее есть близнец, то лучше бы ему встречаться ней.
Если не задумываться так глубоко, то комикс хороший. Рисовка супер, фикрайтерская жизнь показана более чем понятно, в какой-то степени можно найти себя в героине Кэт, если вам не больше двадцати. Мне понравилось, как страницы из «Carry On» описывали переживания Кэт. Поэтому я ставлю четыре звездочки и иду смотреть фанарты с Саймоном и Базом.
Я читала «Carry On» до того, как узнала о том, что оказывается есть нарисованная предыстория, и это было большой ошибкой. Не то чтобы в комиксах раскрывается много лора, но хотя бы становится понятна идея книги.
Кэт — первокурсница, которая приезжает в колледж вдали от своего родного дома и пытается справиться с поступающими проблемами. Она очень закрытая и застенчивая, не привыкла к новым знакомствам и вниманию к себе. Больше всего на свете ей нравится писать фанфики про Саймона Сноу, местного аналога Гарри Поттера, с сестрой-близнецом Рен и уходить с головой в их выдуманный мир.
У Кэт много неприятностей в жизни: сестра отдаляется и хочет социализироваться, отец остался один дома и едва ли может нормально функционировать из-за особенностей психики, преподавательница не одобряет фанфики в качестве семестровой работы, а про травму от ухода в их с Рен детстве матери и говорить нечего. Все это пожирает ее изнутри, и во многом Кэт очень понимаешь, и видишь в ней себя.
Все меняется с приходом Ливая в ее жизнь, и вот тут мое мнение об этой истории постоянно менялось. С одной стороны, авторка прописала его как очень милого, очень заботливого золотистого терьера, который приносит Кэт только хорошее, за исключением одного случая. С другой — это очевидная попытка вклеить персонажа с синдромом спасателя, который должен вытянуть Кэт из пучины неудач.
И у Ливая это получается, но мне временами как-то тошно смотреть на их парочку. Кэт погрязла в своих проблемах и поведении обиженного человека, а Ливай слишком отличается от нее. И этот троп про замкнутую девочку и компанейского парня уже порядком надоел. Из раза в раз он будет спасать ее, а потом Кэт столкнется с новыми трудностями от нерешенных ситуаций из прошлого. Плюс в комиксе очень уж часто мелькают моменты, когда она остро реагирует на сказанное и пытается убедить Ливая, что раз у нее есть близнец, то лучше бы ему встречаться ней.
Если не задумываться так глубоко, то комикс хороший. Рисовка супер, фикрайтерская жизнь показана более чем понятно, в какой-то степени можно найти себя в героине Кэт, если вам не больше двадцати. Мне понравилось, как страницы из «Carry On» описывали переживания Кэт. Поэтому я ставлю четыре звездочки и иду смотреть фанарты с Саймоном и Базом.
September 2, 2024
This is the fourth and final volume of the manga version of Fangirl.
I did really enjoy seeing this iconic book told this way. Although I didn’t love having the story split in four with each book releasing so far apart. But other than that the illustrations were great. And the story worked very nicely in this format.
May 2, 2025
I'll never stop loving these characters and I'll never forget about Fangirl 🤍
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