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{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = 51 Ways to Save Her
| image           = 51 Ways to Save Her cover.jpeg
| caption         = Cover of volume 1.
| ja_kanji        = 彼女を守る51の方法
| ja_romaji       = Kanojo wo Mamoru 51 no Hōhō
| genre           = <!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Usamaru Furuya]]
| publisher       = [[Shinchosha]]
| demographic     = [[Seinen manga|Seinen]]
| magazine        = [[Comic Bunch]]
| first           = May 26, 2006
| last            = August 17, 2007
| volumes         = 5
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''51 Ways to Save Her'''''|彼女を守る51の方法|Kanojo wo Mamoru 51 no Hōhō}} is a Japanese ''[[seinen manga|seinen]]'' [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Usamaru Furuya]]. It was serialized in [[Shinchosha]]'s ''[[Comic Bunch]]'' magazine between May 26, 2006 and August 17, 2007, finishing at five volumes. [[CMX (comics)|CMX]] purchased the English rights but never released it due to the imprint's cancellation. It was released in French by [[Panini Comics|Marvel Panini France]] (retitled as ''Tokyo Magnitude 8''), and in Chinese by [[Tong Li Publishing]].
Though the title of the French release is nearly identical to the anime series ''[[Tokyo Magnitude 8.0]]'' and the latter lists ''51 Ways to Save Her'' as a reference for the anime,<ref name="51 Ways credit for TM8.0">[https://tokyo-m8.com/staff.shtml Staff page] at the Tokyo-M8.com website</ref> the stories are dissimilar other than the basic concept of people surviving a large earthquake in Tokyo.
==Synopsis==
While looking for a job at a [[TV station]] in [[Odaiba]], college senior Jin Mishima encounters his former classmate Nanako Okano, dressed in [[gothic Lolita]], who tries to attend a concert but finds out that her friends tricked her about the concert ticket out of jealousy. Jin and Nanako bump into each other and are reunited—previously being [[Secondary education in Japan#Middle school|junior high]] classmates—moments before an earthquake of [[Richter Scale]] 8.1 turns the island, as well as the entire [[Tokyo]] metropolitan area, into ruins.
==Characters==
;Jin Mishima
:A college senior looking for a job at a famous TV station. He regrets not trying to protect Nanako when she had been bullied in junior high.
;Nanako Okano
:A naive and dense girl; due to bullying in junior high she started to dress in gothic lolita style and fell in love with gothic rock. Since junior high she has had a crush on Jin and doesn't blame him for his reluctance to protect her when she had been bullied.
;Rika Sawada
:Rika is a girl who decides to join Jin and Nanako on their journey to a safer place after the earthquake's occurrence. After some time she runs into her childhood friend and leaves the group. In the end she becomes a stronger woman and marries her friend.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{anime News Network|manga|9550}}
{{Comic Bunch}}
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