Ai Kora
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| あいこら (Ai Kora) |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy, Drama, Shōnen |
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| Authored by | Kazurou Inoue |
| Publisher | Shogakukan |
| Serialized in | Shounen Sunday |
| Original run | 2005 – Present |
| No. of volumes | 6 (Ongoing)[1] |
Ai Kora (あいこら?), also known as Love&Collage, is the newest manga series by Kazurou Inoue, mangaka of the popular manga and anime series Midori Days. The manga is still running in Japan as of 2007, and 5 volumes have been published in tankoubon form.
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[edit] Plot
The plot is based on a teenager, Hachibe Maeda, who idolizes women's individual parts. When he moves to Tokyo to attend high school, he finds himself living in a shed near a girls' dormitory which has ladies that possess one of the ideal physical features he desires. The story revolves around Hachibe's quest to indulge in his fetishes and his growing relationships with the other characters.
[edit] Characters
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
- Hachibe Maeda (前田 ハチベエ Maeda Hachibee?)
- The main protagonist of the story. He is a 15 year old boy who all of his life has loved only women’s bodies. Because of his fetish, he was not attracted to women that do not have his ideal parts or get excited over parts that he believes not to be ideal. For this reason, he begged his parents to let him go to Sakashitamon Academy in Tokyo in order for him to seek out his ideal parts. When he finally meets women that have his ideal parts, he becomes very protective of them. He goes though great lengths to indulge in his fetishes as well as maintain the friendship with the women themselves. Normally he is very passive and non-violent, but when a serious event threatens his ideal parts he is able to go into a berserker state. In this compulsory state, he is able to accomplish superhuman feats.
- Tsubame Ameyagi (雨柳 つばめ Ameyagi Tsubame?)
- The landlord at the girls' dormitory as well as a teacher at Sakashitamon Academy. She has what Hachibe considers ideal legs (like Sally Yumeno's) and is very tall (by Hachibe's estimate at least 190 centimeters). She is an easy going, fun loving girl that loves to smoke and drink. Being almost 25 years old, her mother desperately wants her to get married and often makes her attend Omiai meetings. Tsubame purposely sabotages these meetings because she refuses to marry anyone that she does not love. She actually had a boyfriend (who apparently had a leg fetish) who she met in college, though he died because of a motorcycle accident. His younger sister held a grudge against her for years. She is from Osaka.
- Sakurako Tenmaku (天幕 桜子 Tenmaku Sakurako?)
- A freshman at Sakashitamon Academy as well as a tenant at the girls' dormitory. She has what Hachibe considers ideal eyes. Two years ago she had to transfer schools because she was being bullied by other girls who accused her of deceiving their boyfriends. For this reason, she is cold toward the guys and is considered a man hater by her classmates. She is very economical by nature and loves finding bargains. She has maintained a love-hate relationship with Hachibe, but she is slowly beginning to show more love than hate. She has a little sister and brother and her father is very overprotective due to her being bullied, though he has passed that responsibility onto Hachibe
- Yukari Tsukino (月野 弓雁 Tsukino Yukari?)
- A middle school sophomore at Sakashitamon Academy as well as a tenant at the girls' dormitory. She has what Hachibe considers ideal breasts. The trait is revealed to be hereditary because her older sisters have the same shape breasts, but only larger though her mother doesn't have them at all. She is very bashful, partly because boys make fun of her breasts which are bigger than her peers. She is a tournament champion in archery and secretly is part of an otaku dōjin circle. She likes Hachibe and confessed to him. Since he does not understand true love, he could only reply by explaining his love of parts. This greatly upset her until Tsubame helped her to understand Hachibe better.
- Kirino Ootori (鳳 桐乃 Ōtori Kirino?)
- A freshman at Sakashitamon Academy as well as a tenant at the girls' dormitory. She has what Hachibe considers to be an ideal voice. She is descendant of a ninja family and master of the Shuusui ninja style. She loves to sing, but had to hide it because her grandfather's disapproval of it getting in the way of her ninja training. For this reason, she loves to go to karaoke by herself. She has the ability to sense another person’s killer instinct. She often threatens to kill people that annoy her. Hachibe remains on friendly terms with her.
- Ryuunosuke Shibusawa (渋沢 龍之介 Shibusawa Ryūnosuke?)
- The president of the art department at Sakashitamon Academy. He, like Hachibe, has a love of women’s parts as well as other various fetishes. At first, Hachibe and Ryuunosuke tried to hinder each others fetish activities, but later have become comrades and now help each other.
- Ayame Yatsuhashi (八ツ橋 あやめ Yatsuhashi Ayame?)
- A student at Sakashitamon Academy and the school idol. She is the daughter of the plutocrat Yatsuhashi, which strive to be the best at everything. Her father donates so much to the school that she can have her way without question from the teachers. She took interest in after Hachibe was considered to be the strongest in the school. Much to her surprise, Hachibe rejected her because he could see no ideal parts. She refused defeat and through reconnaissance learns of his parts fetish. While being saved from being hit by a truck, Hachibe learns that she has his ideal waist line. Afterwards she decides to move into the girls' dormitory in order to remain closer to Hachibe. She is the only character that regularly exploits Hachibe’s fetish in order to control him. In the series, it is unclear if she truly loves Hachibe or if it just a superficial love.
- Kureha Kano (鹿野 紅葉 Kano Kureha?)
- A student at Sakashitamon Academy and the former “Mysterious molester”. She used to attack cute girls and draw glasses on their faces to satisfy her glasses fetish with other girls. After being stopped by Hachibe and Ryuunosuke, she starts to hang around bi-spectacled Yukari.
- Haiji Kikuno (菊乃 盃二 Kikuno Haiji?)
- A bisexual transfer student at Sakashitamon Academy. He is popular with the girls of his class except Sakurako. He fell in love with Hachibe because of his pureness of heart, much to Hachibe’s displeasure. Through an accident, Hachibe learns that Kikuno has his ideal butt. These causes Hachibe have mental anguish because his part fetish is not strong enough to overcome the gender issue.
- Note: It seems Haiji has been relegated to near nonexistence, since the mangaka has recently introduced a blonde woman named Cindy, who also has Hachibe's ideal butt. And she kissed him. This character seems to be a oneshot never to appear again, but anything that supplants Haiji's role of "owner of the perfect butt" could be sign that he's not going to play any major roles...
- Yoichirou Tatsumi (辰巳 与一郎 Tatsumi Yoichirou?)
- The president of the science club at Sakashitamon Academy. He is often seen with Ayame, helping her with her schemes to have Hachibe become her boyfriend. He is known to have a breast fetish. He even invented what he called “Skeleton vision”, which is a pair of glasses that allows the user to see through clothes to help satisfy his curiosity.
Spoilers end here.
